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Record book with minutes and financial reports.

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Herman Kenin grew up in Portland, Oregon, and was a lawyer, violinist, and union executive. Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, biographical information, newspaper clippings and obituaries, 1935-1970, including a June 1970 issue of the magazine American Labor in which the cover story is about Kenin.

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Collection includes correspondence and financial records, 1918-1957; ephemera and newspaper clippings, 1923-1965, regarding social welfare and organizations related to labor.

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Materials distributed by an association of fruit growers in southern Oregon, intended to help growers deal with farm worker organizing. Includes letter to growers, copies of court documents, fliers for farm workers, and signs.

Abstract Oral history interview with Randy Leonard, conducted by Jim Strassmaier in seven sessions, from January 12 to March 2, 2018, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Leonard discusses his experiences as an intern and staff member for Oregon State Representative Ed Lindquist during the 1975 and 1977 legislative sessions; his career as a Portland firefighter and as president of the Portland Fire Fighters Association; his tenure in the Oregon State Senate and Oregon House of Representatives...

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Francis J. Murnane (1914-1968) was a labor leader in the ILWU Local 8, a historical preservationist, Progressive candidate for the Oregon State Legislature in 1948, and secretary of the Harry Bridges Defense Committee. Collection includes correspondence and documents relating to Murnane's work with various labor unions.

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Records of the Oregon AFL-CIO, consisting of proceedings, reports, minutes, correspondence, and photographs, relating primarily convention proceedings and executive board meetings. The Oregon AFL-CIO formed around 1900 as the Oregon Federation of Labor.

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Oral history interview with Jamie G. Partridge conducted by Stephanie Vallance from February 7, 2020, to April 23, 2021, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Partridge discusses his involvement with Jobs with Justice, the National Letter Carriers Association, and the Rainbow Coalition.

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Papers of Jamie G. Patridge, an activist from Portland, Oregon. The papers reflect Partridge's involvement with labor, social jusice, and socialist causes and organizations, including the Democratic Socialists of America, Communities and Postal Workers United, the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 82, Portland Jobs with Justice, and the International Socialist Organization. The collection also includes personal papers, including writings by Partridge about gay liberation.

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Records include correspondence, 1920-1974; membership rolls, 1954-1972; bulletins, 1944-1962; administrative records, 1919; documents regarding salaries, civil rights, retirement, and school financing; and documents of other teaching associations, including the High School Teachers Union and the Oregon Education Association. Collection is partially processed.