Collection Title: Western Kentucky Area Council, AFL-CIO Records
Series Number: MS70-08
Processed and Cataloged by: Originally processed by Cecilia Droege in 1970.
Date Listed: July 15, 2010
Date Span: 1957-1970
Size of Collection: 2.0 linear feet.
Number of Boxes: 4 legal size document cases.
Type of Material: Correspondence, reports, membership lists and ephemera.
Condition of Material: Good.
Arrangement: Organized by subject of material; Chronological arrangement.
Biographical / Historical Information: The Western Kentucky Area Council became a regional labor council of the AFL-CIO soon after the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955. The organization presently operates as a state federation of labor to improve the lives of working families and to bring economic justice to the workplace.
Scope and Content: Collection consists of correspondence, financial reports and membership lists of the Western Kentucky Area Council of the AFL-CIO from 1957 to 1970. The records contain information on union leadership and activities in west Kentucky during the latter part of the 1950s to early 1960s. Collection includes national, state and regional newsletters and other publications related to the AFL-CIO and the Western Kentucky Area Council.
Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Western Kentucky Area Council, AFL-CIO (Paducah, Ky.)
Labor unions – Kentucky – Jackson Purchase.
