Trade-union merger. United States.

Consist primarily of reports and supporting research materials collected for a study on the proposed merger of several performers' unions affiliated with the Associated Actors and Artistes of America. The unions were: Actors' Equity Association (AEA); American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA); American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA); Television Authority (TVA); American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA); and Chorus Equity Association (CEA).

These records deal chiefly with the union during the presidential terms of office of A.F. Whitney (1928-1949), W.P. Kennedy (1949-1963), and Charles Luna (1963-1968).

Correspondence, reports, minutes, and related materials.

Consists of a manuscript notebook containing a poll of union members and union officials employed on the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. The poll concerned the merger which created the United Transportation Union. Also included are miscellaneous materials from railroad companies.

Correspondence, speeches and writings about Connecticut labor, economic and agricultural history.

These records represent the small surviving fraction of the union's total record production, the largest part of which was periodically disposed of throughout the history of the union.

Include discussions on wages and benefits, workers' education, job safety, union solidarity, the AFL-CIO merger, the purge of communist members, and various strikes.

Consists chiefly of copies of speeches made by Caples (few originals, few reprints) before workingmen's associations, management conferences, civic and social groups, and educational institutes in his capacity as an Inland Steel Company executive.