For Participating Institutions
Brown and Sharpe Labor Strikes (Mss. Gr. 219)
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632
email: archives@etal.uri.edu
Inventory
Series 1. 1833-1915
Box 1, Folder 1-4
Copies of secondary materials on Constain Dumba, letters from Tillinghast to Van Buren in 1833 regarding workman’s reform, information about the origins of Brown and Sharpe; Newspaper articles about the 1915 Brown and Sharpe Strike.
Series 2. 1980s Strike
Box 2-3, Folder 1-17
Information that was collected about the 1980s Strike, Brown and Sharpe being sold to Access to print in low income and middle-income communities Hexagon, the Landrum Griffin Suit, SCABS, Brown and Sharpe Timeline, materials used by Gersuny in his classes, Waterman vs Brown and Sharpe, Police Records 1982-1983.
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Ambassador Constantin Dumba, Strike Instigations Articles and Notes (photocopies)
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1915 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Martin Van Buren, Reform Agitation (photocopies)
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1833 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Newspaper Clippings (photocopies)
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1915 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Payroll Information (photocopes)
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1915 |
Box 2, Folder 1 |
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Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, 10-K Forms and Supporting Materials
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1981-1998 |
Box 2, Folder 2 |
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Hexagon Metrology
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2000-2005 |
Box 2, Folder 3 |
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Landrum-Griffin Suit
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1982-1983 |
Box 2, Folder 4 |
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Miscellaneous Materials
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1915-1996 |
Box 2, Folder 5 |
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Miscellaneous Materials
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1941-1983 |
Box 2, Folder 6 |
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Providence Journal Articles
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1981-1982 |
Box 3, Folder 7 |
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Providence Journal Articles
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1983-2002 |
Box 3, Folder 8 |
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Scabs
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1996 |
Box 3, Folder 9 |
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Police Records
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1982 |
Box 3, Folder 10 |
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"Standing Together: Union Busting at Brown and Sharpe," Clinker, Duane
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1982 |
Box 3, Folder 11 |
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State Police Reports
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1983 |
Box 3, Folder 12 |
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Strike Flyers
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1982 |
Box 3, Folder 13 |
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Strike Shooting
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1982 |
Box 3, Folder 14 |
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Telephone Conversations between Dick Jocelyn and Bob Thayer
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1983 |
Box 3, Folder 15 |
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Timelines of Brown and Sharpe
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1915-1998 |
Box 3, Folder 16 |
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Union Conflicts
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1982-1996 |
Box 3, Folder 17 |
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David G. Waterman vs. Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company
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1983 Dec 12 |
Series 3. Court Cases 1984-1997
Box 4, Folder 1-9
This series contains Court Cases from 1984-1997 of Brown and Sharpe vs the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, to the National Labor Relations Board and the Supreme Court.
Box 4, Folder 1 |
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Court Cases
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1984 |
Box 4, Folder 2 |
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Court Cases
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1988 Jun |
Box 4, Folder 3 |
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Court Cases
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1989 |
Box 4, Folder 4 |
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Court Cases
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1991 Sep |
Box 4, Folder 5 |
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Court Cases
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1995 Jan |
Box 4, Folder 6 |
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Court Cases
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1995 Aug |
Box 4, Folder 7 |
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Court Cases
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1996 Aug |
Box 4, Folder 8 |
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Court Cases
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1997 Oct |
Box 4, Folder 9 |
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Court Cases
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1997 Oct |
Series 4. Supplemental Materials
Box 5, Folder 1-11
This series consists of research materials with historical and background information and statistics on the Brown and Sharpe Labor Strikes.
Box 5, Folder 1 |
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Background Statistics
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1971-1975 |
Box 5, Folder 2 |
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Context of 1915/1981 Brown and Sharpe Strikes
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1981 |
Box 5, Folder 3 |
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Historial Information on Brown and Sharpe
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1879, 1915, 1949 |
Box 5, Folder 4 |
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"The Longest Strike: A Research Study of the Brown and Sharpe-I.A.M Strike," Rigney, James H.
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1992 |
Box 5, Folder 5 |
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Machine Tools Articles
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1926-1972 |
Box 5, Folder 6 |
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Machinist's Monthly Journal
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1915 |
Box 5, Folder 7 |
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Research Materials, Labor and Munitions
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1915-1938 |
Box 5, Folder 8 |
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Research Notes and Drafts
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1984-2008 |
Box 5, Folder 9 |
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Rigney, James H., Articles
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1981-1992 |
Box 5, Folder 10 |
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"The Saga of Brown and Sharpe," Brown, Howard F.
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1971 |
Box 5, Folder 11 |
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Strikes, 1830-1936
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1830-1936 |