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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.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Ambassador Constantin Dumba, Strike Instigations Articles and Notes (photocopies)
1915
Box 1, Folder 2 Martin Van Buren, Reform Agitation (photocopies)
1833
Box 1, Folder 3 Newspaper Clippings (photocopies)
1915
Box 1, Folder 4 Payroll Information (photocopes)
1915
Box 2, Folder 1 Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, 10-K Forms and Supporting Materials
1981-1998
Box 2, Folder 2 Hexagon Metrology
2000-2005
Box 2, Folder 3 Landrum-Griffin Suit
1982-1983
Box 2, Folder 4 Miscellaneous Materials
1915-1996
Box 2, Folder 5 Miscellaneous Materials
1941-1983
Box 2, Folder 6 Providence Journal Articles
1981-1982
Box 3, Folder 7 Providence Journal Articles
1983-2002
Box 3, Folder 8 Scabs
1996
Box 3, Folder 9 Police Records
1982
Box 3, Folder 10 "Standing Together: Union Busting at Brown and Sharpe," Clinker, Duane
1982
Box 3, Folder 11 State Police Reports
1983
Box 3, Folder 12 Strike Flyers
1982
Box 3, Folder 13 Strike Shooting
1982
Box 3, Folder 14 Telephone Conversations between Dick Jocelyn and Bob Thayer
1983
Box 3, Folder 15 Timelines of Brown and Sharpe
1915-1998
Box 3, Folder 16 Union Conflicts
1982-1996
Box 3, Folder 17 David G. Waterman vs. Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company
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.

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 1 Court Cases
1984
Box 4, Folder 2 Court Cases
1988 Jun
Box 4, Folder 3 Court Cases
1989
Box 4, Folder 4 Court Cases
1991 Sep
Box 4, Folder 5 Court Cases
1995 Jan
Box 4, Folder 6 Court Cases
1995 Aug
Box 4, Folder 7 Court Cases
1996 Aug
Box 4, Folder 8 Court Cases
1997 Oct
Box 4, Folder 9 Court Cases
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.

Container Description Date
Box 5, Folder 1 Background Statistics
1971-1975
Box 5, Folder 2 Context of 1915/1981 Brown and Sharpe Strikes
1981
Box 5, Folder 3 Historial Information on Brown and Sharpe
1879, 1915, 1949
Box 5, Folder 4 "The Longest Strike: A Research Study of the Brown and Sharpe-I.A.M Strike," Rigney, James H.
1992
Box 5, Folder 5 Machine Tools Articles
1926-1972
Box 5, Folder 6 Machinist's Monthly Journal
1915
Box 5, Folder 7 Research Materials, Labor and Munitions
1915-1938
Box 5, Folder 8 Research Notes and Drafts
1984-2008
Box 5, Folder 9 Rigney, James H., Articles
1981-1992
Box 5, Folder 10 "The Saga of Brown and Sharpe," Brown, Howard F.
1971
Box 5, Folder 11 Strikes, 1830-1936
1830-1936