CHARTERS, SIGNS, PHOTO, FINANCIAL RECORDS

The records of the Laborers' International Union of North America comprise approximately 3 cubic feet of material (1 manuscript box, ½ manuscript box, one oversized flat box, and one cardboard Paige box). The collection includes materials collected to support the research of John Clancy, a former president of Local 156 who wrote a 2001 thesis for the Rutgers University History Department's Graduate Program, A Study of Business Unionism in the Labor Movement and Local 156. Clancy curated an exhibition in 2002 at Rutgers University's Alexander Library. A copy of Clancy's thesis and the exhibition catalog are included.

Other items in the collection include publications and reports from the International Union. Financial records, correspondence, dues stamps, election ballots, and contracts detail the business of Local 156. Photographs show local union members on the job in the community. Other photographs highlight the influence of Local 156 on New Brunswick's landscape during an 85-year period, showing workers on the job, and the results of their work. Reproductions of the charters of the International and Local Unions show the dates of incorporation and their founders. Well-worn work clothes (three hats and two jackets) with the union's lettering or logo are also included. The collection includes many of the photographs and other materials displayed in the 2002 library exhibition, as well as many materials collected in Clancy's research but not displayed.