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Part 2

Willoughby Abner Collection

Papers, 1940s-1973

14 linear feet14 storage boxes

Part 2 of the Willoughby Abner collection contains correspondence, reports, news releases, laboreducation material, newsletters, clippings, and other printed material, and case pleadings and otherfiles related to his work as a labor mediator. The papers of Mr. Abner also reflect his involvementwith the NAACP, the city of Chicago, college campus unrest, prison conditions mediation, andcommunity development activities.

PLEASE NOTE: Folders are computer-arranged alphabetically in thisfinding aid, but may actually be dispersed throughout several boxes in thecollection. Note carefully the box number for each folder heading.

Important subjects in the collection:

Affirmative action programsAfro-American labor leadersArbitration, Industrial--United StatesArbitrators, Industrial--United StatesCivil rightsCollege campus unrestConstruction industryDiscrimination in employment--Afro-AmericansEmployee fringe benefitsGrievance arbitration--United StatesJ. Edgar HooverInterest arbitrationLandlord-tenant legislationNAACPPrisons--AtticaPublic employeesRace relations--United StatesRailroads--United StatesShipbuilding--Pacific Coast (U.S.)Social security--United StatesStrikes and lockouts--Aircraft industryUnited States--Labor Management Relations Act, 1947

Important correspondents in the collection:

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Thomas ColosiRobert CoulsonRoger E. DahlHugh McKennaA. H. RaskinWilliam Simkin

Non-manuscript material:

A few books, contracts and proceedings have been placed in the Archives Library and some filmand audio recordings may be found in the Archives Audiovisual Department.


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21-22 AAA (American Arbitration Association) cases; corres., 197118-32 thru 33 AAA; corres., case statistics, misc., 1970-7217-29 thru 32 AAA; corres., minutes, misc., 1964-66, 1971-7215-16 thru 17 AAA; corres., minutes, misc., 1970-7216-17 thru 19 AAA; corres., misc., 1968-72

13-17 AAA; corres., misc., 196914-7 AAA; corres., newsletters, misc., 1967-70

11-43 thru 44 AAA; manual, 197112-18 thru 19 AAA; minutes, misc., 1972

19-9 AAA; minutes, misc., 197213-34 AAA; misc., 197212-23 AAA; newsletter, report, 1969-7015-11 AAA; reports, misc., 197117-23 AAA-Labor Management Institute; corres., working paper, 196520-33 AAA-National Construction Industry Arbitration Comm.; minutes, 1970

13-35 Abner, W.; AAA proposal, 197213-48 Abner, W.; clippings, 1959, 196411-26 Abner, W.; conference notes, 196513-51 Abner, W.; congressional testimony as D.C. Board of Labor Relations13-23 Abner, W.; corres., 1969

20-19 thru 20 Abner, W.; corres., clippings, misc., 1950, 1960s-1970s16-6 thru 10 Abner, W.; corres., minutes, misc., 1956-72

15-7 Abner, W.; corres., misc., 1960s17-1 thru 6 Abner, W.; corres., reports, misc., 1964-70

12-32 Abner, W.; debate with Malcolm X, 196222-29 thru 30 Abner, W.; lecture, misc., 1968, 1970

15-18 Abner, W.; memos, 1971-7212-29 Abner, W.; speeches, 1967-6821-23 Abner, W.; speeches, misc., 1969

18-1 thru 2 Abner, W.; testimony, memorial, 1971, 197322-31 Abner, W.; vita, union corres., 1940s, 1962

17-27 Aerojet; misc., 1962, 196516-5 Aerojet negotiations; clippings, misc., 1965

11-28 Aerojet strike; clippings, 196515-34 Aerojet strike; clippings, corres., misc., 196519-4 Aerojet-FMCS; corres., misc., 1965

15-26 Aerospace industry; conference material, reports, 1962-6517-8 AFL-CIO IUD; corres., misc., 196522-9 AFL-CIO News, 1969-70

12-22 AFL-CIO program to improve collective bargaining in the federal service;18-26 AFSCME Grievance Arbitration Assn.; corres., misc., 197214-5 AFSCME; misc., 197117-9 AFSCME; reports, 1967-68

20-23 AFSCME staff training program; corres., 197019-6 AFSCME-AFGE representation dispute; misc., 1970-71

16-42 Alcoa Die Sinkers International Union dispute; misc., 196618-12 American Assembly; misc., 19719-43 American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) conference; misc.,

11-39 “Analytics of Mediation and Arbitration,” 1966


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22-3 Anatomy of Prejudice (UAW); misc., 196417-33 Anti-Vietnam War organization newspapers, 196920-14 Apprenticeship outreach programs; publications, 196911-42 Arbitration; publications, 1971, 197318-22 Assn. of Student Governments; corres., misc., 1969-7218-16 Assn. of Student Governments; misc., 196916-27 Attica Prison project; corres., clippings, misc., 1971-7213-9 Automation panel; clipping, 1966

11-46 thru 50 Automation; reports, clippings, misc., 1964-65

12-1 Balance of payment problem; published material, 196613-12 Baltimore project; corres., minutes, misc., 196913-28 Bellamy project (Alabama); corres., misc., 196918-24 Berkeley landlord-tenant project; misc. material, 197020-16 Better Business Bureau; corres., publications, 197219-29 Black Muslims; corres., misc., 1964, 197022-15 Black Trade Unionist-Public Sector Conferences; misc., 1971-7213-15 Boston project; misc., 1969

10-6 thru 16 BRSI (Bureau of Retirement and Survivors Insurance)-Birmingham;15-2 BRSI; corres., 1968

9-34 thru 42 BRSI ; corres., reports, 1967-6810-1 thru 5 BRSI; corres., reports, 1968

15-8 BRSI; corres., reports, 196913-36 BRSI; misc., 1968-699-49 BRSI; questionnaire, report, 1968

18-21 BRSI; report, 196822-27 BRSI; report, 1968

9-51 thru 54 BRSI; reports, misc. material, 196710-17 thru 20 BRSI-Chicago; corres., reports, misc., 196810-21 thru 22 BRSI-Kansas City; reports, bulletins, 1967-6810-23 thru 34 BRSI-New York City; misc., 1964-6810-35 thru 44 BRSI-Philadelphia; corres., reports, misc., 1964-6810-45 thru 46 BRSI-San Francisco; article, misc., 1968

16-4 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and Maritime Union of America; corres.,

20-38 Cairo, Ill. dispute-United Front News; corres., 1970-7116-30 Cairo, Illinois-Black United Front; publications, 197122-13 California State Colleges; minutes, 196919-13 Camp David Conference; misc., 197016-26 Campus project planning; corres., report, misc., 1969

19-23 thru 25 Care of Dependent Children in the District of Columbia, Ad Hoc Panel on;20-11 Chicago Area UAW Citizenship Council; misc., 195817-34 Chicago Committee for Equal Education; corres., 196216-35 Chicago; education, 1961-6218-13 Chicago-South Suburban News, 1969

19-19 thru 22 Children-Junior Village panel; minutes, misc., 197112-7 Civil rights and women’s rights; reports, pamphlet, 196713-4 Civil Service Commission; merit promotion policy, 1968

13-18 Cleveland project; memorandum, report, 197019-18 Clipping, 197111-29 Clippings; misc., 1967-68


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16-22 thru 25 Clippings; misc., 1967-6918-3 Clippings; misc., 1969-70

22-20 thru 22 Clippings; misc., 1969-7015-32 Clippings; misc., 197220-37 Collective Bargaining Forum; misc., 197017-25 Collective bargaining in the public sector; corres., misc., 1969-7013-30 Collective bargaining seminar; misc., 196921-24 College campus unrest; clipping, 196913-32 College campus unrest; clippings, 196916-16 College campus unrest; clippings, 1970

14-8 thru 10 College campus unrest; publications, 197022-23 College campus unrest; report, agreement, 197017-10 College campus unrest; reports, 1970-7118-31 Common Sense, 196516-21 Community Action Pittsburgh; corres., 197122-26 Community Firm Workshop Council; misc. material, 196920-21 Community relations service workshop; corres., 197021-25 Conferences for black educators; misc., 197016-15 Congress of African Peoples; corres., 197015-12 Construction industry; reports, 197021-26 Consumer Advisory Council; corres., annual report, 1958, 197122-7 Consumer arbitration; misc., 1969-70

14-11 Consumer protection; corres., report, 197120-25 Correspondence, 196713-31 Correspondence, 196913-52 Correspondence, 197012-13 Correspondence, 1970-7116-41 Correspondence, 1971

12-27 thru 28 Correspondence, clipping, reports, 197218-28 Court, NLRB & agency decisions; research corres., reports, misc.

17-26 Dahl, Roger E.; corres., 197213-1 thru 2 Daily Labor Report, 1968-69

15-4 Department and agency liaison officers (Washington, D C.); listings, 196814-15 Detroit Model Cities project; misc., 197116-45 Detroit riot; publications, 1967

21-18 EEOC; annual report, 196913-3 EEOC; court decisions, 1967

20-12 EEOC executive orders; misc., 196915-15 EEOC meeting; corres., misc., 197211-37 EEOC; news releases, 196912-10 “Employment Security, Seniority and Race” by William Gould; article &22-1 Equal employment opportunity; policies, regulations, 1964-67

12-15 Essex County Dispute Center; corres., 1970

12-14 Fair franchising-arbitration; corres., 197120-15 Federal City College; corres., 197016-43 Federal City College mediation course; misc. material, 1968-6919-14 “Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Effort;” report, 1970

11-51 thru 52 Federal employees; reports, resolution, misc., 1962, 1967-69


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12-5 Federal Machinist ,The, 1967 Jul-Sep21-27 thru 29 Federal Reserve; corres., reports, misc., 1970-71

13-42 Federal service employee-management cooperation; newsletter, misc.20-32 Fireman Manning dispute; reports, 1970

16-11 thru 12 FMCS (Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service); annual reports,17-20 FMCS; corres., 196815-3 FMCS; corres., misc., 1967

15-21 FMCS; corres., speeches, 1965-6714-21 “FMCS During the Administration of President LBJ”; corres., report,12-37 FMCS; Labor-Management Relations Act proposed revisions, 196613-43 FMCS; memos, reports, 1960s

19-2 thru 3 FMCS; misc., 1947, 1964-6820-26 FMCS; misc., 1962, 1967

11-1 thru 25 FMCS; misc., 1964-6922-6 FMCS; misc., 1968-69

12-25 thru 26 FMCS; newsletters, reports, misc., 1960s12-31 FMCS; report, 196515-25 FMCS; reports, misc., 1967-6922-28 FMCS; St. Luke’s Hospital report, 196811-27 FMCS; statements, affidavits, 1965-6713-7 FMCS; strikes, statistics, 1960s

13-41 FMCS; tentative settlement rejections, 1960s15-6 FMCS; training material, 1960s

21-21 FMCS-AAA Labor Arbitration Conference; misc., 197116-2 FMCS-Arlington County; corres., misc., 1968

18-34 thru 35 FMCS-functions & cases; policy, reports, 1960s10-47 FMCS-U.S. Army; reports, 1967-68

12-3 thru 4 FTC; reports, 1969-70

13-13 Hampton Institute dispute; misc., 1968-7017-28 “Handling of Industrial Conflict,” 197014-20 Harvard University; corres., 197022-8 Health Service Areas, Dispute Settlement in; conference material, 1972

20-7 thru 9 Hearn, Robert Wesley; corres., vita, reports, 197120-22 HEW; corres., 1968

9-45 thru 46 HEW Task Force; report on employee-management relations, 196818-25 Higher Education Executive Assn.; corres., misc., 1969-7019-30 Holmesburg Prison; report, 197118-19 Hoover, J. Edgar; testimony re Communist, racial, and extremist groups,14-6 Housing & education; community involvement, 1971-72

22-14 HUD; corres., minutes, misc., 1969-7014-22 Humphrey, Hubert; press comments, 1967-6816-3 IAM Local 2284; corres., report, 1969

14-18 Jamaica School 142; mediation, misc., 197112-12 John Jay College of Criminal Justice; proposed charter, 1970

11-38 Labor cases; memorandum, 196613-10 Labor force; report, 196813-14 Labor relations; proposal, 196918-27 Labor-Management Conference; working paper, 196522-5 Labor-Management Manufacturing Sector Conference; working paper, 1964


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16-20 Labor-Management Relations Service; corres., misc., 197112-24 Labor-Management Relations Service; corres., report, pamphlets, 1970-7112-33 Landlord-tenant issues; interviews, 196714-25 League of Cities/Conference of Mayors; conference. material, 197020-28 League of Cities/Conference of Mayors; corres., 196920-17 League of Cities/Conference of Mayors; corres., 1970-7119-17 League of Cities/Conference of Mayors; misc., 197013-19 Lima, Ohio conflict; corres., clipping, 197017-22 Lobbyist Registration Index, 1959

16-13 Machinist, The, 1965 Apr 2214-26 thru 27 Management Work Conference; handbook, 1956, 1960-61

13-8 McKenna, Hugh; corres., 196813-6 Mediation; films, reports, 1967

13-11 Mediator staff characteristics; statistics, 1960s13-40 Medicare—Social Security Act; clippings, reports, misc., 196518-30 Militant, The, 1949

11-34 thru 35 Minority employment in the federal government; study, 1965-6617-21 Mock mediation; misc., 196621-20 Municipal labor disputes/stoppages; reports, 1970

19-11 NAACP; publications, 1955, 195712-6 NAACP-Chicago; publications, 1956-57

20-30 National Assn. of Counties Conference; corres., 197018-29 National Institute for Freedom and Justice; report, 197019-16 National Railway Labor Conference; report, 197013-26 National Student Congress; misc., 1970

13-45 thru 46 NCDS (National Center for Dispute Settlement)-AAA; memos, reports,13-27 NCDS; agreement, misc., 1969-7122-16 NCDS; clippings, misc., 1969

21-1 thru 14 NCDS; corres., clippings, minutes, misc., 1967-7218-4 thru 11 NCDS; corres., clippings, misc., 1968-72

15-9 NCDS; corres., memos, 1967-6914-24 NCDS; corres., misc., 1970s

14-16 thru 17 NCDS; corres., misc., 197220-39 NCDS; corres., misc. and conference material, 196919-1 NCDS; corres., reports, misc., 1965-69

20-1 thru 6 NCDS; corres., reports, misc., 1966-67, 1969-7215-27 thru 28 NCDS; corres., reports, misc., 1968-7216-31 thru 34 NCDS; corres., reports, misc., 1969-72

14-4 NCDS; corres., reports, misc., 197013-22 NCDS; Medico program, n.d.14-19 NCDS; memos, reports, misc., 1971

19-7 thru 8 NCDS; misc., 1968, 1970, 197213-25 NCDS; misc., 197119-26 NCDS; misc., 1971-7222-18 NCDS; origins, 1970-71

17-11 thru 18 NCDS; reports, minutes, misc., 1967-7415-33 NCDS unit determination cases; corres., minutes, misc., 197213-50 NCDS-AAA; proposal, 197215-24 NCDS-AFSCME; report, misc., n.d.


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14-29 NCDS-FMCS; newsletters, clippings, misc., 1967, 197114-30 NCDS-National Capitol area; misc., 197214-28 Negro American Labor Council; convention material, 196116-37 Negro American Labor Council; convention material, 196117-19 Negro colleges and universities; conference material, 196718-23 Neighborhood Youth Diversions Community Forum; corres., misc., 197121-19 New York City Office of Collective Bargaining; annual report, 196920-27 New York State Public Employment Relations Board symposium; corres.,19-12 NLRB; misc., 1960s-197013-21 Nurses’ Assn.-D.C. government bargaining dispute; memorandum, 1972

20-36 Official Human Rights Agencies conference, 196813-5 Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers; strike erosion, 1965

20-24 Oregon State University; public employee bargaining and dispute16-28 thru 29 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders; corres., minutes, misc., 1966-68

18-18 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; bulletins, report, 196712-20 thru 21 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; clippings, reports, misc., 1967

20-35 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; corres., agreement, misc., 1966-6715-13 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; corres., clippings, misc., 1967

22-24 thru 25 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; corres., clippings, misc., 1967-689-29 thru 33 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; corres., reports, misc., 1966

12-11 Pamphlets; misc., 1967-6822-10 thru 11 Pennsylvania League for Consumer Protection; corres., misc., 1970-72

13-38 Pensions and pension plans; corres., report, 1967-689-47 thru 48 Personnel practices; questionnaire, n.d.

18-20 Philadelphia public employment; corres., 197021-17 Philadelphia student ombudsman project; corres., misc., 197120-18 Police and Fire Disputes, Conference on Arbitration of; corres., 1970-7113-16 Police and Fire Disputes, Conference on Arbitration of; misc., 1970-7113-20 Postal agreement-national; reports, 1970-7113-39 Poverty; reports, 1968

11-53 thru 56 President’s Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy; misc.,11-30 thru 32 President’s Emergency Board 177; misc., 1960s-70

14-1 thru 2 President’s Emergency Board; reports, misc., 197015-10 President’s Review Committee on Employee-Management Relations; report,16-40 President-elect Nixon; clippings, misc., 196917-7 Private sector’s role in the urban crisis; corres., misc., 1971

15-30 Public employees’ bargaining; clippings, reports, 1967-6822-2 Public employees; reports, misc., 1968

20-31 Public employment laws and proposals; corres., reports, misc., 1969-7018-17 Public employment relations; symposium material, 196922-19 Public employment; speeches, reports, 197016-14 Public Personnel Assn.-National Capitol Chapter; conference material, 196522-4 Public Sector Labor Relations Conference; corres., misc., 1971

19-27 thru 28 Public service; reports, 1969

20-10 Radio scripts, n.d.16-38 Railroad strike mediation, 1962-6318-15 Randolph, A. Philip; pamphlet, 196913-24 Raskin, A. H.; corres., interview, 1970, 197220-29 Raspberry, William; corres., clippings, 1969


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15-29 Riots; publications, 196816-44 Russell Sage Foundation; annual report, 1970

16-36 Sacco & Vanzetti; publications, 196315-14 School district surveys, 1970

12-8 thru 9 Seniority and race; corres., report, 196613-49 Shipbuilding and repair industries; labor dispute hearing, 196715-20 Shipper arbitration project; corres., clipping, 197118-14 Southern community disputes; clippings, 196912-30 Speeches; misc., 1967-6913-29 Springfield project; misc., n.d.

9-55 thru 57 SSA (Social Security Administration) New York Payment Center; personnel practices questionnaire, 1967

9-50 SSA; questionnaire, report, 196611-36 SSA; report, 196716-1 SSA Task Force; misc., 1967

22-17 State and Local Government Labor Relations Conference; proceedings,15-5 Steel industry disputes; corres., reports, misc., 1959-64

12-34 thru 36 Taft-Hartley Act; corres., reports, publications, 1960s19-5 Taft-Hartley Act; National Emergency Disputes Provisions, n.d.

17-35 Taft-Hartley analysis; misc., 1965, 196714-3 Taft-Hartley injunction hearing; transcript, 1967

13-37 Taft-Hartley revision; reports, misc., 1967

11-40 thru 41 U.S. Civil Service Commission; misc. material, 196815-31 U.S. Dept. of Labor Camp David conf.; misc. material, 197011-33 U.S. Dept. of Labor; publications, 1963, 196811-45 U.S. Dept. of Labor; publications, 196712-2 U.S. government budget; publications, 1970

20-34 U.S. Navy; wage survey and rates, 196613-44 U. S. Secretary of Labor; annual report, 196919-10 UAW; Bliss Manufacturing, 1965-66

9-13 thru 26 UAW; discussion leader’s outline, 1956, 1958, 19619-27 UAW; Foundry Dept. bylaws, 1963

9-1 thru 4 UAW; Leadership Study Center manual, 19639-28 UAW; leadership training material, 1963

17-37 UAW Local 248; audit report, 194715-23 UAW; memos, 1960s17-24 UAW; OPEIU Local 42, 1966

9-5 thru 9 UAW; salary and expense analysis, 1959-6416-39 UAW Staff Council; memos, minutes, misc., 1960, 1963-6415-1 UAW Staff Council; memos, minutes, misc., 1964, 19669-12 UAW Staff Council; memos, misc., 1963-64

9-10 thru 11 UAW; veterans’ handbook, 196315-22 UAW-Chicago; memo, newsletter, 195817-36 UAW-CIO convention; grievance appeals, misc., 1948-499-44 Union-management relations report;

21-16 United Steel Workers of America; corres., misc., 196813-47 United Transportation Union; memorandum, 197013-33 University of California; corres., 1971


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22-12 University of Connecticut; misc., 196921-15 University of Iowa conference; corres., misc., 1968-70

12-17 Washington, D.C.; Bar Association meeting, 197012-16 Washington, D.C.; Board of Education, 1970-7119-15 Washington, D.C.; Board of Labor Relations, 1971-7220-13 Washington, D.C.; Board of Labor Relations, 1971-72

14-12 thru 13 Washington, D.C.; corres., memos, litigation material, 1971-7214-14 Washington, D.C.; landlord-tenant regulations, 1970-7214-23 Washington, D.C.; misc., 1970-7115-19 Washington, D.C.; sanitation conflict clippings, 197020-40 Welfare; clippings, 196913-53 Wilhelm Weinberg seminar; corres., misc., 1970

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