Part 2-15 - Part 2 Willoughby Abner Collection Papers, 1940s-1973 14 linear feet 14 storage boxes Willoughby Abner Collection Part 2 of the Willoughby Abner collection contains correspondence, reports, news releases, labor education material, newsletters, clippings, and other printed material, and case pleadings and other files related to his work as a labor mediator. The papers of Mr. Abner also reflect his involvement with the NAACP, the city of Chicago, college campus unrest, prison conditions mediation, and community development activities. PLEASE NOTE: Folders are computer-arranged alphabetically in this finding aid, but may actually be dispersed throughout several boxes in the collection. Note carefully the box number for each folder heading. Important subjects in the collection: Affirmative action programs Afro-American labor leaders Arbitration, Industrial--United States Arbitrators, Industrial--United States Civil rights College campus unrest Construction industry Discrimination in employment--afro-americans Employee fringe benefits Grievance arbitration--united States J. Edgar Hoover Interest arbitration Landlord-tenant legislation NAACP Prisons--Attica Public employees Race relations--united States Railroads--United States Shipbuilding--Pacific Coast (U.S.) Social security--united States Strikes and lockouts--aircraft industry United States--Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 Important correspondents in the collection:

Part 2 Willoughby Abner Collection - 16 - Thomas Colosi Robert Coulson Roger E. Dahl Hugh McKenna A. H. Raskin William Simkin Non-manuscript material: A few books, contracts and proceedings have been placed in the Archives Library and some film and audio recordings may be found in the Archives Audiovisual Department.

Part 2 Willoughby Abner Collection - 17 - Box-folder Folder heading 21-22 AAA (American Arbitration Association) cases; corres., 1971 18-32 thru 33 AAA; corres., case statistics, misc., 1970-72 17-29 thru 32 AAA; corres., minutes, misc., 1964-66, 1971-72 15-16 thru 17 AAA; corres., minutes, misc., 1970-72 16-17 thru 19 AAA; corres., misc., 1968-72 13-17 AAA; corres., misc., 1969 14-7 AAA; corres., newsletters, misc., 1967-70 11-43 thru 44 AAA; manual, 1971 12-18 thru 19 AAA; minutes, misc., 1972 19-9 AAA; minutes, misc., 1972 13-34 AAA; misc., 1972 12-23 AAA; newsletter, report, 1969-70 15-11 AAA; reports, misc., 1971 17-23 AAA-Labor Management Institute; corres., working paper, 1965 20-33 AAA-National Construction Industry Arbitration Comm.; minutes, 1970 13-35 Abner, W.; AAA proposal, 1972 13-48 Abner, W.; clippings, 1959, 1964 11-26 Abner, W.; conference notes, 1965 13-51 Abner, W.; congressional testimony as D.C. Board of Labor Relations 13-23 Abner, W.; corres., 1969 20-19 thru 20 Abner, W.; corres., clippings, misc., 1950, 1960s-1970s 16-6 thru 10 Abner, W.; corres., minutes, misc., 1956-72 15-7 Abner, W.; corres., misc., 1960s 17-1 thru 6 Abner, W.; corres., reports, misc., 1964-70 12-32 Abner, W.; debate with Malcolm X, 1962 22-29 thru 30 Abner, W.; lecture, misc., 1968, 1970 15-18 Abner, W.; memos, 1971-72 12-29 Abner, W.; speeches, 1967-68 21-23 Abner, W.; speeches, misc., 1969 18-1 thru 2 Abner, W.; testimony, memorial, 1971, 1973 22-31 Abner, W.; vita, union corres., 1940s, 1962 17-27 Aerojet; misc., 1962, 1965 16-5 Aerojet negotiations; clippings, misc., 1965 11-28 Aerojet strike; clippings, 1965 15-34 Aerojet strike; clippings, corres., misc., 1965 19-4 Aerojet-FMCS; corres., misc., 1965 15-26 Aerospace industry; conference material, reports, 1962-65 17-8 AFL-CIO IUD; corres., misc., 1965 22-9 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., 1972 14-5 AFSCME; misc., 1971 17-9 AFSCME; reports, 1967-68 20-23 AFSCME staff training program; corres., 1970 19-6 AFSCME-AFGE representation dispute; misc., 1970-71 16-42 Alcoa Die Sinkers International Union dispute; misc., 1966 18-12 American Assembly; misc., 1971 9-43 American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) conference; misc., 11-39 Analytics of Mediation and Arbitration, 1966

Part 2 Willoughby Abner Collection - 18 - Box-folder Folder heading 22-3 Anatomy of Prejudice (UAW); misc., 1964 17-33 Anti-Vietnam War organization newspapers, 1969 20-14 Apprenticeship outreach programs; publications, 1969 11-42 Arbitration; publications, 1971, 1973 18-22 Assn. of Student Governments; corres., misc., 1969-72 18-16 Assn. of Student Governments; misc., 1969 16-27 Attica Prison project; corres., clippings, misc., 1971-72 13-9 Automation panel; clipping, 1966 11-46 thru 50 Automation; reports, clippings, misc., 1964-65 12-1 Balance of payment problem; published material, 1966 13-12 Baltimore project; corres., minutes, misc., 1969 13-28 Bellamy project (Alabama); corres., misc., 1969 18-24 Berkeley landlord-tenant project; misc. material, 1970 20-16 Better Business Bureau; corres., publications, 1972 19-29 Black Muslims; corres., misc., 1964, 1970 22-15 Black Trade Unionist-Public Sector Conferences; misc., 1971-72 13-15 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, 1967-68 10-1 thru 5 BRSI; corres., reports, 1968 15-8 BRSI; corres., reports, 1969 13-36 BRSI; misc., 1968-69 9-49 BRSI; questionnaire, report, 1968 18-21 BRSI; report, 1968 22-27 BRSI; report, 1968 9-51 thru 54 BRSI; reports, misc. material, 1967 10-17 thru 20 BRSI-Chicago; corres., reports, misc., 1968 10-21 thru 22 BRSI-Kansas City; reports, bulletins, 1967-68 10-23 thru 34 BRSI-New York City; misc., 1964-68 10-35 thru 44 BRSI-Philadelphia; corres., reports, misc., 1964-68 10-45 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., 1970-71 16-30 Cairo, Illinois-Black United Front; publications, 1971 22-13 California State Colleges; minutes, 1969 19-13 Camp David Conference; misc., 1970 16-26 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., 1958 17-34 Chicago Committee for Equal Education; corres., 1962 16-35 Chicago; education, 1961-62 18-13 Chicago-South Suburban News, 1969 19-19 thru 22 Children-Junior Village panel; minutes, misc., 1971 12-7 Civil rights and women s rights; reports, pamphlet, 1967 13-4 Civil Service Commission; merit promotion policy, 1968 13-18 Cleveland project; memorandum, report, 1970 19-18 Clipping, 1971 11-29 Clippings; misc., 1967-68

Part 2 Willoughby Abner Collection - 19 - Box-folder Folder heading 16-22 thru 25 Clippings; misc., 1967-69 18-3 Clippings; misc., 1969-70 22-20 thru 22 Clippings; misc., 1969-70 15-32 Clippings; misc., 1972 20-37 Collective Bargaining Forum; misc., 1970 17-25 Collective bargaining in the public sector; corres., misc., 1969-70 13-30 Collective bargaining seminar; misc., 1969 21-24 College campus unrest; clipping, 1969 13-32 College campus unrest; clippings, 1969 16-16 College campus unrest; clippings, 1970 14-8 thru 10 College campus unrest; publications, 1970 22-23 College campus unrest; report, agreement, 1970 17-10 College campus unrest; reports, 1970-71 18-31 Common Sense, 1965 16-21 Community Action Pittsburgh; corres., 1971 22-26 Community Firm Workshop Council; misc. material, 1969 20-21 Community relations service workshop; corres., 1970 21-25 Conferences for black educators; misc., 1970 16-15 Congress of African Peoples; corres., 1970 15-12 Construction industry; reports, 1970 21-26 Consumer Advisory Council; corres., annual report, 1958, 1971 22-7 Consumer arbitration; misc., 1969-70 14-11 Consumer protection; corres., report, 1971 20-25 Correspondence, 1967 13-31 Correspondence, 1969 13-52 Correspondence, 1970 12-13 Correspondence, 1970-71 16-41 Correspondence, 1971 12-27 thru 28 Correspondence, clipping, reports, 1972 18-28 Court, NLRB & agency decisions; research corres., reports, misc. 17-26 Dahl, Roger E.; corres., 1972 13-1 thru 2 Daily Labor Report, 1968-69 15-4 Department and agency liaison officers (Washington, D C.); listings, 1968 14-15 Detroit Model Cities project; misc., 1971 16-45 Detroit riot; publications, 1967 21-18 EEOC; annual report, 1969 13-3 EEOC; court decisions, 1967 20-12 EEOC executive orders; misc., 1969 15-15 EEOC meeting; corres., misc., 1972 11-37 EEOC; news releases, 1969 12-10 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., 1971 20-15 Federal City College; corres., 1970 16-43 Federal City College mediation course; misc. material, 1968-69 19-14 Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Effort; report, 1970 11-51 thru 52 Federal employees; reports, resolution, misc., 1962, 1967-69

Part 2 Willoughby Abner Collection - 20 - Box-folder Folder heading 12-5 Federal Machinist,The, 1967 Jul-Sep 21-27 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., 1968 15-3 FMCS; corres., misc., 1967 15-21 FMCS; corres., speeches, 1965-67 14-21 FMCS During the Administration of President LBJ ; corres., report, 12-37 FMCS; Labor-Management Relations Act proposed revisions, 1966 13-43 FMCS; memos, reports, 1960s 19-2 thru 3 FMCS; misc., 1947, 1964-68 20-26 FMCS; misc., 1962, 1967 11-1 thru 25 FMCS; misc., 1964-69 22-6 FMCS; misc., 1968-69 12-25 thru 26 FMCS; newsletters, reports, misc., 1960s 12-31 FMCS; report, 1965 15-25 FMCS; reports, misc., 1967-69 22-28 FMCS; St. Luke s Hospital report, 1968 11-27 FMCS; statements, affidavits, 1965-67 13-7 FMCS; strikes, statistics, 1960s 13-41 FMCS; tentative settlement rejections, 1960s 15-6 FMCS; training material, 1960s 21-21 FMCS-AAA Labor Arbitration Conference; misc., 1971 16-2 FMCS-Arlington County; corres., misc., 1968 18-34 thru 35 FMCS-functions & cases; policy, reports, 1960s 10-47 FMCS-U.S. Army; reports, 1967-68 12-3 thru 4 FTC; reports, 1969-70 13-13 Hampton Institute dispute; misc., 1968-70 17-28 Handling of Industrial Conflict, 1970 14-20 Harvard University; corres., 1970 22-8 Health Service Areas, Dispute Settlement in; conference material, 1972 20-7 thru 9 Hearn, Robert Wesley; corres., vita, reports, 1971 20-22 HEW; corres., 1968 9-45 thru 46 HEW Task Force; report on employee-management relations, 1968 18-25 Higher Education Executive Assn.; corres., misc., 1969-70 19-30 Holmesburg Prison; report, 1971 18-19 Hoover, J. Edgar; testimony re Communist, racial, and extremist groups, 14-6 Housing & education; community involvement, 1971-72 22-14 HUD; corres., minutes, misc., 1969-70 14-22 Humphrey, Hubert; press comments, 1967-68 16-3 IAM Local 2284; corres., report, 1969 14-18 Jamaica School 142; mediation, misc., 1971 12-12 John Jay College of Criminal Justice; proposed charter, 1970 11-38 Labor cases; memorandum, 1966 13-10 Labor force; report, 1968 13-14 Labor relations; proposal, 1969 18-27 Labor-Management Conference; working paper, 1965 22-5 Labor-Management Manufacturing Sector Conference; working paper, 1964

Part 2 Willoughby Abner Collection - 21 - Box-folder Folder heading 16-20 Labor-Management Relations Service; corres., misc., 1971 12-24 Labor-Management Relations Service; corres., report, pamphlets, 1970-71 12-33 Landlord-tenant issues; interviews, 1967 14-25 League of Cities/Conference of Mayors; conference. material, 1970 20-28 League of Cities/Conference of Mayors; corres., 1969 20-17 League of Cities/Conference of Mayors; corres., 1970-71 19-17 League of Cities/Conference of Mayors; misc., 1970 13-19 Lima, Ohio conflict; corres., clipping, 1970 17-22 Lobbyist Registration Index, 1959 16-13 Machinist, The, 1965 Apr 22 14-26 thru 27 Management Work Conference; handbook, 1956, 1960-61 13-8 McKenna, Hugh; corres., 1968 13-6 Mediation; films, reports, 1967 13-11 Mediator staff characteristics; statistics, 1960s 13-40 Medicare Social Security Act; clippings, reports, misc., 1965 18-30 Militant, The, 1949 11-34 thru 35 Minority employment in the federal government; study, 1965-66 17-21 Mock mediation; misc., 1966 21-20 Municipal labor disputes/stoppages; reports, 1970 19-11 NAACP; publications, 1955, 1957 12-6 NAACP-Chicago; publications, 1956-57 20-30 National Assn. of Counties Conference; corres., 1970 18-29 National Institute for Freedom and Justice; report, 1970 19-16 National Railway Labor Conference; report, 1970 13-26 National Student Congress; misc., 1970 13-45 thru 46 NCDS (National Center for Dispute Settlement)-AAA; memos, reports, 13-27 NCDS; agreement, misc., 1969-71 22-16 NCDS; clippings, misc., 1969 21-1 thru 14 NCDS; corres., clippings, minutes, misc., 1967-72 18-4 thru 11 NCDS; corres., clippings, misc., 1968-72 15-9 NCDS; corres., memos, 1967-69 14-24 NCDS; corres., misc., 1970s 14-16 thru 17 NCDS; corres., misc., 1972 20-39 NCDS; corres., misc. and conference material, 1969 19-1 NCDS; corres., reports, misc., 1965-69 20-1 thru 6 NCDS; corres., reports, misc., 1966-67, 1969-72 15-27 thru 28 NCDS; corres., reports, misc., 1968-72 16-31 thru 34 NCDS; corres., reports, misc., 1969-72 14-4 NCDS; corres., reports, misc., 1970 13-22 NCDS; Medico program, n.d. 14-19 NCDS; memos, reports, misc., 1971 19-7 thru 8 NCDS; misc., 1968, 1970, 1972 13-25 NCDS; misc., 1971 19-26 NCDS; misc., 1971-72 22-18 NCDS; origins, 1970-71 17-11 thru 18 NCDS; reports, minutes, misc., 1967-74 15-33 NCDS unit determination cases; corres., minutes, misc., 1972 13-50 NCDS-AAA; proposal, 1972 15-24 NCDS-AFSCME; report, misc., n.d.

Part 2 Willoughby Abner Collection - 22 - Box-folder Folder heading 14-29 NCDS-FMCS; newsletters, clippings, misc., 1967, 1971 14-30 NCDS-National Capitol area; misc., 1972 14-28 Negro American Labor Council; convention material, 1961 16-37 Negro American Labor Council; convention material, 1961 17-19 Negro colleges and universities; conference material, 1967 18-23 Neighborhood Youth Diversions Community Forum; corres., misc., 1971 21-19 New York City Office of Collective Bargaining; annual report, 1969 20-27 New York State Public Employment Relations Board symposium; corres., 19-12 NLRB; misc., 1960s-1970 13-21 Nurses Assn.-D.C. government bargaining dispute; memorandum, 1972 20-36 Official Human Rights Agencies conference, 1968 13-5 Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers; strike erosion, 1965 20-24 Oregon State University; public employee bargaining and dispute 16-28 thru 29 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders; corres., minutes, misc., 1966-68 18-18 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; bulletins, report, 1967 12-20 thru 21 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; clippings, reports, misc., 1967 20-35 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; corres., agreement, misc., 1966-67 15-13 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; corres., clippings, misc., 1967 22-24 thru 25 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; corres., clippings, misc., 1967-68 9-29 thru 33 Pacific Coast Shipbuilders-IBEW; corres., reports, misc., 1966 12-11 Pamphlets; misc., 1967-68 22-10 thru 11 Pennsylvania League for Consumer Protection; corres., misc., 1970-72 13-38 Pensions and pension plans; corres., report, 1967-68 9-47 thru 48 Personnel practices; questionnaire, n.d. 18-20 Philadelphia public employment; corres., 1970 21-17 Philadelphia student ombudsman project; corres., misc., 1971 20-18 Police and Fire Disputes, Conference on Arbitration of; corres., 1970-71 13-16 Police and Fire Disputes, Conference on Arbitration of; misc., 1970-71 13-20 Postal agreement-national; reports, 1970-71 13-39 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., 1970 15-10 President s Review Committee on Employee-Management Relations; report, 16-40 President-elect Nixon; clippings, misc., 1969 17-7 Private sector s role in the urban crisis; corres., misc., 1971 15-30 Public employees bargaining; clippings, reports, 1967-68 22-2 Public employees; reports, misc., 1968 20-31 Public employment laws and proposals; corres., reports, misc., 1969-70 18-17 Public employment relations; symposium material, 1969 22-19 Public employment; speeches, reports, 1970 16-14 Public Personnel Assn.-National Capitol Chapter; conference material, 1965 22-4 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, 1962-63 18-15 Randolph, A. Philip; pamphlet, 1969 13-24 Raskin, A. H.; corres., interview, 1970, 1972 20-29 Raspberry, William; corres., clippings, 1969

Part 2 Willoughby Abner Collection - 23 - Box-folder Folder heading 15-29 Riots; publications, 1968 16-44 Russell Sage Foundation; annual report, 1970 16-36 Sacco & Vanzetti; publications, 1963 15-14 School district surveys, 1970 12-8 thru 9 Seniority and race; corres., report, 1966 13-49 Shipbuilding and repair industries; labor dispute hearing, 1967 15-20 Shipper arbitration project; corres., clipping, 1971 18-14 Southern community disputes; clippings, 1969 12-30 Speeches; misc., 1967-69 13-29 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, 1966 11-36 SSA; report, 1967 16-1 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, 1960s 19-5 Taft-Hartley Act; National Emergency Disputes Provisions, n.d. 17-35 Taft-Hartley analysis; misc., 1965, 1967 14-3 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, 1968 15-31 U.S. Dept. of Labor Camp David conf.; misc. material, 1970 11-33 U.S. Dept. of Labor; publications, 1963, 1968 11-45 U.S. Dept. of Labor; publications, 1967 12-2 U.S. government budget; publications, 1970 20-34 U.S. Navy; wage survey and rates, 1966 13-44 U. S. Secretary of Labor; annual report, 1969 19-10 UAW; Bliss Manufacturing, 1965-66 9-13 thru 26 UAW; discussion leader s outline, 1956, 1958, 1961 9-27 UAW; Foundry Dept. bylaws, 1963 9-1 thru 4 UAW; Leadership Study Center manual, 1963 9-28 UAW; leadership training material, 1963 17-37 UAW Local 248; audit report, 1947 15-23 UAW; memos, 1960s 17-24 UAW; OPEIU Local 42, 1966 9-5 thru 9 UAW; salary and expense analysis, 1959-64 16-39 UAW Staff Council; memos, minutes, misc., 1960, 1963-64 15-1 UAW Staff Council; memos, minutes, misc., 1964, 1966 9-12 UAW Staff Council; memos, misc., 1963-64 9-10 thru 11 UAW; veterans handbook, 1963 15-22 UAW-Chicago; memo, newsletter, 1958 17-36 UAW-CIO convention; grievance appeals, misc., 1948-49 9-44 Union-management relations report; 21-16 United Steel Workers of America; corres., misc., 1968 13-47 United Transportation Union; memorandum, 1970 13-33 University of California; corres., 1971

Part 2 Willoughby Abner Collection - 24 - Box-folder Folder heading 22-12 University of Connecticut; misc., 1969 21-15 University of Iowa conference; corres., misc., 1968-70 12-17 Washington, D.C.; Bar Association meeting, 1970 12-16 Washington, D.C.; Board of Education, 1970-71 19-15 Washington, D.C.; Board of Labor Relations, 1971-72 20-13 Washington, D.C.; Board of Labor Relations, 1971-72 14-12 thru 13 Washington, D.C.; corres., memos, litigation material, 1971-72 14-14 Washington, D.C.; landlord-tenant regulations, 1970-72 14-23 Washington, D.C.; misc., 1970-71 15-19 Washington, D.C.; sanitation conflict clippings, 1970 20-40 Welfare; clippings, 1969 13-53 Wilhelm Weinberg seminar; corres., misc., 1970