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University of Cincinnati Chapter - 925 Union

The 925 Union is a workers union covering office staff and other similarly classed employees. The materials within the University Archives is varied and contains meeting minutes, correspondence, contract negotiation materials, and other such items. It also includes posters, promotional ephemera, publications, and audio/visual materials. It is a rich resource for the study of the history of the organization's UC chapter.

  • UA-03-26
  • UA-05-07

UA-03-26

Box 1:

  1. Laurie Metcalf on Sexual Harassment 5 copies
  2. Meeting Minutes 1976-1990
  3. Correspondences 1972-1998
  4. Articles, Fliers, and Newsletters 1982-1994
  5. A Strange and Fierce Delight: The Early Days of Women’s Mystery Fiction
  6. Union Industries Show 1990
  7. Union is Better Bargain Than Legislation by Joshua L. Schwarz The Enquirer 1990
  8. U.C’s Steger: “A Lee Iacocca-type Guy” by Jane Prendergast Enquirer 1990
  9. Worker’s Compensation Fact Sheet
  10. Bottom Line v.8 n.21 1987
  11. Building the Local Union
  12. Voice v.1 n.1 1976
  13. Group Protests ‘Peeping Tom’ The News Record 1982
  14. UC Office Workers Approve Contract Post 89
  15. Arbitration Investigation Form
  16. Videotape- “9 to 5” Sexual Harassment PSA “Quiz, “9 to 5” Sexual Harassment PSA “Jackie”
  17. Audiotape- Annual NWSA Convention
  18. Two Posters
  19. Buttons and Stickers
  20. Forum: Women Studies Quarterly 1982-1984
  21. Profile 1967
  22. New England Sees It Through by Gladys Hasty Carroll 1969
  23. Chrysalis No. 3
  24. 1982 Cincinnati Women-Artists Calendar
  25. Stitches, Whistles, Bells and Wires: An Oral History of Cincinnati’s Working Women, 1904-1981
  26. Belles Lettres v.10 No.2 1995
  27. Woman’s Place is Everywhere U.C
  28. Agreement Between University of Cincinnati and District 925/SEIU October 1, 1989 to June 30, 1992
  29. Elizabeth Nourse: A Sketch 1992
  30. Legacy v.1 no.1 Spring 1984
  31. Nancy Ford Cones 1981
  32. University of Cincinnati Master Plan 1991
  33. 925 Newsletter 1984,1990

Box 2:

  1. 925 Negotiating Team
  2. Wage Information 1980s
  3. Benefits and Wages 1980s
  4. SEIU Steward
  5. Agreements, Articles, Definition of Department, Constitution/By-laws, and Proposals 1988-89
  6. Fliers and Correspondence 1989
  7. District 925 Annual Meeting 1991, 925 News 1991, and District 925-SEIU 1989
  8. Penny Smith-Cinti
    • 925 Buddy Network
    • 9 to 5 Benefits and Privileges
    • Family and Medical Leave Act
    • Job Problem Hotline
  9. Healthcare 1991
  10. Membership Information and Envelopes
  11. Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, and Newsletters 1990-1991
  12. Misc.
    • Bibliographic Citations of Novels, Anthologies/Short Fiction, Plays, Poetry
    • “She Even Chewed Tobacco” A Pictorial Narrative of Passing Women in America The San Francisco Lesbian and Gay History Project 1989
    • Dual Identity and Lesbian Autonomy: The Beginning of Separate Organizing Among Women
    • Companionate Marriage and the Lesbian Threat by Christina Simmons
    • The Female World of Love and Rituals by Carroll Smith-Rosenberg
    • From Sexual Inversion to Homosexuality: Medicine and the Changing Conceptualization of Female Deviance
    • Notes
    • Group Discussions
    • Women’s Studies 645: The Lesbian Experience Spring 1991 Film Schedule
    • Meeting Minutes 1991
  13. Women’s Studies Periodicals: A Listing of Current Subscriptions 1985
  14. Women’s Studies Periodicals: A Listing of Historical Titles, Ceases Publications and Microform Collections 1985
  15. Who’s She? Locating Bibliographic and Autobiographical Works By and About Women 1985
  16. Women in Music: A CCM Library Guide to Locating Materials By and About Women 1986
  17. Women and the Law: Guide to Legal Research and an Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works in the Marx Law Library by Elizabeth Wood
  18. Bibliographic Citations
  19. 925 Annual Meeting 1991
  20. Lesbian Experience
  21. Red University of Cincinnati Folder
    • Center for Women’s Studies Faculty Retreat 1990
    • Questioning Homosexuality
    • Not for Lesbians Only by Charlotte Bunch
    • Women’s Studies Governance Structure
    • Correspondence From: Hilda L. Smith To: Women’s Studies Faculty Re: Curriculum Development Activities, 1990-1991
    • Correspondence From: Nominating Committee To: Women Studies Faculty Re: Faculty Elections 1990
    • Raymond Walters College Women’s Studies Brochure 1990
  22. Yellow Legal Pad with Notes, SOHIO, Reclassification Clinic
  23. Penny/Correspondence 1991
  24. E Board
  25. Joyce/Sept. Sched
  26. Centerline v.3 no.1 1990, Introduction to DataEase, Surveys, 925 Newsletters 1990, and On the Job
  27. Purple Legal Note Pads
  28. Contract Information Committee
  29. Contract Enforcement
  30. 925
  31. 925 News 1994, 9 to 5 Office Worker Survival Guide, Membership Information, Notes, Scavenger Hunt, and Sterne City Bulletin 1991
  32. Decide Your Future
  33. NA/NA Staff Association
  34. NANASA
  35. Sarah Orne Jewett’s ‘Dear Old House and Home’ by Marie Donahue
  36. 925
  37. 925- Brochure and Envelopes, Correspondences 1984 From: Henry Winkler To: Campus Community, From: William C Lodge To: Colleagues, From Joseph A. Steger To: Ms. Deborah Schneider 1991
  38. Pay Campaign Comm
  39. Legal Note Pads
  40. U.C Chapter-District 925
  41. This Week v.15 i. 32 1990s, and Budget ‘Surplus’ Evaporates on Close Analysis
  42. PASWI
  43. 3/5 925 E Board
  44. Penny Smith Data Support
  45. Miscellaneous
  46. Miscellaneous
  47. C.E. 10/18 Meeting
  48. 2/21/91 CEC Meeting
  49. Miscellaneous
  50. E-Board, Training, and Parking Information 1990

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UA-05-07

SERIES HEADINGS

Series 1—Periodicals and Newsletters
Series 2—Correspondence
Series 3—Schedules, Agendas, and Minutes
Series 4—Proposals, Agreements, and Contract Violation Materials
Series 5—District 925 Constitutional and Governmental Documents
Series 6—District 925, Primary Documents
Series 7—Subject Files
Series 8—Miscellany
Series 9—Books
Series 10—Directories
Series 11—Ephemera

INVENTORY

Box 1:

  • Series 1—Periodicals and Newsletters
  1. Clippings from local newspapers, primarily the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Post
  2. AAUP News: The University of Cincinnati Chapter
  3. Personnel Points
  4. Update (“for Leaders and Activists in SEIU’s Office Worker Division”)
  5. Update, District 925
  6. Action Alert, District 925
  7. District 925 News, also known as District 925 Newsletter
  8. Miscellaneous newsletters
  9. Photocopied articles from local newspapers, primarily the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Post
  10. Photocopied articles from miscellaneous publications

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  • Series 2—Correspondence
  1. Correspondence from Mary Cervantes
  2. Correspondence to Mary Cervantes
  3. Correspondence from Donna L. Ferneding
  4. Correspondence from Kathleen Gubser
  5. Correspondence from William C. Lodge
  6. Correspondence from Karen Nussbaum
  7. Correspondence to Karen Nussbaum
  8. Correspondence from Jill Parris
  9. Correspondence from Deborah Schneider
  10. Correspondence to Deborah Schneider
  11. Correspondence from Penelope Smith
  12. Correspondence from Joseph Steger
  13. Correspondence to Joseph Steger
  14. Correspondence from Rosemary Weaver
  15. Correspondence to Rosemary Weaver
  16. Miscellaneous correspondence on District 925 stationery
  17. Miscellaneous correspondence on University of Cincinnati stationery
  18. Miscellaneous correspondence

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  • Series 3—Schedules, Agendas, and Minutes
  1. District 925 Contract Enforcement Committee meetings
  2. District 925 Coordinating Council meetings
  3. District 925 Executive Board meetings
  4. District 925 membership/general public meetings and events
  5. District 925, miscellaneous meetings
  6. The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) meetings and events
  7. Miscellaneous meetings and events
  8. District 925 Contract Enforcement Committee minutes
  9. District 925 Coordinating Council minutes
  10. District 925 Executive Board minutes
  11. District 925, miscellaneous minutes
  12. University of Cincinnati Labor Coalition (UCLC) minutes

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  • Series 4—Proposals, Agreements, and Contract Violation Materials
  1. Organized labor proposals to the University of Cincinnati
  2. University of Cincinnati proposals to organized labor
  3. Agreements and contracts between organized labor and the University of Cincinnati
  4. Materials relating to contract violations and grievances
  5. Correspondence from Deborah Schneider and Penelope Smith with regard to possible contract violations

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  • Series 5—District 925 Constitutional and Governmental Documents
  1. District 925 constitution and bylaws
  2. District 925 internal proposals
  3. District 925 resolutions

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Box 2:

  • Series 6—District 925, Primary Documents
  1. “1991 Chapter Goals: District 925 Service Employees International Union”
  2. District 925 election announcements and election miscellany
  3. District 925 election flyers
  4. District 925 ballots
  5. District 925 membership applications
  6. District 925, assorted forms and applications
  7. District 925 surveys
  8. District 925 petitions
  9. District 925 and organized labor reports
  10. District 925 press releases and drafts of speeches delivered by members
  11. District 925 budgets and financial records
  12. District 925 building lists and rosters of various committees
  13. Handwritten lists of individuals identified by room number
  14. Receipts and order forms
  15. Statistics and figures useful for bargaining
  16. Songs and chants
  17. Awards and certificates for various members of District 925
  18. “Second Decade: District 925 Leadership Development Program” (3 copies)
  19. Miscellany related to District 925

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  • Series 7—Subject Files
  1. How-to manuals for organized labor
  2. Union/labor materials
    • Union/labor-related flyers and informational handouts
    • Labor law materials
    • Service Employees International Union (SEIU) materials
    • American Association of University Professors (AAUP) materials
    • Data-entry materials
  3. Workplace discipline materials
  4. Health and safety materials
    • Sick-leave materials
    • Insurance/healthcare coverage materials
    • Video display terminal (VDT) materials
    • General health and safety issues materials
  5. Women’s/gender issues materials
    • Sex-based wage discrimination materials
    • Work and family issues materials
    • University of Cincinnati Advisory Council to the President on Women’s Issues materials
    • Reproductive rights materials
    • Women’s issues flyers and announcements
    • “Cincinnati Women’s History Tour”
    • Women’s/gender issues, miscellaneous materials
  6. Race/affirmative action materials

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  • Series 8—Miscellany
  1. Handwritten materials
  2. Miscellany
  3. Two computer printouts of various statistics, possibly concerning responses to an unspecified survey

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Box 3:

  • Series 9—Books
  1. 9 to 5: The Working Woman’s Guide to Office Survival, by Ellen Cassedy and Karen Nussbaum: 1983
  2. Women & Men: The Consequences of Power: A Collection of New Essays, edited by Dana V. Hiller and Robin Ann Sheets: 1977
  3. Garland for a City, by BY Williams, Annette Patton Cornell, and Caroline Williams, signed by the authors: 1946
  4. Labor’s Untold Story, by Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais, a photocopy of the cover and pages 298-309: undated
  5. Elizabeth Nourse, 1859-1938: A Salon Career, by Mary Alice Heekin Burke, with a contribution by Lois Marie Fink: 1983
  6. The Ladies, God Bless ‘Em: The Women’s Art Movement in Cincinnati in the Nineteenth Century, published by the Cincinnati Art Museum: 1976
  7. Women in Cincinnati: Century of Achievement, 1870-1970, vol. II., edited by Dottie I. Lewis and Robin Lippleman: undated, but probably 1984 or 1985
  8. Lighting the Way...: The Woman’s Club of Cincinnati, 1915-1965, by Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh: 1986
  9. The Golden Age: Cincinnati Painters of the Nineenth Century Represented in the Cincinnati Art Museum, published by the Cincinnati Art Museum: 1979
  10. The AIDS Book: Information for Workers, published by the Service Employees International Union: 1988
  11. “Business as Usual”: Stories from the 9to5 Job Survival Hotline, published by 9to5, National Association of Working Women: 1991
  12. Clerical Bargaining: Contract Clauses, published by the Service Employees International Union: 1986
  13. Analysis of Financial Statements of University of Cincinnati: Academic Years 1985-1989, by Richard E. Weber: 1990

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  • Series 10—Directories
  1. University of Cincinnati 1985-1986 Telephone Directory
  2. University of Cincinnati Faculty/Staff Directory: 1986-1987
  3. University of Cincinnati Faculty/Staff Directory: 1987-1988
  4. University of Cincinnati Faculty/Staff Directory: 1989-1990
  5. University of Cincinnati Faculty and Staff Directory: 1991-1992

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  • Series 11—Ephemera
  1. Assorted pamphlets and handouts
  2. University of Cincinnati Center for Women’s Studies stationery
  3. Two black folders, reading “WE MAKE UC WORK”
  4. Very large sheets of white paper, folded up, with handwritten notes and diagrams possibly used during a lecture or presentation
  5. Three blue posters, reading “Whatever It Takes!,” for District 925
  6. Three posters; one blue, one pink, and one purple; reading “Competence, Creativity, Concern”; for District 925
  7. Beige poster, reading “Expressions,” for an event at the New Central Library of the University of Cincinnati during the period of 3/16/??-4/21/??
  8. White poster, reading “Proud to be an office worker/ Proud to be union,” for the Service Employees International Union for National Office Workers Week 1990
  9. Two black posters, reading “WE MAKE UC WORK,” for District 925
  10. Blue poster, reading, “PROUD TO BE OFFIC WORKS/ PROUD TO BE UNION,” for the Service Employees International Union for National Office Workers Week 1988

Box 4:

  • Series 11, continued—Ephemera
  1. Blue coffee mug, reading “VOTE YES!,” for District 925
  2. Two blue pencils, reading “PROUD TO BE AN OFFICE WORKER/ PROUD TO BE UNION,” for District 925
  3. Tablet of white stationery, reading “SEIU STEWARD”
  4. Assorted business cards
  5. Stickers for District 925 and the Service Employees International Union
  6. Black-and-white photograph, 4”x6”, of individuals carrying District 925 banners down a sidewalk, labeled “Klosterman Strike/ Baker’s Union/ August 3, 1994”
  7. Eleven buttons, all relating to organized labor

Material not in containers

  • Series 11, continued—Ephemera
  1. Blue poster, reading “OFFICE WORKER,” fastened by a pink button reading “SECRETARIES WEEK SEIU”
  2. White poster, reading “FAIRNESS DOCTRINE”

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