Greater Hartford Labor Council, AFL-CIO Records

Series I: Hartford Central Labor Union—AFL (1949-1957). Contains financial records, including one ledger book of receipts and disbursements for 1955-1957.

Series II: Greater Hartford Industrial Union—CIO (undated, 1947-1957)is arranged into four subseries: Constitutions and Minutes, Correspondence and Subject Files, Financial Records, Connecticut State Industrial Union Council—CIO. Contains a copy of the GHIUC constitution and official minutes of meetings, incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, auditor's and other financial reports.

Series III: Administrative Policy and Finance (undated, 1956-1981) Arranged into four subseries: By-Laws and Constitutions, Committee On Political Education (COPE), Newsclippings and Financial Records. Contains administrative records of the GHLC, minutes, financial records and clippings pertaining to labor activity in Connecticut.

Series IV: Minutes (undated, 1957-1982) pertain to monthly Executive Board and Delegate meetings and includes agendas, roll sheet, associated correspondence, committee reports, financial reports, official officer election materials, dues and membership lists, strike and boycott information, information about donations of funds and services, materials about state and municipal political endorsements and printed materials.

Series V: General Administration (undated, 1957-1982) consist of the files of the President and Recording Secretary of the GHLC. Includes correspondence (AFL-CIO International and local affiliates), delegates credential forms, resolutions, financial materials, requests for moral and monetary support for boycotts and strikes, information about state and local political candidates prepared by the Committee on Political Education (COPE), flyers and brochures for labor educational opportunities, requests and thank yous letters for charity donations, and social event correspondence. Community service files include material from the Community Renewal Team, the Greater Hartford Process, and the Human Resources Development Institute.

Series VI: Connecticut State Labor Council (undated, 1957-1982) has two subseries: Minutes and Correspondence and Subject Files. Consists of records received by the GHLC as an affiliate of the CSLC including: correspondence, reports, press releases, convention and financial materials.

Series VII: Printed Materials, Photographs and Memorabilia (undated, circa 1950-1978) is divided into three subseries: Printed Materials, Photographs and Memorabilia. The series includes newsletters and educational materials, photographs, membership cards, ribbons, audiotapes, and posters.

Series VIII: Royal Industrial Union (undated, 1946-1977) was collected by William E. Kuehnel, Chairman of the Retired Workers Chapter, Royal Industrial Union, Local 937, the series contains constitution, by-laws, correspondence, financial records, and newsletters.

Series IX: Greater Hartford Building and Construction Trades Council (undated, 1975-1982) contains records collected by William E. Kuehnel as Acting Secretary of the GHBCTC and includes minutes, correspondence, subject files, newsclippings and press releases.

The last two series are not part of Kuehnel's files as Recording Secretary of the GHLC but provide information of related interest to the activities of the GHLC.