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Collection Number: 04978

Collection Title: Gerald A. Barrett Papers (#4978) 1949-1984

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Size 24 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 10,000 items)
Abstract Gerald A. Barrett was a professor in the business school of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, an expert in industrial-labor relations, and an arbitrator. Papers of Gerald A. Barrett are mostly files concerning hearings at which Barrett acted as arbitrator between labor unions and companies, mostly in the southeastern United States. Cases involve textile companies, tobacco companies, airlines, chemical companies, and others. Files may contain copies of original grievances, reports of Barrett's findings and decisions, Barrett's expense reports and invoices, correspondence with company and union representatives, and other items. Also included are Barrett's file on his membership in the National Academy of Arbitrators Committee on Professional Responsibility and Grievances, 1980-1983, and a few other letters.
Creator Barrett, Gerald A., 1912-1990.
Curatorial Unit Southern Historical Collection
Language English.
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Restrictions to Access
CLOSED until 2056.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Gerald A. Barrett Papers #04978, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Received from Phyllis Barrett of Chapel Hill, N.C., in May 1999 (Acc. 98368).
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Gerald A. Barrett was born in 1912 in New York City. He went to college at Lehigh University and to law school at Columbia University. He came to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill as an associate professor in 1947 and taught here for 30 years until his retirement in 1977. From 1955 to 1965, he directed the MBA program in the UNC Business School. He was active in University-wide affairs and at various times chaired the Committee on Athletics, the Grievance Committee, and the Morehead Foundation Central Selection Committee.

Barrett was nationally known as an authority on industrial-labor relations. He arbitrated in many labor disputes and served as president of the National Academy of Arbitrators.

Barrett died in 1990 at the age of 78.

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Papers of Gerald A. Barrett are mostly files concerning hearings at which Barrett acted as arbitrator between labor unions and companies, mostly in the southeastern United States. Cases involve textile companies, tobacco companies, airlines, chemical companies, and others. Files may contain copies of original grievances, reports of Barrett's findings and decisions, Barrett's expense reports and invoices, correspondence with company and union representatives, and other items. Also included are Barrett's file on his membership in the National Academy of Arbitrators Committee on Professional Responsibility and Grievances, 1980-1983, and on his appointment to the Town of Chapel Hill's personnel appeals committee in 1977, and a few other letters.

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Contents list

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Arrangement: alphabetical by company name.

Papers of Gerald A. Barrett are mostly files concerning hearings at which Barrett acted as arbitrator between labor unions and companies, mostly in the southeastern United States. Cases involve textile companies, tobacco companies, airlines, chemical companies, and others. Files may contain copies of original grievances, reports of Barrett's findings and decisions, Barrett's expense reports and invoices, correspondence with company and union representatives, and other items. Also included are Barrett's file on his membership in the National Academy of Arbitrators Committee on Professional Responsibility and Grievances, 1980-1983, and on his appointment to the Town of Chapel Hill's personnel appeals committee in 1977, and a few other letters.

Box 1

American Tobacco Co. - TWIU, 1973-1983

Anchor & Carr Glass - GPPAW, 1982-1986

Bemis Bros. Bag Co - UTWA, 1958-1959

Bendix Corp. - IAMAW, 1968

Bethlehem Steel Co. - United Steelworkers, 1963-1966

Big Apple Super Markets - Retail Clerks, 1970

Bliss, E. W. Company - Steelworkers, 1969

Blue Ridge Co. - CIO, 1955

Boeing Co. - UAW, 1969

Boone, A.G., Company - Teamsters, Local 391, 1960

Borden Manufacturing Co. - TWUA, CIO, 1950-1963

Borden Chemical Co. - Intl. Chem. Workers, 1967

Borg - Warner Corp. - UAW, 1958-1961

Bowaters Southern Papers Corp. - Intl. Bro. of Pulp, Sulphite, & Paper Mill Workers, 1960

Bowaters Carolina Corp. - Intl. Bro. of PS & PM Workers, 1961

Bowman Transp. Co. - UMWA, 1968

Braniff Airlines - ALPA, 1976

Box 2

Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. - TWIU, 1971

Bristol Steel & Iron Works - Shopmen's Local 753, 1961-1964

Brookside Cotton Mills (Knoxville, Tenn.) - TWUA (CIO), 1954-1955

Caledonia Mills - TWUA (CIO), 1953-1954

Calvine Cotton Mills - TWUA (CIO), Local 677, 1952

Canfield Company - IAMAW, 1973

Carborundum Co - IAM, 1966

Carling Brewing Co. - Brewery Workers, 1965

Carolina Coach Co. - Amalg. Assoc., 1954, 1960-1962

Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. - IAM, 1962

Carolina Rubber Hose Co. - United Rubber Workers, 1957

Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co - CWA, 1969-1971

Caterpillar Tractor - IAM, 1967

Carterpillar Tractor Co. - IAM (Joliet, Ill), 1966

Celanese Corp. - United Mine Workers, 1952

Celanese, Narrows, Va. - UCON Workers, 1953, 1957

Celanese Corp (Rock Hill, S.C.) - TWUA, CIO, 1953-1957

City of Charlotte - AFSCMW, 1970

Chatham Mill, Inc. - UTWA, 1956

Chatham Mfg. Co. - TWUA, 1968

Chattanooga Boiler & Tank - Boilermakers, 1970

Chattanooga Glass Co. - GBBA, 1975

Chattanooga Glass Co (Baltimore, Md.) - OBDA, 1975

Chesapeake Corp. - Intl. Bro. PS & PMW, 1956, 1959, 1962

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Maryland Telephone Union, Inc., 1960, 1962

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - CWA, 1964

Chris-Craft Corp. - District 50, UMW, 1965

Cigar Mfgrs. Assoc. - Cigar Makers Union, AFL, 1953

Cities Service Company - Intl. Chemical Workers, 1970

Claussen's Bakery - RWDSU, 1964

Colonial Baking Co. - Amer. B & Conf. Workers, 1963

Colonial Stores - Retail Clerks, 1965

Columbia Mills Company - TWUA, Local 253, 1950

Box 3

Combustion Engineering, Inc. - Boilermakers, 1959-1961,1963, 1965, 1970

Cone Mills Corp. (Dwight Div.) - TWUA (CIO), 1955-1958

Cone Mills (Edna Plant) - UTWA (AFL), 1954

Cone Mills Corp (Granite, Haw River) - TWUA, 1957

Cone Mills - Perm Arb., 1953

Cone Mills - Print Works Plant, 1949, 1952

Cone Mills Corp. - Proximity Plant, 1949-1950

Cone Mill (Tabardrey - Haw River), 1951-1952

Cone Mills (White Oak Mill), non-union, 1951-1952

Cone Mills (White Oak) - UTWA (AFL), 1953-1954

Cone Mills Corp. (White Oak) - TWUA, 1957

Cone Mills Corp. - TWUA, 1960

Cone Mills Corp. & Corp. Finishing - UTWA (AFL), 1953

Consolidated Furniture Industries - Intl. Woodworkers, 1971

Container Corp. of America - Chattanooga Printing, 1972

Continental Airlines - Flight Attendants, 1974-1983

Continental Airlines - Pilots, 1974

Box 4

Continental Airlines - ALPA, 1976

Continental Airline/Texas International - ALPA, 1983

Continental Can Co. - IAM (Savannah, Ga.), 1968

Dan River Mills - TWUA (CIO), 1952

Dan River Mills - UTWA (AFL), 1953-1956

Dan River Mills - UTWA, 1957-1963

Dan River Umpire, 1953

Danville Knitting Mills - UTWA (AFL), 1954-1955

Day, Clarence - Farmers Inc., Intl. Woodworkers, 1960

Dayco Corp. - United Rubber Workers, 1966

Day & Zimmerman Inc. - United Bro. of Carpenters, 1968

Dayton Rubber Co. - United Rubber Workers, CIO, 1956-1967

Dayco Corp. - URW, 1964-1970

Delman Co. - IAM, 1965

Diamond Cab Co. - BRAC, 1975

District of Columbia Board of Education. - Wash. Teachers Union, 1969

Dittler Bros. - Atlanta Printing Pressmen, 1968

Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc. - UAW, 1958-1963

Box 5

Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc. - UAW, 1963-1964

Douglas Aircraft (Cape Kennedy) - IAM, 1964-1968

DuPont Co. - Transparent Film Workers, Inc, 1964

DuPont Co. (Richmond, Va.) - Ampthill Rayon Workers, Inc., 1966

Durham Herald Company - Pressmen, 1968

Durham Hosiery Mills - Amer. Fed. of Hosiery Workers, 1958

East Tennessee Undergarment Co. - UTWA, 1958-1960

Eastern Airlines - IAMAW, 1966

Eastern Airlines - TWU, 1981

Eastern Airlines - Transport Workers Local 553, 1982

Eaton, Yale & Towne, Inc. - United Steelworkers, 1969

Electronic Communications, Inc. - UAW, 1970

Emerson Electric Co. - IAM, 1966-1969

Enterprise - Black Diamond Corp - IAM, 1964-1967

Erwin Mills (Cooleemee) - TWUA, 1951-1956

Erwin Mills (Durham) - UTWA (AFL), 1953-1954

Erwin Mills (W. Durham) - TWUA, 1949-1952

Erwin Mills (Erwin) - TWUA, 1949-1956

Erwin Cotton Mills - TWUA (CIO), 1949

Ethyl Corporation - Dist., Allied & Technical Workers

Fairchild Hiller - IAM, 1965-1969

Farmers Cotton Oil Co. - District 50, 1954

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 1962

Federal Paperboard Co. - Steelworkers, 1970

Fieldcrest Mills - TWUA, 1956

Fieldcrest Mills - TWUA (CIO), 1953-1955

Box 6

Fieldcrest Mills - TWUA (CIO), 1956-1961

Firestone (Akron, Ohio) - URW, 1971-1975

Firestone (Des Moines, Iowa) - URW, 1975-1978

Firestone (Hopewell, Va.) - URW, 1972-1986

Firestone (Memphis, Tenn.) - URW, 1969-1977

Firestone (Pottstown, Pa.) - URW, 1972

FMC Corp - Boilermakers, 1962-1965

Foley Co. vs Daniel Constr. Co. & American Tobacco, Co., 1965

Food Mach. & Chem. Corp. - Dist. 50, UMWA, 1975

Foremost Dairies (Richmond, Va.) - Teamsters, 1958

Fox Manufacturing Co. - UFWA, 1962

Fruehauf Corp. - Aluminum Workers, 1971

Box 7

Gates Rubber Co. - URW, 1967-1971

G & H Transit Co. - Teamsters, 1958

General Baking Co. (Richmond, Va.) - Bakery Workers, 1958

General Electric Co. (Augusta, Ga.) - IUE, 1963

General Electric Co. (Anniston, Ala.) - IUE, 1963

General Electric Co. (Hialeah,Fla) - IUE, 1963

General Electric Co. (Rome, Ga.) - IUE, 1963

General Electric Co. (San Juan, P.R.) - IAMAW, 1971

General Shale Products Corp. - United Stone Workers, 1963-1968

General Steel Tank Co. - Boilermakers, 1962

General Telephone Co. - CWA, 1969

General Telephone Co. (Bluefield) - CWA, 1967-1972

General Telephone Co. (Durham, N.C.) - IBEW, 1962-1971

General Telephone Co. of Florida -1970

General Telephone Co. (Lexington, Ky.) -1966-1970

General Time Corp. (Gadsen, Ala.) - CWA, 1970

General Tire - URW, 1974

Georgia Kaolin Co. - United Cement Workers, 1966

Gerber Products Co. - Amalg. Meat Cutters, 1966

Gilma Paper Co. - IAMAW, 1971

Glendale Mfg Co. - ILGWV, 1958

Golden Belt Mfg. Co. - TWUA (CIO), 1949-1953

Gold - Tex Fabrics Corp - Mill Div. and TWUA, Local 925

Goodrich, B. F. - Intl. Chemical Workers, 1963

Gould, Inc. - IBEW, 1971

Box 8

Grace, W. R. - Rubber Workers, 1969

Grace, W. R. (Bartow, Fla.) - Intl. Chemical Workers, 1971

Great American Industries - Rubber Workers, 1961-1963

Great A & P Tea Co. - Amalg. Meat Cutters, 1958-1961

Great A & P Tea Co. - Amer. Bakery & Confectionery Workers, 1962

Great A & P Tea Co. - Retail Clerks, 1958

Great A & P Tea Co. - Teamsters, 1959-1965

Great A & P Tea Co. - United Wholesale Employees, 1970

Great Lakes Carbon Corp. - Intl. Chem. Workers (AFL), 1955-1956

Greensboro News Co. - GIBO Newspaper Guild, Local 80, 1967

Greensboro News Co. (WFMY - TV) - Communication Workers, 1960

GSA - AFGE, 1982

Gulf States Paper Corp. - United Papermakers, 1970

Gulf & Western (Amron Orlando) - UAW, 1970

Hawaiian Airlines - ALPA, 1977

L & S Bearing Co. - IAMAW, May 1969

Lamson & Seesions Co. - IAM, 1968

Larson vs. Texas Intl. -1983

Lea, David M. & Co, Inc. - Intl. Woodworkers, 1958

Box 9

Lever Bros. - Intl. Chem. Workers, 1968-1970

Lincoln Industries (Marion, Va.) - United Furn. Workers, 1952

Lincoln Mills of Alabama - TWUA (CIO), 1958

Lockheed Aircraft Corp. - IAM, 1956

Long Meadow Farms - Retail, Wholesale & Dept. Store Union, 1958-1964

Lorillard - BC & TW, 1980-1987

Lorillard - TWIU, 1971-1980

Lorillard - Wise, Omar, 1980

Lynchburg Foundry Co. - United Steelworkers, 1969

MacMillan, Bloedel United, Inc. - Pulp, Sulphite Workers, 1971

Box 10

Magnavox (Andrews, N.C.) - Intl. Woodworkers, 1971

Magnavox Co. (Greenville, Tenn.) - IUE, 1960-1964

Magnavox Co. (Jefferson City) - IUE, 1968-1974

Major League Baseball - Salary Arbitrator, 1974

Mansfield Tire Co. - URW, 1965-1969

Box 11

Mansfield Tire Co. - URW, 1970-1976

Martin Co. - UAW, 1959-1964

Mary Leila Cotton Mills - TWUA (CIO), 1956

Masonite Corp. - IWA, 1969

McLean Trucking Co. - Teamsters, 1961-1965

Mead Corp. - District 50, UMWA, 1967

Merk & Co. - OCAW, 1967-1968

Merry Bros. Brick & Tile Co. - Painters, 1967

Metal Trades Department - AFL-CIO, 1968

Methodist Publishing House - LPIU, 1969

Midland Glass Co. - GBBA, 1979

Miller Bros. Lumber Co. - Intl. Woodworkers, 1957-1959

Miller Motor Express Co. - Teamsters, 1961

Minneola Mfg. Co. - TWUA, CIO, 1951

Mocassin Bushing Co. - IAM, 1966

Mohawk Rubber Co. - United Rubber Workers, 1957-1960

Box 12

Mohawk Rubber Co. - URW, 1961-1977

Monroe Calculating Machine Co. vs. Intl. Assoc. of Machinists, 1953-1962

Monroe Intl. Corp. - IAM, 1965-1966

Moore of Bedford, Inc. - TWUA, 1965

Morgan Mfg Co. - B. of Carp. & Joiners, 1954

MPI Industries - United Bro. of Carpenters,1970

Mueller Co. - United Steelworkers, 1961-1971

Murphy, G. W. Industries - Steelworkers, 1969

Box 13

National Airlines - FA, 1979

National Airlines - ALPA, 1977-1978

National Airlines - Transport Workers, 1979

National Carbide Co. - Intl. Chemical Workers, 1960

National Cash Register Co. - NCR Independent Empls, 1966

National Gypsum Co. - United Const. Workers, 1956-1960

National Mediation Board, General, 1957

New England Waste Co. - UTWA, 1958

New Jersey Zinc Co. - United Steelworkers, 1957-1970

Newport Industrial Products Co.(Firestone) - URW, 1976

Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. - Peninsula Shipbuilders Assoc., 1956

News & Observer Publishing Co. - ITU, 1964-1966

Owens-Illinois, Inc. - GBBA, 1974

Pacific Columbia Mill - TWUA, 1961

Page Aircraft Maint., Inc. - IAM, 1965

Panama Canal, 1976

Pet, Inc. - OCAW, 1969

Philip Morris - IAMAW, 1977

Pickett Cotton Mills, Inc. - TWUA (CIO), 1955

Piedmont Airlines - Assoc. of Flt. Attds., 1983

Piedmont Airlines - ALPA, 1975

Piedmont Airlines - IAMAW, 1973

Piedmont Publishing Co. - Intl. Mailers Union, 1968-1971

Pilot Freight Carriers - Teamsters Union, 1953-1966

Pitman Mfg. Co. - Allied Industrial Workers, 1965

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. (New Martinsville, W.Va.) - Intl. Chem. Workers, 1961

Box 14

Powell Knitting Co. - Amer. Fed. of Hosiery, 1953

Precision Rubber Products Corp. - IAM, 1972

Priebe & Sons Poultry Co. - Amalg. Meat Cutters, 1960-1961

Professional Golf Co. - AIW, 1971

Prudential Ins. Co. (Tampa, Fla.) - Ins. Agents, AFL, 1957

Quaker Oats Co. - Brewery, Flour, Cereal, etc. Workers, 1959

Qualty Products Co. - IAM, 1965

RCA Service Co. - IATSE, 1963

RCA (Memphis) - IUE, 1968

Rayonier, Inc. - Intl. Bro. of Pulp, Sulphite, 1960

Reynolds Metals (Atlanta, Ga.) - Firemen & Oilers, 1967

Reynolds Metals (Richmond, Va.) - Aluminum Workers, 1966-1969

Reynolds Metals (Richmond, Va.) - Steelworkers, 1969

Reynolds Metals (Richmond, Va.) - IAM, 1967

Reynolds Metals (Sheffield, Ala.) - IBEW, 1970

Reynolds Metals (Sheffield, Ala.) - United Bro. Carpenters, 1968

Reynolds Mining Corp. (Bauxite, Ark.) - Steelworkers, 1967

Schlitz Beer - USW, 1980-1984

Southern Screw Co. - Steelworkers, 1967

Wayne Mfg Co. - IAMAW, 1975

Box 15

Western Airlines - ALPA, 1973-1982

Box 16

Western Airlines - ALPA, 1982

Western Airlines - Flight Attendants, 1976

Western Airlines - Miscellaneous

National Academy of Arbitrators. Committee on Professional Responsibility and Grievance, 1980-1983

Town of Chapel Hill. Personnel Appeals Committee, 1977

Other Correspondence

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