Peter Kellman Labor Papers
Scope and Contents
Materials were collected and compiled by Peter Kellman with regard, primarily, to the strike at the International Paper Mill in Jay, Maine. Other materials include the Simplex Lockout, the Madison Project, and the Millinocket Project. Materials include correspondence, clippings, manuscripts of articles and a book on the strike, newsletters, reports, audiotapes, T-shirts, and interviews.
Dates
- 1984-1996
Creator
- Kellman, Peter, 1946- (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Peter Kellman (born 1946 in Brooklyn, New York) is a lifelong trade union activist who participated in the Civil rights and Anti-war movements of the 1960s, the anti-nuclear/safe-energy, environmental movements of the 1970/80s and is currently part of the New Agriculture Movement of the twenty-first century. He has lived most of his life in Maine. Peter Kellman worked for the AFL-CIO on behalf of the strikers involved in the labor action at Jay, Maine.
Extent
21 linear feet (18 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Materials were collected and compiled by Peter Kellman with regard, primarily, to the strike at the International Paper Mill in Jay, Maine. Other materials include the Simplex Lockout, the Madison Project, and the Millinocket Project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Peter Kellman through the efforts of Prof. Charles Scontras, December 1996. Accruals expected.
- AFL-CIO
- Artifacts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Audiotapes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Booklets Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Calendars Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Clippings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Couture, Dennis
- Getman, Jack
- International Paper Company
- International Paper Company Strike, Jay, Me., 1987-1988 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Interviews Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Jay (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor unions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Maine AFL-CIO Committee on Runaway Shops
- Manuscripts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Maps Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Newsletters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Newspapers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Petitions Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Press releases Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Questionnaires Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Speeches Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Strikes and lockouts -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- T-shirts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United Paperworkers International Union. Local 14 (Jay, Me.) -- History
- Title
- Guide to the Peter Kellman Labor Papers
- Status
- Box And Folder List Available
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
