Maine AFL-CIO : Charles O'Leary Records
Dates
- 1904-1993
- 1978-1993 (bulk)
Creator
- O'Leary, Charles, Jr. (Charles John) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Box 1, Folder 4 contains social security numbers.
Conditions Governing Use
Rights assessment remains the responsibility of the researcher.
Biographical Note
Charles J. O'Leary was the longtime head of Maine's AFL-CIO, as well as a University of Maine System trustee. He was born in 1937 in Bangor, Maine and attended John Bapst High School. He started college at St. Michael’s College, then took a year off to work on an oil rig before completing his studies at the University of Maine, earning a master’s degree in history and government. He received a Fulbright grant to study at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon.
In 1968, O’Leary joined the labor movement, leading a statewide job-training program for the Maine AFL-CIO and in 1972, he became director of the University of Maine Bureau of Labor Education. In 1978, he was elected president of the Maine AFL-CIO, a position he held until his retirement in 1998. He joined the University of Maine System board of trustees in 2005.
O'Leary passed away in 2014 at the age of 76 (adapted from https://bangordailynews.com/2014/01/04/news/bangor/chick-oleary-longtime-head-of-maines-afl-cio-dies-at-76/; accessed 4/24/2019).
Extent
44 linear feet (44 boxes)
1 volume (1 oversize volume)
Language of Materials
English
- AFL-CIO
- AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Labor laws and legislation -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor movement -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor unions -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Maine State Federated Labor Council
- Meetings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minutes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Newsletters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Newspapers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- University of Maine. Bureau of Labor Education
- Workers’ compensation -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Maine AFL-CIO : Charles O'Leary Records
- Status
- Box And Folder List Available
- Author
- Staff of the Raymond H. Fogler Special Collections Department.
- Date
- April 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for uncoded script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in 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
