Descriptive Summary
Twedell, Richard A., 1926-.
Richard A. Twedell Papers
1969-1978
1975-1976Richard A. Twedell was Director of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, District 5, Dallas, Texas, and also the youngest International Vice-President elected to the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America’s Executive Board. He succeeded his father, Samuel A. Twedell, as director in July, 1968. Records include correspondence, agreements, legal documents, financial documents, minutes, organizers’ reports, and printed material, as well as personal and union papers.AR26417.5 boxes (7.25 linear ft.)
Materials are in English.
Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library
Biographical NoteRichard A. Twedell was Director of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, District 5, Dallas, Texas, and also the youngest International Vice-President elected to the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America’s Executive Board. He succeeded his father, Samuel A. Twedell, as director in July, 1968.
Scope and ContentsCorrespondence, agreements, legal documents, financial documents, minutes, organizers’ reports, and printed material. Includes personal and union papers.
AccessOpen for research.
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AcquisitionDeposit, 1981.
Accessioned as number 81-10.
CitationRichard A. Twedell Papers, AR264, Box Number, Folder Number, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library.
Separated MaterialAR259: Richard A. Twedell Papers, 1964-1976
Unprocessed mss. 78-11 and 78-13: Richard A. Twedell Papers, 1969-1970
Unprocessed mss. 78-24: Richard A. Twedell Papers, 1968-1973
Unprocessed mss. 80-10: Richard A. Twedell Papers, 1970-1975
Unprocessed mss. 81-17: Richard A. Twedell Papers, 1956-1979
Unprocessed mss. 82-14: Richard A. Twedell Papers, 1950-1981
Unprocessed mss. 82-23: Richard A. Twedell Papers, 1977-1979
AR44: Samuel A. Twedell Papers, 1915-1963
AR124: Samuel A. Twedell Papers, 1954-1968
AR263: Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, District 5, Agreements, 1959-1978
AR51: United Packinghouse Food and Allied Workers, District No. 5, Fort Worth, Texas, 1938-1972
AR52: Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Local 103, Houston, Texas, 1941-1969
Related MaterialOH58: Oral history interview with Samuel A. Twedell, 1975
Organization
When received, most of the collection was in no apparent order. The material was arranged alphabetically by subject to correspond to the arrangement of other Amalgamated Meat Cutter Collections.The folders have been arranged alphabetically by subject and document type, and the material within each folder has been arranged chronologically.
Index Terms
These materials are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of The University of Texas at Arlington Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Persons
Twedell, Richard A., 1926- --Archives.
Organizations
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America.--District 5.
Alternate TitlesTexas Labor Archives
Container List
1
1
AFL-CIO
1976, undated
Memoranda, booklets.
1
2
AMCBW (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen)
1975-1976
Financial statements, audits.
1
3
AMCBW Health and Welfare Fund
1974-1976
Annual reports.
1
4
AMCBW Health and Welfare Fund
January-June, 1975
Announcements, correspondence, proposals.
1
5
AMCBW Health and Welfare Fund
July-December, 1975
Correspondence, list of benefits, agreement.
1
6
AMCBW Health and Welfare Fund
1976, undated
Correspondence, reports, booklet.
1
7
AMCBW Health and Welfare Fund
1974-1975
Financial statements, operating statements.
1
8
AMCBW Health and Welfare Fund
1976
Operating statements.
1
9
AMCBW Health and Welfare Fund
1974-1976
Minutes.
1
10
AMCBW Health and Welfare Trust Fund No. 2
1975-1976, undated
Form, agreements, reports, benefit plan.
1
11
AMCBW Health and Welfare Trust Fund No. 2
1974-1975
Correspondence, list, worksheet.
2
1
AMCBW Health and Welfare Trust Fund No. 2
1976
Correspondence.
2
2
AMCBW Health and Welfare Trust Fund No. 2
1974-1975
Financial statements, operating statements.
2
3
AMCBW Health and Welfare Trust Fund No. 2
1976-1977
Operating statements, financial statement.
2
4
AMCBW Health and Welfare Trust Fund No. 2
1975-1976
Agendas, minutes.
2
5
AMCBW Health and Welfare Trust Fund No. 2
1976
Trust agreement.
2
6
AMCBW Union and Industry Pension Fund
1976
Agreement and declaration of trust.
2
7
AMCBW Union and Industry Pension Fund
1975-1976, undated
Correspondence, agreement form, report, consent resolution, booklet.
2
8
AMCBW Union and Industry Pension Fund
1974-1976
Audits.
2
9
AMCBW Union and Industry Pension Fund
1976
Pension plan.
2
10
AMCBW Union and Industry Pension Fund
1976
Rules and regulations for Plan D.
2
11
AMCBW Union and Industry Pension Fund Meetings
July and October 1975-
Minutes
2
12
AMCBW Union and Industry Pension Fund Meeting
July, 1976-
Minutes
2
13
AMCBW Union and Industry Pension Fund Special Meetings
1976
Minutes.
3
1
AMCBW Union and Industry Pension Fund Special Meetings (continued)
1975
Minutes.
3
2
AMCBW Union and Industry Pension Fund Special Meetings (continued)
1974
Minutes.
3
3
AMCBW Union and Industry Pension Fund Special Meetings (continued)
1975
Minutes.
3
4
AMCBW Retirement Plan
1975-1976
Actuarial report.
3
5
AMCBW Retirement Plan
1976
Memoranda, amendments, form.
3
6
AMCBW Retirement Plan and Trust Fund
1976
Memoranda, amendments.
3
7
AMCBW Retirement Plan and Trust Fund
1976
Sumons (Nicholas M. Blassie vs. AMCBW).
3
8
AMCBW Retirement Plan Trustees Meeting
1974
Agenda and minutes.
3
9
AMCBW Retirement Plan Trustees Meeting
July, 1975
Agenda and minutes.
3
10
AMCBW Retirement Plan Trustees Meeting
December, 1975
Agenda and minutes.
3
11
AMCBW Retirement Plan Trustees Meeting
April, 1976
Agenda and minutes.
3
12
AMCBW Retirement Trust Fund
1975-1976
Audits.
4
1
AMCBW Retirement Trust Fund
1975-1976
Statistical analysis.
4
2
Agreements (miscellaneous)
1974-1977
4
3
American Home Products Corporation
1975
Financial and contract analysis.
4
4
Amstar Corporation
1975-1976
Pension plan report form, actuarial report, mailgram, correspondence, agreement, memorandum of agreement, annual report.
4
5
Amstar Corportion
1974, 1976
Legal documents.
4
6
Armour Food Company
1975-1976
Correspondence, agreement.
4
7
Azar Nut Company
1975
Correspondence, NLRB charge.
4
8
Belsky, Joseph
1976
Correspondence.
4
9
Between Us
1915-1976
4
10
Blade
1975-1976
4
11
R. N. Blomquist and Company
1976
Correspondence.
4
12
Borden, Inc.
1975
Financial and contract analysis.
4
13
The Butcher Workman (containing biographies of Richard Twedell and Harry Poole)
1969, 1976
4
14
Cal-Tex Meat Processors
1976
Report, NLRB petitions and notices, correspondence, telegram.
4
15
Campbell Soup Company
1976
Letter, NLRB notices and petitions, survey.
4
16
Cattle Kill Survey Assignments
1971, undated
Lists, survey sheets, memoranda, correspondence.
4
17
Christmas Greetings
1915, 1976
5
1
Civil Rights
1975-1976
Memoranda, correspondence, conference report, copy of article, booklet.
5
2
Committee on Political Education
1975
Correspondence, memoranda, list of contributors.
5
3
Committee on Political Education
1976
Correspondence, newspaper article, memoranda, audit.
5
4
Constitutions
1912, 1976
5
5
Contract Proposals
1975-1976
5
6
Convention (1976)
1976
Correspondence, report, proceedings.
5
7
Convention Reservations
1976
5
8
Corporations (A-I)
1975-1976
Correspondence, proposals, NLRB petitions, decision, and charges, NLRB hearing, sample ballot.
5
9
Corporations (K-W)
1975-1976
Correspondence, report, NLRB charges, contract, NLRB decision.
5
10
Court Cases (miscellaneous)
1971, 1976
Decision, correspondence, complaint.
5
11
Coyle, Stephen V.
1975-1976
Correspondence, grievance.
5
12
Cudahy Company
1976
News release, agreement.
5
13
The Cut Up
1975-1976
6
1
Dallas Packinghouse Survey
1976
Target sheets.
6
2
Jimmy Dean Meat Company
1975-1976
Correspondence.
6
3
Jimmy Dean Meat Company
1975-1976
Legal documents.
6
4
Jimmy Dean Meat Company
1976
Legal documents.
6
5
Jimmy Dean Meat Company
1974-1976
Schedule, notes, proposals, agreement, legal documents, printed material.
6
6
Jimmy Dean Meat Company
1975-1976, undated
Letter, announcement, audit report, notice, notes, cost estimate, list of wage rates, forms.
6
7
Jacob E. Decker and Sons
1976
Correspondence, legal documents.
6
8
Dinners (honorary)
1976
Printed material, press releases, form letters, reprints, prospectus.
6
9
District Directors
1975
Memoranda.
6
10
District Directors
1976
Memoranda, list, mailgrams.
7
1
District Directors Meeting
July 15, 1975
Minutes
7
2
District Five Council
1975
Financial statement, convention program, list of board members.
7
3
District Five Retail Committee
1975-1976
Memoranda, wage survey, letter, list.
7
4
District Union 271
1976
Letter, agreement.
7
5
District Union 327
1975-1976
Correspondence, election results, petition, constitution, financial statements.
7
6
District Union 430
1975
Letter, agreements.
7
7
A. D. Downer vs. AMCBW
1975
Correspondence, legal documents.
7
8
A. D. Downer vs. AMCBW
1976
Correspondence, legal documents.
7
9
A. D. Downer vs. AMCBW
1975
Deposition, volume II.
7
10
A. D. Downer vs. AMCBW
1975
Deposition, volume III.
7
11
Peter Eckrich and Sons, Inc.
1976
Correspondence, NLRB charge.
7
12
Education
1975-1976
Memoranda.
8
1
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
1974-1975, undated
Descriptive and interpretive material.
8
2
Exchange Bank and Trust Company
1975-1976
Correspondence, agreement.
8
3
Fleet Cars
1976
Correspondence.
8
4
Food Industry Contract Expirations
1976
8
5
Forms
1975
Memoranda, forms.
8
6
Furr's, Inc.
1975-1976
NLRB decision, correspondence, award, copy of newspaper article, booklet, agreement, schedule.
8
7
Garcia, Franklin
1975-1976
Affidavit, correspondence, reports.
8
8
General Foods
1975- 1976
(See also Maxwell House and Oscar Mayer and Company)
Mailgram, proposed retirement plan, memorandum of agreement, correspondence, proposed changes of agreement.
8
9
Gorman, Patrick E.
1975
Correspondence (from).
8
10
Gorman, Patrick E.
1976
Correspondence (from).
8
11
Gorman, Patrick E.
1975-1976
Correspondence (to).
8
12
Handy-Andy
1976
Dun and Bradstreet reports, letter.
8
13
Health Care Study
1976
8
14
Hendrix Foods, Inc.
1975
NLRB petition, notice and charge, letter.
9
1
John Herling's Labor Letter
1974-1975
9
2
John Herling's Labor Letter
1976
9
3
Hinky Dinky Stores
1975
Proposal, agreement
9
4
Holleman, Mamie A.
1973-1975
Medical forms, correspondence.
9
5
The Holly Farms Case
1971
9
6
Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc.
1976
Memorandum of agreement, correspondence, notice, notes.
9
7
Institute on Organizing Techniques
1976, undated
Correspondence, brochures, evaluation forms, lists.
9
8
International Executive Board
January-March, 1975
Memoranda.
9
9
International Executive Board
April-June, 1975
Memoranda.
9
10
International Executive Board
July-September, 1975
Memoranda.
9
11
International Executive Board
October-December, 1975
Memoranda.
9
12
International Executive Board
January-March, 1976
Memoranda.
10
1
International Executive Board
April-June, 1976
Memoranda.
10
2
International Executive Board
July-August, 1976
Memoranda.
10
3
International Executive Board
September-December, 1976
Memoranda.
10
4
International Executive Board Bulletin
1975-1976
10
5
International Executive Board Meeting
December 9-12, 1974-
Minutes
10
6
International Executive Board Meeting
July 16-17, 1975-
Minutes
10
7
International Executive Board Meeting
January 19-21, 1976-
Minutes
10
8
International Executive Board Meeting
March 29-31, 1976-
Minutes
10
9
International Executive Board Meeting
November 26-30, 1976-
Minutes
10
10
Iowa Beef Processors
1976, undated
Analysis of company, legal documents, proposal analysis.
10
11
Johnson, William D.
1975
Correspondence.
10
12
Kelly and Associates, Inc.
1975-1976
Correspondence, contract.
10
13
Kimbell Foods, Inc.
1975-1976
Correspondence, legal document, financial reports.
10
14
Kroger Company
1975-1976
Correspondence, legal document, wage schedule.
10
15
Legal Opinions
1975-1976
10
16
Local Union 171
1975-1976
Correspondence, NLRB charge, statement, credentials, telegram, progress reports, resolution.
11
1
Local Union 173
1975-1976
Correspondence, petition, notice.
11
2
Local Union 276
1975-1976
Correspondence.
11
3
Local Union 342
1974-1976
Correspondence, report.
11
4
Local Union 371
1976
Reports, newsletters.
11
5
Local Union 391
1974-1976
Agreement, correspondence, legal opinions, report.
11
6
Local Union 391
1976
Correspondence, contract proposals, settlement proposal.
11
7
Local Union 408
1974-1976
Correspondence, grievance, memorandum of agreement, NLRB charges, program.
11
8
Local Union 425
1975-1976
Correspondence, financial report, contract proposals.
11
9
Local Union 425
1976
Correspondence, leaflet, financial report, petition.
11
10
Local Union 426
1975-1976
Correspondence.
11
11
Local Union 431
1976
Correspondence, photographs.
11
12
Local Union 433
1974, 1976
Correspondence, booklet.
11
13
Local Union 505
1975-1976
Correspondence, telegrams, petition, NLRB charge.
11
14
Local Union 540
1975-1976
Correspondence, legal document, program, proposal, resolutions.
11
15
Local Union 592
1975-1976
Correspondence, memorandum, list of contract changes, newsletter.
11
16
Local Union 606
1975-1976
Correspondence.
11
17
Local Union 644
1974-1976
Financial statement, operating statements, correspondence, memoranda.
12
1
Local Union P-54
1975-1976
Correspondence, grievance, resolution.
12
2
Local Union P-722
1975-1976
Correspondence.
12
3
Local Union P-777
1972, 1974-1975
Constitution, grievances, correspondence.
12
4
Local Union P-1101
1976
Correspondence, petition, financial report.
12
5
Local Union P-1101
1976
Correspondence, legal document, list, contract proposals.
12
6
Local Union P-1124
1975-1976
Correspondence, pension plan.
12
7
Local Union P-1167
1975-1976
Correspondence.
12
8
Local Union P-1170
1975-1976
Correspondence, list of changes of officers, survey outline.
12
9
Local Union P-1200
1975-1976
Correspondence, grievance, list of candidates.
12
10
Local Union P-1229
1975-1976
Correspondence.
12
11
Local Union P-1420
1975-1976
Correspondence.
12
12
Local Union P-1476
1975-1976
Correspondence.
12
13
Local Unions
1975
Memoranda.
12
14
Local Unions
1976
Memoranda.
12
15
Local Unions (Other)
1975-1976
Correspondence, report, retirement plan, memorandum of agreement, list of officers
13
1
Local Unions (with Armour Master Agreement)
1975-1976
Memoranda, contract summary.
13
2
Local Unions (with Cudahy Master Agreement)
1975-1976
Memoranda.
13
3
Local Unions (with Hormel Master Agreement)
1976
Memoranda, agreement.
13
4
Local Unions (with Morrell Master Agreement)
1975-1976
Memoranda, agreement.
13
5
Local Unions (with Swift Master Agreement)
1975-1976
Memoranda, agreement.
13
6
Local Unions (with Wilson Master Agreement)
1975-1976
Memoranda, agreement.
13
7
Lutty, Anthony
1975-1976
Correspondence.
13
8
Mauser, Steve
1975-1976
Correspondence, report.
13
9
Maxwell House
1976
Notice, NLRB charge, agreements.
13
10
Oscar Mayer and Company
1975-1976
Agreements, correspondence.
13
11
Membership Survey
1975
13
12
Milwaukee Strike
1975
Memorandum, correspondence, legal documents.
13
13
Miscellaneous
1975-1977
Correspondence, lists, noise testimonial, bonus information, notice, booklet, resolutions, press release, reports, statistics.
14
1
Missouri Beef Company
1975-1976
Correspondence, telegrams, lists, report, proposal.
14
2
Mitchell, H. L.
1976
Correspondence, minutes.
14
3
Mullinax, Wells, Mauzy and Baab, Inc.
1975
Statements.
14
4
National Legislative Conference
1975
Conference material.
14
5
Negotiations
1976
List of agreements.
14
6
News Releases
1975-1976
14
7
Newsletters (A-O)
1975-1976
14
8
Newsletters (R-W)
1975-1976
14
9
Newspaper Clippings
January-June, 1975
14
10
Newspaper Clippings
July-December, 1975
14
11
Newspaper Clippings
1976
14
12
Packerland Packing Company
1975-1976
Correspondence, NLRB decisions.
14
13
Packinghouse Conference
1976
Fact book.
14
14
Packinghouse Wage Survey
1973, 1976
14
15
Pension Funds
1975-1976
Articles.
15
1
Peyton Packing Company, Inc.
1976
NLRB petitions, charges, and notices, correspondence.
15
2
Poole, Harry R.
1975-1977
Correspondence.
15
3
Printed Material
1974-1976, undated
15
4
Queen's Supermarket
1975-1976
Correspondence, NLRB petition.
15
5
Ramon, Marion
1975-1976
Correspondence, load list.
15
6
A. Philip Randolph Institute
1975-1976
Memoranda, program.
15
7
Regional Organizing Conference
1978
Lists of food companies.
15
8
Regional Organizing Conference
1978
Program and printed material.
15
9
Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris and Rieselbach
1976
Correspondence.
15
10
Request for Strike Sanction
1975-1976
Forms.
15
11
Retail Settlements
1974
Report.
15
12
Retirement Plan and Trust Fund
1975
Memoranda.
15
13
Reynolds Research and Manufacturing Corporation
1976
NLRB form letters and charges.
15
14
Sacco Brothers Food Market
1975
NLRB form letters and petition.
15
15
Safeway Stores, Inc.
1975-1977
Correspondence, NLRB charges, legal documents, mailgrams, notices of election, contract list, NLRB petition.
15
16
Safeway Stores, Inc.
1974-1976, undated
Agreements, contract proposal.
16
1
Schacter, Leon
1975-1976
Memoranda.
16
2
Scholarships
1970-1973, 1981
Correspondence, news release, announcement, applications.
16
3
Scholarships
1970-1972
Correspondence, applications, grade transcripts.
16
4
Scholarships
1973-1975
Correspondence, applications, grade transcripts.
16
5
Scholarships
1976-1978
Correspondence, applications, grade transcripts.
16
6
Scholarships
1979
Correspondence, applications, grade transcripts.
16
7
Seabrook Farms Company, Inc.
1974-1976
Agreements, correspondence, newspaper article.
16
8
Secretaries of Local Unions
1975
Memoranda.
16
9
Secretaries of Local Unions
1976
Memoranda.
16
10
Martin E. Segal Company
1975-1976
Correspondence, memoranda, newsletters.
17
1
Martin E. Segal Company
1976
Memoranda, newsletter, correspondence, reports, suggested agenda.
17
2
Shop-Rite Foods, Inc. (Piggly Wiggly)
1973, 1975-1976
Correspondence, memorandum of understanding, agreements, NLRB notices.
17
3
Skaggs-Albertson's
1976, 1978, undated
Printed material concerning insurance, investment and pension plans.
17
4
Speeches
1975
17
5
Staff Reports
1976
17
6
Staff Vacations
1975-1976
Memorandum, correspondence.
17
7
Study Committee
1976
Memorandum, minutes.
17
8
Supreme Beef Company
1976
NLRB decision, amendment and notice, letter.
17
9
Survey
1972
Correspondence, cattle kill survey.
17
10
Sweeney and Company
1975-1976
Correspondence, NLRB charge.
17
11
Swift and Company
1975-1976
Correspondence, memoranda, notices, NLRB material, contract recommendations, summary of proposed agreement, complaint.
17
12
T and N Lone Star Warehouse Company
1976-1977
NLRB material.
17
13
Talarico, Sam
1976
Correspondence, list, invoices.
17
14
Tarrant County Central Labor Council
1976
Memoranda, notice.
17
15
Teamsters Local Union 577
1975
Notice, flier, memoranda.
17
16
Tex-Tan Welhausen
1975
Correspondence.
17
17
Texas AFL-CIO
1975-1976
Memoranda, correspondence.
17
18
Trip Reports
1976
17
19
Twedell, Richard A.
1975-1976
Correspondence (from).
17
20
Twedell, Richard A.
January-May, 1975
Correspondence (to).
17
21
Twedell, Richard A.
June-December, 1975
Correspondence (to), photograph, appraisals, application, speech.
18
1
Twedell, Richard A.
January-May, 1976
Correspondence (to), speech, credentials.
18
2
Twedell, Richard A.
June-December, 1976
Correspondence (to), printed material.
18
3
Unorganized Plants
undated
Report.
18
4
Weaver, Paulia
1975-1976
Correspondence (from).
18
5
Weaver, Paulia
1975-1976
Correspondence (to).
18
6
What's Happening Now
1975-1976
18
7
Williams, Arnold A.
1975
Correspondence.
18
8
Wishart, James H.
1975-1976
Correspondence, memoranda.
18
9
Workshop No. 3
1976
Agenda.