Missouri State University Libraries
Records of the Bakery, Confectionary and Tobacco Workers International Union (BC&T), Local 235
Collection number: LA 1
Volume: 24 linear feet
Dates: 1929-1985
Provenance
The majority of the records of BC&T, Local 235 were transferred to the Ozarks Labor Union Archives prior to 1997. The collection was processed in 2000 by Trina Yeckley. Additional materials have been received since 1997 and are unprocessed as of May 2002.
Copyright
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Access
The collection is unrestricted. Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be obtained from the Ozarks Labor Union Archives. Citations should be as follows: Identification of the item, box and folder number, Bakery, Confectionary and Tobacco Workers International Union, Local 235, Ozarks Labor Union Archives, Missouri State University.
Organizational History
In 1905, Bakers Local 235 was chartered in Springfield, Missouri. Through the years the local’s jurisdiction was extended, until it included Columbia, Jefferson City, B Carrollton, Rolla, Poplar Bluff, and Sikeston.
The scope of Local 235 has also expanded since its inception. As part of today’s Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) International Union, it has roots among a number of unions that merged and grew through the decades. The union’s earliest roots reach back to 1886 when the Bakery and Confectionery Workers I Union of America, one of the pioneers of the North American labor movement, was organized. In 1957, the American Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ International Union was formed. In 1969, the two organizations united.
The Tobacco Workers International Union was founded in 1895 and was also in the forefront of the labor movement. As it and the Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ International Union of America shared many common goals, both organizations came to realize that those goals could best be achieved through a merger. That merger, creating the BC&T, took place in 1978.
The American Federation of Grain Millers also has roots stemming back to the 1800s. In 1936, the National Council of Grain Processors was formed. In 1941, the council renamed the American Federation of Grain Processors and in 1948 was granted an international charter as the AFGM.
Shared goals and industries caused the January 1, 1999, merger between the BC&T and AFGM, resulting in the BCTGM.
Scope and Content
This collection contains a diversity of materials about the BC&T. The bulk of the material concerns bakery-related aspects of the union, with most of it dating from prior to 1978, when the Bakery & Confectionery Workers merged with the Tobacco Workers Union.
The collection has been divided into seven series. Researchers will find materials on the organization of the union and how it operated, as well as publications on specific issues. The greater part of the collection helps document the membership of the local, while the shop files detail the local’s interaction with various businesses. These include numerous contracts, correspondence, and details on strikes or other conflicts.
Among the materials are records of Earl Trotter. Trotter served as secretary of Bakers Local 235, as well as secretary of the Springfield Central Labor Council. He also took an active role in the organization of the new American Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union, and later served on the executive board of the International Union from its foundation until his retirement.
Related Materials in OLUA
- OLUA Microfilm Collection-Roll 19
- The Archives has additional unprocessed records of the BC&T. (As of May 2002)
Series Overview
The collection is divided into seven series, as outlined below.
- Series I: Constitution and By-laws, 1946-1978
- Series II: Minutes, 1937-1970
- Series III: Correspondence, 1942-1983
- Series IV: Shop Files, 1940-1982
- Series V: General, 1949-1985
- Series VI: Publications, 1948-1981
- Series VII: Financial/Membership, 1929-1982
Container List
| Series I: Constitution and By-laws, 1946-1978 | |||
| Box 1 | 1 | Book of Laws - Bakery & Confectionery Workers Int'l Union |
1951-1956 |
| 2 | By-laws - Bakery & Confectionery Workers Int'l Union | 1946 | |
| 3 | By-laws - Bakery & Confectionary Workers Int'l Union | 1954 | |
| 4 | By-laws - Bakery & Confectionary Workers Int'l Union | 1976 | |
| 5 | By-laws - American Bakery & Confectionary Workers Union |
1959 | |
| 6 | By-laws - Women's Auxiliary - Bakery & Confectionary Workers Int'l Union |
1949 | |
| 7 | By-laws and Constitution - Central Labor Union | 1947 | |
| 8 | Constitution - American Bakery & Confectionery Workers Union | 1958 | |
| 9 | Constitution - American Bakery & Confectionery Workers Union |
1962 | |
| 10 | Constitution - American Bakery & Confectionery Workers Union |
1966 | |
| 11 | Constitution - Bakery & Confectionery Workers Int'l Union | 1969 | |
| 12 | Constitution - Bakery & Confectionery Workers Int'l Union | 1974 | |
| 13 | Constitution - Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Worker's Int'l Union | 1978 | |
| Series II: Minutes, 1937-1970 | |||
| 14 | Local 235 | 1937-1940 | |
| 15 | Local 235 | 1941-1945 | |
| 16 | Local 235 | 1945-1948 | |
| 17 | Local 235 | 1948-1952 | |
| 18 | Local 235 | 1952-1963 | |
| 19 | Local 235 | 1976 | |
| 20 | Branch Local | 1956-1962 | |
| 21 | Branch Local | 1962-1970 | |
| 22 | Retail Shops | 1958-1961 | |
| 23 | Retail Shops | 1962-1967 | |
| 24 | Henningsen's Employees | 1955-1965 | |
| Series II: Minutes, 1937-1970 | |||
| 25 | Correspondence | 1942-1947 | |
| 26 | Correspondence | 1947-1949 | |
| 27 | Correspondence | 1950-1953 | |
| 28 | Correspondence | 1954-1983 | |
| Series IV: Shop Files, 1940-1982 | |||
| 29 | American Bakeries Company | 1965-1971 | |
| 30 | Banner Biscuit Company | 1969-1972 | |
| 31 | Beck's Retail Bakery | 1954-1956 | |
| Box 2 | 1 | Betty Jane Food Company | 1955-1956 |
| 2 | Cherry Street Market & Bakery | 1953-1957 | |
| 3 | Clary House | 1954-1974 | |
| 4 | Clary House | 1976-1978 | |
| 5 | Clary House | 1978-1980 | |
| 6 | Colonial Baking Company | 1950-1955 | |
| 7 | Columbia Baking Company | 1953-1957 | |
| 8 | Consumer's Bakery | 1951-1981 | |
| 9 | Frito Lay, Inc. | 1968-1969 | |
| 10 | Garage Employees | 1951-1971 | |
| 11 | Gibson Food Company | 1950 | |
| 12 | H.H. Evon Company | 1971-1977 | |
| 13 | Harts Interstate Bakery Company | 1972 | |
| 14 | Henningsen, Inc. | 1953-1962 | |
| 15 | Holsum Bakery [Trout strike] | 1951-1955 | |
| 16 | Holsum Bakery | 1956-1972 | |
| 17 | Holsum Bakery | 1970-1980 | |
| 18 | Interstate Bakeries Corporation | 1965-1982 | |
| 19 | Interstate Brand Corporation | 1976 | |
| 20 | Jefferson City Baking Company | 1967-1970 | |
| 21 | Kitty Clover-Denton, Inc. | 1965-1974 | |
| 22 | Local 4 - St. Louis | 1978-1980 | |
| 23 | Local 218 - Kansas City | 1980-1982 | |
| 24 | Local 280 - Evansville, Indiana | 1980-1982 | |
| 25 | Local 465 - Kansas City | 1963 | |
| 26 | Local 500 - Kansas City | 1975-1976 | |
| 27 | Master Bakers Association | 1950-1974 | |
| 28 | Master Bakers Association - Employee Lists | n.d. | |
| 29 | Mason Pastry | 1940-1949 | |
| 30 | Mr. Donut Shop | 1966-1967 | |
| 31 | Noll's Baking Company | 1956 | |
| 32 | Pastry Shops | 1969-1972 | |
| 33 | Plaza Pastry Shop | 1969-1972 | |
| 34 | Ramey's Supermarket | 1969-1970 | |
| 35 | Retail Shops | 1966-1972 | |
| 36 | Shepard's Bakery | 1953-1963 | |
| 37 | Springfield Pickle Works | 1949-1957 | |
| 38 | Springfield Pie Company | 1956-1969 | |
| 39 | Supreme Donut Shop | 1950-1972 | |
| 40 | Thomas Market & Bakery | 1950-1957 | |
| 41 | Tiffany's Bakery | 1973 | |
| 42 | Toellner Baking Company | 1956-1973 | |
| 43 | Trustees Meetings | 1967-1980 | |
| 44 | The United States Baking Co., Inc. | 1969-1972 | |
| Series V: General, 1949-1985 | |||
| Box 2 | 45 | AFL-CIO - Use of Lie Detectors in Employment | 1965 |
| 46 | AFL-CIO - Statements by the Executive Council | 1964-1965 | |
| 47 | Arbitration - Dispute over Seventh Shift | Oct. 22, 1949 | |
| 48 | Attorney | 1973 | |
| 49 | Baker's History | 1981-1985 | |
| 50 | Convention - 24th Annual | 1953 | |
| 51 | Copy of Earl Trotter's Scrapbook | 1961-1979 | |
| Box 3 | 1 | Credential Cards | n.d. |
| 2 | Labor's March on Cancer | n.d. | |
| 3 | Membership Books | 1959-1972 | |
| 4 | N.C.S.C. Policy Committee | 1957 | |
| 5 | Newsletter - Dough Twisters News | 1962 | |
| 6 | Newsletter - I.U.D. Bulletin | 1962 | |
| 7 | Newsletter - I.U.D. Fact Sheet | 1962 | |
| 8 | Newsletter - John Herling's Labor Letter | 1962 | |
| 9 | Newsletter - Legislative News and Views | 1962 | |
| 10 | Newsletter - The Missouri Courier | 1952 | |
| 11 | Newsletter - United States-Japan Trade Council | 1961 | |
| 12 | Newsletter - Viewpoint | 1962 | |
| 13 | Pension Fund | 1957 | |
| 14 | Union Hall Building Rental | 1977-1982 | |
| 15 | Veteran's Reemployment Rights | 1967-1969 | |
| Series VI: Publications | 1948-1981 | ||
| 16 | A Program of Security |
n.d. | |
| 17 | ABC Manual for Shop Stewards | n.d. | |
| 18 | American Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union & Industry - National Pension Plan |
n.d. | |
| 19 | American Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union & Industry - National Welfare Fund |
n.d. | |
| 20 | Financial Secretary's Handbook | 1973-1975, 1981 | |
| 21 | Local Union's Remittance Report | Oct. 1973 | |
| 22 | Power - for What? | n.d. | |
| 23 | Questions and Answers on Missouri Workmen's Compensation Law |
Oct. 31, 1961 | |
| 24 | Register of Reporting Labor Organizations | Jan. 1, 1964 | |
| 25 | Report of the Joint Merger Committee | 1956 | |
| 26 | Resolutions - Submitted by the Delegates to the 1974 Constitutional Convention |
Aug. 1974 | |
| 27 | Survey Covering the Wholesale Bread and Cake Bakeries Throughout the United States |
June 1960 | |
| 28 | The Truth About the Taft-Hartley Law | April 1948 | |
| 29 | Your Welfare Benefits | n.d. | |
| Series VII: Financial/Membership, 1921-1982 | |||
| 30 | Bank Book | 1929 | |
| 31 | Credit Committee | Jan. 1951-Oct. 1952 | |
| 32 | Disbursements | Jan. 1967-Aug. 1974 | |
| 33 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | 1971 | |
| 34 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | 1972 | |
| 35 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | 1973 | |
| 36 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | 1974 | |
| 37 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | 1976 | |
| 38 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | 1977 | |
| 39 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | 1978 | |
| 40 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | 1979 | |
| 41 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | 1980 | |
| 42 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | 1981 | |
| 43 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | 1982 | |
| 44 | Meeting Sign-In Sheets | n.d. | |
| 45 | Membership Applications | 1978-1982 | |
| 46 | Membership Book | 1933 | |
| 47 | Quarterly Trustee Reports | 1933-1939 | |
| 48 | Quarterly Trustee Reports | 1946-1975 | |
| 49 | Reports | 1955 | |
| 50 | Reports | 1960-1965 | |
| 51 | Reports | 1965-1972 | |
| 52 | Reports | 1972-1975 | |
| Box 4 | Membership Cards | 1956-1967 | |
| Box 5 | Membership Cards | 1967-1977, n.d. | |
| Box 6 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | 1930-1935 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Mar. 1931-Jan. 1934 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Feb. 1934-June 1935 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | 1935-1938 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | July 1935-June 1936 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | June 1936-Mar. 1937 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | 1937-1939 | |
| Box 7 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | Mar.-Nov. 1937 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Nov. 1937-June 1938 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | June 1938-Aug. 1939 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | Aug. 1939-June 1940 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | 1940-1941 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Aug. 1940-June 1941 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | 1941 | |
| Box 8 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | June-Dec. 1941 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1941-July 1942 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | 1942 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | 1942-1943 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | Aug. 1942-Mar. 1943 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Aug. 1942-Nov. 1943 | |
| Box 9 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | 1943-1944 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Mar. 1943-June 1944 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1943-Sept.1945 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | 1944-1945 | |
| Box 10 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | June 1944-Nov. 1945 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | 1945-1946 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Nov. 1945-Nov. 1946 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | Oct. 1945-Sept.1948 | |
| Box 11 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | 1946-1947 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | 1946-1947 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Nov. 1946-Aug. 1947 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | Aug. 1947-Jan. 1948 | |
| Box 12 | 1 | Membership Dues Book |
Jan.-June 1948 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | June-Nov. 1948 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Sept. 1948-Aug. 1950 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1948-May 1949 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | May-Oct. 1949 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Oct. 1949-Mar. 1950 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | Mar.-Aug. 1950 | |
| 8 | Membership Dues Book | Aug. 1950-Feb. 19 | |
| Box 13 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | Aug. 1950-Feb. 1951 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Feb.-Aug. 1951 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Aug., 1951-Feb. 1952 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | 1952-1953 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | Feb. 1952-Mar. 1954 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Mar.-Aug. 1952 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | Mar. 1952-Oct. 1955 | |
| 8 | Membership Dues Book | Aug. 1952-Feb. 1953 | |
| 9 | Membership Dues Book | Feb.-July 1953 | |
| Box 14 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | July-Dec. 1953 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Jan.-May 1954 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | April 1954-Oct. 1955 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | May-Sept. 1954 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | Sept. 1954-Jan. 1955 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Feb.-June 1955 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | Mar. 1955-April 1959 | |
| 8 | Membership Dues Book | June-Sept. 1955 | |
| 9 | Membership Dues Book | Oct. 1955-Jan. 1956 | |
| 10 | Membership Dues Book | Jan. 1956-April 1956 | |
| Box 15 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | April-June 1956 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | June-Sept. 1956 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1956-Mar. 1957 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | Mar.-June 1957 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | June-Sept. 1957 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Sept.-Dec. 1957 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1957-Jan. 1958 | |
| 8 | Membership Dues Book | Feb.-May 1958 | |
| 9 | Membership Dues Book | May-Aug. 1958 | |
| Box 16 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | Aug.-Nov. 1958 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1958-Feb. 1959 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Feb.-May 1959 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | May-Sept. 1959 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | Sept.-Dec. 1959 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1959-Mar. 1960 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | Mar.-June 1960 | |
| 8 | Membership Dues Book | July-Oct.1960 | |
| 9 | Membership Dues Book | Oct. 1960-Jan. 1961 | |
| Box 17 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | Jan.-Mar. 1961 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | April-July 1961 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | July-Oct. 1961 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | Oct. 1961-Jan. 1962 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | 1962-1963 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Jan.-April 1962 | |
| Box 18 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | April-Aug. 1962 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Aug.-Nov. 1962 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Nov. 1962-Feb. 1963 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | Feb.-June 1963 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | June-Oct. 1963 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Oct. 1963-Feb. 1964 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | Feb.-May 1964 | |
| Box 19 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | May-Sept. 1964 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Sept.-Dec. 1964 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1964-April 1965 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | April-July 1965 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | July-Oct. 1965 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Nov. 1965-Feb. 1966 | |
| Box 20 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | Feb.-April 1966 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | April-July 1966 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | July-Oct.1966 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | Oct.-Dec. 1966 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1966-Feb. 1967 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Feb.-April 1967 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | May-July 1967 | |
| Box 21 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | July-Sept. 1967 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Sept.-Nov. 1967 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Nov. 1967-Jan. 1968 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | Jan.-April 1968 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | April-June 1968 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | June-Aug. 1968 | |
| Box 22 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | Sept.-Nov. 1968 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Nov. 1968-Jan. 1969 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Jan.-April 1969 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | April-June 1969 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | June-Aug. 1969 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Aug.-Oct. 1969 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | Oct.-Dec. 1969 | |
| 8 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1969-Mar. 1970 | |
| Box 23 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | Jan.-Oct. 1970 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Mar.-May 1970 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | May-July 1970 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | Oct.-Dec. 1970 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1970-Feb. 1971 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | Feb.-May 1971 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | May-July 1971 | |
| 8 | Membership Dues Book | July-Oct. 1971 | |
| 9 | Membership Dues Book | Oct.-Dec. 1971 | |
| 10 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1971-Feb. 1972 | |
| 11 | Membership Dues Book | Feb.-April 1972 | |
| Box 24 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | May-July 1972 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | July-Aug.1972 | |
| 3 | Membership Dues Book | Sept.-Dec. 1972 | |
| 4 | Membership Dues Book | Dec. 1972-Mar. 1973 | |
| 5 | Membership Dues Book | Mar.-June 1973 | |
| 6 | Membership Dues Book | July-Oct. 1973 | |
| 7 | Membership Dues Book | Oct. 1973-Jan. 1974 | |
| 8 | Membership Dues Book | Jan.-April 1974 | |
| 9 | Membership Dues Book | May-Nov. 1974 | |
| Box 25 | 1 | Membership Dues Book | Nov. 1974-June 1975 |
| 2 | Membership Dues Book | Sept. 1977-Mar. 1978 | |
| 3 | Membership Activity Listing | 1977-1982 | |