Guide to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 684 Records

History of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 684

Following three special organizational meetings sponsored by the Miami Valley Carpenters District Council, Local Union 684, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was called to order October 23, 1940. Local 684 began with only 21 members working at six Dayton area lumber firms. By the 1970s the membership had swelled to over 80.

Scope and Content

The materials within the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 684 are divided into six record groups or series; Administrative records, Financial Statements, Correspondence, Contract Proposals and Agreements, Convention Materials, and Directories, Manuals, and Newsletters. The arrangement of the files is chronological within each series or subseries.

Series I, Administrative Records, are divided into five subseries. Series I, subseries 1, contains the Membership Minutes, 1940-1946, 1950-1967, 1972-1974 (six bound volumes), Officer's Attendance Lists, and information about the membership. Series I, subseries 2, contains the Executive Board Minutes of the General Executive Board of the UBCJ of A, 1962, 1964, 1965. Series I, subseries 3 contains the Minutes of the Miami Valley Carpenters District Council, 1956, 1961, 1962. Series I, subseries 4, contains the minutes of various committee meetings, 1961, 1962, 1967. Series I, subseries 5, contains amended constitutions of UBCJ of A and the constitution of the Dayton-Miami Valley AFL-CIO.

Series II, Financial Statements, contains financial records of the UBCJ of A, UBCJ of A Local 684, and the Miami Valley Carpenters District Council. They were issued monthly, but there are gaps in the files.

Series III contains correspondence from the UBCJ of A national officers, and communications with inter-union affiliates, 1958-1967.

Series IV contains numerous contract proposals and agreements between the UBCJ of A and several corporations. The span dates for this material are from 1941-1967.

Series V contains proceedings and journal reports from various UBCJ of A and Ohio State Council of Carpenters conventions, 1946-1966.

Series VI contains a variety of directories, manuals, and newsletters pertinent to the UBCJ of A and its range, activities, and programs.

Statement of Arrangement

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Restrictions on Access

There are no restrictions on accessing materials in this collection.

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Preferred Citation

[Description of Item, Date, Box #, Folder #], MS-72, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 684 Records, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

Acquisition Information

The records of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 684, Dayton, Ohio, were accessioned into the Wright State University Archives and Special Collections Department by the Ohio Labor History Project in June of 1979.

Processing Information

Processed by: David Gray, June 1979

Other Finding Aid

The finding aid is available on the Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries web site at
https://wright.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/726.