The records of the Western Massachusetts locals and district councils of the UBCJA documents the rise of unionization among carpenters in the Connecticut River Valley since the 1880s. This collection represents a merger of separate accessions for the District Councils in Springfield (MS 110), the Pioneer Valley (MS 231), and Holyoke (MS 108), along with post-merger records for Local 108. In general, each has been maintained as a distinct series.
Collection includes statutes and by-laws, minutes, administrative records, correspondence, financial records and receipts, scholarship records, publications, records of programs and events, and artifacts and ephemera.
Consists of copies of published articles supplied to Serge Duigou for the preparation of his biography of Pierre-Jean Le Calvez. Also included are copies of Marie-Elizabeth Dumas' baptism and death records, plus correspondence between Vermont History Center staff and Mr. Duigou.
