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.
This collection consists of Lisa Ornstein's research materials, fieldwork notes, project guides, and drafts of the final project report, as well as correspondence between Ornstein and other project contributors. While some of the materials duplicate those in the Maine Acadian Culture Survey collection (MCC-0006), the materials in this collection include original notes and other materials. The collection also provides a thorough look into the fieldworker component of the project.
