The Joseph D. Keenan Papers
The Joseph Daniel Keenan Papers (1935-1976) consist of correspondence, memos, minutes, reports, legal documents, articles, news releases, telegrams, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to Keenan's long and active union career and to his involvement in government and civic affairs. The...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Joseph D. Keenan, |d 1896-1984. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a The Joseph D. Keenan Papers |
| 300 | |a 20 linear feet; 39 boxes | ||
| 351 | |a ArrangementThe Joseph D. Keenan Papers consists of nine series:Series 1: Appointment and Passport Books, 1942-1975 (Box 1)Series 2: Oral Histories, 1968, 1971, and 1976 (Box 1)Series 3: Correspondence, 1935-1972 (Boxes 2-4)Series 4: Miscellaneous Articles, Reports, and Publications, 1938-1974 (Boxes 4-5)Series 5: Union Activities Subject Files, 1956-1976 (Boxes 5-14)Series 6: Service Activities Subject Files, 1960-1976 (Boxes 14-17)Series 7: Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Miscellaneous, n.d. (Boxes 18-20, 39)Series 8: Addendum 1: Francis X. Gannon Research Materials, n.d. (Boxes 21-24)Series 9: Addendum 2: Miscellaneous, n.d. (Boxes 25-38) | ||
| 506 | |a Restrictions on AccessThere are no access restrictions. | ||
| 520 | 2 | |a The Joseph Daniel Keenan Papers (1935-1976) consist of correspondence, memos, minutes, reports, legal documents, articles, news releases, telegrams, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to Keenan's long and active union career and to his involvement in government and civic affairs. The correspondence series includes material from the early years of Keenan's career when he was Recording and Correspondence Secretary for the Chicago Federation of Labor (1937-1949) and deals primarily with union disputes, especially the unionization of the Kohler Company. Other material pertaining to Keenan's early career can be found in the 1976 oral history interview. The correspondence and the miscellaneous articles, reports, and publications, as well as the 1971 oral history interview, contain material relating to two important positions which Keenan held during world War II and the years immediately following. As a member of the War Production Board (1940-1945) he was in charge of labor production for the war effort, and, after the war, he aided in the reorganization of the German labor unions under General Lucius Clay of the War Manpower Division in Germany (1945-1948). There is little material from the 1950s and early 1960s when Keenan entered on his IBEW international Secretaryship and AFL-CIO Vice Presidency. In the correspondence series, this period is represented by some miscellaneous letters and memos which do not seem to be directly related to either his union or his service activities. There are however several pieces of correspondence mainly in the form of memos, from several prominent political figures of this period, presidents, senators, and presidential aides. | |
| 544 | 1 | |a Related MaterialThe American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives:The George G. Higgins Papers | |
| 545 | |a Joseph Daniel Keenan was a labor leader who was an important labor-government laison during the Second World War, a significant force in labor's post war support for Democratic presidential candidates, and a key advisor to the AFL-CIO's George Meany. Born in Chicago in 1896, he was the eldest of eight children. He left school at an early age to help support his family after his father was injured and he became an electrician by trade. He participated in the labor movement in Chicago, beginning with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' (IBEW) Local 134 in 1914, and then from 1937 as Secretary of the Chicago Federation of Labor. In 1940, he moved to Washington, DC, to work with President Franklin Roosevelt's National Defense Advisory Commission to mobilize national defense in the face of Hitler's European onslaught. He eventually became the Vice Chairman for Labor of the War Production Board, 1943-1945, where he worked effectively to stabilize industrial relations in the construction field and to halt strikes and work stoppages while arbitration agreements were conducted. He served in postwar Germany, 1945-1948, as both an advisor to American commander General Lucius D. Clay and as President Truman's special coordinator between labor and industry for reorganizing trade unions. | ||
| 546 | |a English | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Boyle, Michael Joseph, |d 1879-1958. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Chavez, Cesar, |d 1927-1993. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Clay, Lucius D. |q (Lucius DuBignon), |d 1897-1978. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Cushing, Richard James, Cardinal, |d 1895-1970. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Daley, Richard J., |d 1902-1976. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Farley, James |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Green, William |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Harrison, George M. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Higgins, George G., |d 1916-. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Johnson, Lyndon B. |q (Lyndon Baines), |d 1908-1973. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Kelly, Edward |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Keenan, Joseph D. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Kennedy, John F. |q (John Fitzgerald), |d 1917-1963. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Kennedy, Robert F., |d 1925-1968. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Kennelly, Martin |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a McGovern, George S. |q (George Stanley), |d 1922-. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Meany, George, |d 1894-1980. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Muski, Edmund |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a O'Boyle, Patrick, |d 1896-1987. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Paulsen, Charles |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Reuther, Walter, |d 1907-1970. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Roosevelt, Eleanor, |d 1884-1962. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Schnitzler, William F., |d 1904-. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Shriver, Sargent, |d 1915-. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Sorenson, Theodore |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Trace, D.W. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Truman, Harry S., |d 1884-1972. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Walsh, Richard |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Werts, Leo |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Woll, Matthew |
| 610 | 1 | 0 | |a American Institute for Free Labor Development |
| 610 | 1 | 0 | |a International Federation of Builders and Wood Workers |
| 610 | 1 | 0 | |a International Metal Workers Federation |
| 610 | 1 | 0 | |a United Farm Workers of America |
| 650 | 0 | |a Labor unions United States | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Postwar reconstruction (1939-1951) |x Germany | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Labor unions reorganization Germany | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Germany | |
| 651 | 0 | |a South Vietnam | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |u http://libraries.cua.edu/achrcua/keenan.html |z View the finding aid online. |