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James C. Furman to William Jenkins
No full textA three page letter and envelope from James C. Furman to William Jenkins
Jenkins (Frank) interview
No full textSan Francisco, California, United StatesFrank Jenkins discusses his education and early experiences with discrimination in Seattle. He speaks about his employment on the Seattle waterfront and union involvement. Mr. Jenkins details the history of the unions' exclusionary practices in the Puget Sound area and explains the issue of blacks as strikebreakers. He discusses discriminatory hiring policies which limited employment opportunities for black longshoremen in Seattle, the 1921 and 1934 strikes, and the changed employment practices resulting from the latter strike. The structure of the longshoremen's union (ILWU) is discussed, as well as some contract negotiations that occurred during Jenkins' tenure as a union official. Military oversight of the Seattle Port during World War II is mentioned, including the discriminatory recruitment practices used by both the Army and the Navy. Jenkins illustrates the consequences of his union activism during the war and afterwards during the McCarthy era by recounting several episodes in which his port security pass was revoked and subsequently reissued. He chronicles the turbulent post-war history of the longshoremen's union in the Puget Sound area and explains the reason for the union's expulsion from the CIO in 1948.
Subject timestamps: (1:02) Family’s history in Seattle, father’s military work, (3:12) Attendance at Queen Anne High School, reasons for dropping out, (4:45) Experiences with racism during high school, (8:44) Early history of father in Texas, mother in Philippines, (12:29) Father’s job as foreman, first job working on docks, (14:45) Began working in shipyards during WWI as bolter upper, (15:53) Discrimination in Boilermakers Union, joined Shipyard Laborers, (16:45) Work in Alaska for fertilizer plant, (17:20) Returned to Seattle after Longshore Strike, father had joined union, (18:20) Worked with father on the dock, (18:55) Employer hiring hall, Fink Hall, (20:18) Role of African Americans as strikebreakers, (21:55) James Rosten’s Colored Marine Employees Benefit Association, (22:55) Discrimination in hiring practices of ILA before and after 1921 strike, (24:55) Trucker and stevedore boards, formation of black work gangs, (26:34) Discrimination in hiring halls of Alaska Steam, Pacific Steam, and American Mail Line, (28:55) Hiring of cooks and stewards, (30:20) Events leading up to the 1934 strike, (33:00) 1934 strike, (33:47) Unification of hiring halls, description of rotation system, (39:12) Description of gangs, hiring of gangs, (40:27) Effects of 1934 strike on discrimination against African Americans, leadership of Harry Bridges, (44:25) Service on executive board of Longshoreman’s Union, (46:25) Description of various posts within union, (47:27) Work on joint clearance committee and labor relations committee, (49:23) Contract negotiations by Pacific Maritime Association and ILWU, (53:18) Army and Navy recruitment in ports during war, incidents of discrimination when volunteering, (58:10) Change of deferment status by employer, (59:54) Effects of anti-communist movement within unions, port security pass revoked then reinstated, (1:04:21) Description of multiple instances of security pass being revoked and reinstated for to political reasons, (1:08:35) Bitterness between ports after strike of 1948, (1:10:53) Monthly meetings between checkers, foremen, and Tacoma, (1:12:20) Talks about joining ILWU, checkers joined in 1954, (1:13:38) Tacoma, Anacortes, and foreman all joined ILWU in 1958, Port Angeles joined in 1962, (1:14:55) Benefits of unified Pacific Coast, gangs traveling the ports, (1:17:10) Difficulties in organizing Tacoma, bringing them into ILWU, (1:21:35) Reasons for Port Angeles’ delay in affiliating with ILWU, (1:23:57) CIO convention in Portland, reasons for ILWU expulsion from CIO in 1948, (1:27:55) Longshoremen’s position on Taft-Hartley Law, effects of anti-communism movement on labor, autonomy of unionsTo request a high resolution or uncompressed reproduction, or to obtain permission to use any portion of this item, contact the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections. Email: [email protected]. Please reference the Digital ID Number
Jenkins, Dean C.
No full textMilitary Information: Lieutenant, Company C, 33rd Engineers.This project was assisted by a grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.Names of other Rutgers people: George Whisler, Ralph Seiler, Red Reese, Jimmie Dean, Sherm Conklin, Sandford, Boney Searle, Bubb Durand, Kope Herber
Jenkins, C R, 1734583
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/395140Surname: JENKINS. Given Name(s) or Initials: C R. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: 1734583. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: SEA-3842.228885
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Jenkins, C S, VX19910
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/395161Surname: JENKINS. Given Name(s) or Initials: C S. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: VX19910. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 31015.228940
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[Letter to Dr. Floyd Jenkins from Marguerite Y. Rupp, July 18, 1977]
No full textLetter from Marguerite Y. Rupp, secretary to Bette C. Graham to Dr. Floyd Jenkins of North Texas State University. The letter is in regard to interviews Graham gave, and a speech given at Harvard on Liquid Paper Corporation
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William Jenkins, business elites, and the evolution of the Mexican state : 1910-1960
No full texttextThis is a biographical case study of Mexican industrialization, focusing on expatriate U.S. businessman William O. Jenkins (1878-1963). I trace Jenkins' career in textiles, land speculation, sugar, banking, and film, using it as a forum for themes that flesh out the economic and political history of modern Mexico. Chief among these themes are Mexico's substantial but socially unequal capitalistic development; interdependent relationships between business elites and the state; the role of the regions in Mexican development; and a tradition of viewing U.S. industrialists as enemies of national progress. I use Jenkins to illustrate the ability of Mexico's business elite to negotiate the hazards of the 1910-1920 Revolution and the property expropriations that followed. Industrialists, many of them immigrants, helped to forge rapid economic development between 1933 and 1981. However, their behavior was often characterized by monopolistic and rent-seeking practices, to the qualitative detriment of industries including film and textiles. I demonstrate how the success of industrialists owed much to their relations with politicians, and how the persistence of authoritarian regimes at regional and national levels owed much to industrialists' support. For Jenkins, this symbiosis involved loans to state governors, campaign contributions, and support for the federal government by channeling cheap entertainment to urban populations. Such links help explain why fifty years of development saw little electoral democracy or progressive distribution of wealth. I "de-center" Mexico's economic and political narrative by focusing on the state of Puebla, showing how alliances between industrialists and authorities often begin in provincial arenas and how they can impact national economic and political trends. I also address the underdevelopment of Puebla City, long Mexico's second metropolis, which after 1900 fell significantly behind Guadalajara and Monterrey. Finally, I trace how Jenkins functioned rhetorically as the epitome of the grasping U.S. capitalist. His controversial image afforded leftist politicians, business rivals, and labor leaders with an inflammatory object of protest. Such "gringophobia" in turn contributed to a polarization within Mexican society that proliferated after the 1959 Cuban Revolution. I complement this theme with intermittent commentary on rarely-remarked similarities between business practice in Mexico and the United States.Histor
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Interview with Elmer C. Jenkins
No full textA former Mormon Church missionary recalls his experiences with Kakaako people and his involvement with the Mormon Church.missionary; Caucasian; maleInterview conducted in English.Stat
C. Francis Jenkins, founder of SMPE
No full textC. Francis Jenkins [1867-1934], founder and first president of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, outside, wearing a hat. He was an American pioneer of early cinema and one of the inventors of television, though he used mechanical rather than electronic technologies. His businesses included Charles Jenkins Laboratories and Jenkins Television Corporation (the corporation being founded in 1928, the year the Laboratories were granted the first commercial television license in the United States). Over 400 patents were issued to Jenkins, many for his inventions related to motion pictures and television.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/jonathan_silent_film/1674/thumbnail.jp
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