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Scope and Contents From the Series: From 1937 to 1976, the Federated Hotel, Hospital, Restaurant and Related Trades Employees’ Industrial Association of Workers produced an informative magazine - Flashlight for its members. Two series of the magazine were produced by the Association, the first series was issued monthly and ran from August 1937 to July 1940 and the second series, a quarterly magazine, began in November 1963. There had, however, been an unsuccessful attempt at re-starting the magazine in June 1961 when a single...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Covering the period 1911 to 1990 the collection includes minutes, financial records, copies of awards, court rulings, correspondence, and an extensive run of the Union’s official publication Flashlight. While the collection is relatively large, it is clear that these are not the complete records of the Northern Hotel Workers Union but rather a fragmented set which have survived several changes in the Union’s physical address and administrative practices. Some of the files from the 1930s and...