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Safran Printing Company/Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 216 large

Dates

  • approximately 1953-1974

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

The material is stored offsite. Please request materials 3 days ahead of your visit.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Extent

6 Linear Feet (10 boxes; approximately 9.4 linear feet)

Additional Description

Custodial History

Accession information unknown. However, based on materials found in these records—such as personal pension fund forms, union and lithography-related training materials, and photographs—the collection appears to have been compiled by Saul Wellman (1913 - 2003) during his employment at Safran Printing. .

Related Materials

Saul Wellman Collection, MSS 473: https://as.lib.msu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1957

Montell, Judith, and Ronald Aronson. 2004. “Radicalism: Professional Revolutionary: The Life of Saul Wellman” [dvd]. Available from: Michigan State University Special Collections.

Processing Information

Cathy Gibson processed this collection in 2019. Sources consulted in creating the finding aid: Aronson, Ronald. n.d. “About the film ‘Professional Revolutionary’.” Wayne State University. http://www.clas.wayne.edu/raronson/About-the-Film-Professional-Revolutionary

KeyWiki. 2018. “Saul Wellman.” https://keywiki.org/Saul_Wellman Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union. 1965. “Impact of Web Offset: A Union’s Analysis of Employment, Growth, Trends.” New York. http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/irle/ucb/text/lb001916.pdf MyJewishDetroit. 2018. “L’Chaim: Meet Hy Safran, ‘The Sequel to the Original’.” https://myjewishdetroit.org Pennsylvania State University Libraries. 2018. “Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union Records, 1964-1971. Collection Number 1631.” https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1631.htm Safran Group. 2018. “Our History.” http://microforms.com/The_Safran_Group_Our_History.html

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid for the Safran Printing Company/Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union records
Status
Cataloged
Author
Finding aid by Cathy Gibson
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Repository Details

Repository Details

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