William Collier papers and slides


Collection 4536

1925-1977
(13.4 Linear feet ; 23 boxes)
© Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Summary Information

Repository
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
Collier, William, 1902-1977.
Title
William Collier papers and slides
ID
4536
Date [inclusive]
1925-1977
Extent
13.4 Linear feet ; 23 boxes
Author
Finding aid prepared by Philip Foglia.
Language
English

Preferred citation

Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], William Collier papers and slides (Collection 4536), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Background note

William E. Collier (1902-1977), a resident of Haycock Township and of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, worked for Pennsylvania's Bureau of Employment Security in several capacities from the 1930s to the 1960s. Collier served as Manager for the Pennsylvania State Employment Service for Philadelphia County, as Labor Relations Representative for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Philadelphia, and as Associate Director of the Bureau of Employment and Unemployment Compensation. A majority of his work related to the state's response to the Great Depression, unemployment compensation, and labor unions.

Collier was also an avid amateur historian, and was particularly interested in the history of Bucks County. He was involved with the Bucks County Historical Society and conducted research on local history topics. Collier spent a significant amount of time creating photographic documentation of Bucks County landmarks. From 1966 until his death, Collier traveled around the county and surrounding areas to take color slides of covered bridges, barns, one-room schoolhouses, mills, and other sites. When a plan was introduced to flood an inhabited section of Bucks County to create Lake Nockamixon, Collier opposed the plan. A major focus of his photography was documenting the architectural and geographic features slated for destruction in creating Lake Nockamixon State Park. Despite opposition from Collier and others, the lake was created and the park opened to the public in 1973.

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Scope and content note

The papers collected here are divided into two major segments; one that features William Collier's work as an amateur historian during the 1960s and 1970s, and one about his work in government and labor during the 1930s through to his retirement in the 1960s. There is also a small segment of miscellaneous papers that cover various topics. Included in most folders is a document providing context and related information for the subject matter therein.

In his retirement, Collier attempted to preserve the history of rural southeastern Pennsylvania, specifically Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, and Northampton counties. He did this by photographing one-room schoolhouses, creameries, houses, and other surviving buildings, while also doing research and attempting to provide context for these buildings. Collier’s local history papers provide insights into his research and methodology. These are contained in Boxes 1-5.

During his professional life, Collier worked in quite a few jobs. He started as a plasterer in the Great Depression before getting a job in the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration). He then worked for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Employment and Unemployment Compensation, and later for the United Mine Workers of America in Philadelphia. After that, he went back to being a plasterer and working in his local union before retiring in the 1960s. Boxes 5-15 contain documents, letters, photographs, and other papers highlighting Collier’s different careers until his retirement in the 1960s.

The remaining boxes in the collection comprise Collier's slides -- approximately 5,200 slides taken between 1966 to 1977 -- and card index and register of them. Collier's slides (Boxes 16-19) depict farm structures, one-room schools, old bridges, churches, and other geographic and architectural features of Upper and Central Bucks County and surrounding areas. Many of the slides focus on features that were destroyed by the creation of Lake Nockamixon State Park shortly after Collier photographed them. The slides are sorted by subject. Collier created a card index to his slides (Boxes 20-22) that provides background and historical notes about each subject. He also compiled a four-volume chronological register of his slides, which is available in Box 23.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2023.

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Access restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Custodial history

This collection was originally owned by the Historical Society of Hilltop Township, which made the decision to deaccession the collection in 2022 due to it being out of scope. The collection was offered to and accepted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in two lots in 2022 and 2023.

Provenance

Gifts of the Historical Society of Hilltop Township, 2022-2023.

Accession numbers 2022.070, 2023.030.

Processing note

Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2012-2014 as part of a project conducted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to make better known and more accessible the largely hidden collections of small, primarily volunteer run repositories in the Philadelphia area. The Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This information was recompiled, revised, and updated by HSP staff in 2023 when the collection was processed.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Historical Society of Hilltown Township.
  • Pennsylvania. Bureau of Employment and Unemployment Compensation.
  • Pennsylvania. Bureau of Employment Security.
  • United States. Works Progress Administration of Pennsylvania.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Bucks County (Pa.)
  • Hilltown (Pa. : Township)
  • Nockamixon, Lake (Pa.)

Subject(s)

  • Depressions--1929.
  • Labor unions.
  • Labor.
  • Local history.
  • Pennsylvania--History.
  • Pennsylvania--Politics and government--20th century.
  • Unemployment insurance.

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Other Finding Aids note

The original finding aid that was produced for this collection can be accessed on the Philadelphia Area Archives' website: William Collier slides and files, 1925-1977.

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Collection Inventory

Local History Files 
Box Folder

Berks County One Room Schools December, 1972 

 1 1

Chuch School, Buckingham Township 1970-1973 

 1 2

One Room School - Haycock Township 1969-1970 

 1 3

East Rockhill Township One Room School 1969-1970 

 1 4

Lehigh County One Room Schools 1973, 1975 

 1 5

Northampton County, One Room Schools 1972-1973 

 1 6

Schools – Results – Comments 1970-1975 

 1 7

One Room Schools – Teachers and News Stories 1969 1969-1973 

 1 8

Schools, General Information for Lectures, 1973 on 1971-1976 

 1 9

Lucy M. Burd School. Will and Estate. Property Deed Record 1933, 1975 

 1 10

Lucy M. Burd School. Information Correspondence. Wec 1975 on 1975 

 1 11

Lucy M. Burd School, Bedminster Township 1974-1975 

 1 12

Lucy M. Burd Material sent to B.C.H.S. Library, Doylestown 1974-1975 

 1 13

Lucy M. Burd Family Data 1917, 1946, 1974, 1975 

 1 14

Mills – General Bucks County Mills 1970 

 1 15

Stover Mills 1969-1970 

 1 16

Old Mills – General 1969 

 1 17

William H. Atkinson, Artist and Friend, 1966 on 1970 

 1 18

Blacksmith, Sylvester Martin. Haycock Township – 1968-1970 1961, 1970 

 1 19

Burial Grounds 1969-1970 

 1 20

Old School Baptist Church, 1731. Southampton, PA. – 1970 1970,1976,1977 

 1 21

Old Baptist Burial Ground – Hafler Farm, Haycock Township, 1967 1967,1970 

 1 22

Bedminster Hotel – Deed Research 1974 

 1 23

Burial Ground – Coryell Family, Solesbury Township – Windy Bush Road 1970 

 1 24

Burial Ground – Craven Family. Upper Southampton Township 1970,1972 

 1 25

Burial Ground – Gallows Hill, Springfield Township 1967,1970 

 1 26

Burial Grounds – Hickst Family, Smith Road – Buckingham Township 1974 

 2 1

Burial Grounds – Marshall, Edward, Tinicum Township, Walking Purchase 1970 

 2 2

Old Methodist Burial Site – Union Road – Richlandtown, PA. 1967 

 2 3

Seifert Gravestone Matter, 1969 1969 

 2 4

Seipel Family & Burial Spots, 1976 1976-1977 

 2 5

Burial Ground – Stout, Perkasie, PA. 1974,1976 

 2 6

Burial Grounds – General 1969 

 2 7

Covered Bridges 1968, 1969, 1970,1972,1974,1975 

 2 8

Covered Bridge – Mood’s Preservation – Perkasie 1974 1974 

 2 9

Berks County Schools, Mills Etc. Folk Culture Society 1972 

 2 10

Bridges – Iron & Stone 1969,1970,1971,1973 

 2 11

Bridges, Stone 1971 

 2 12

China, Old and New 1976 

 2 13

Creameries – Bucks County 1970 

 2 14

Delaware Canal 1973,1974,1976 

 2 15

The Doan Story, Bucks County, PA. 1967, 1971, 1972,1975 

 2 16

The Doanes – Information Requests 1970 

 2 17

The Doanes – Newspaper Items, 1975 1975 

 2 18

Durham Township – Indian Jasper Quarry 1971-1972 

 2 19

Durham Township 1970,1975 

 2 20

Dutch. The PA Dutch Folk Culture Society, Inc. – 1972 on 1971-1974 

 2 21

PA. Dutch Society – Bavers 1973-1974 

 2 22

Emmaus High School Lecture and Field Trip - 1974 1974 

 2 23

George A. Foster Farm – Deed Research 1974. Bedminster Township 1974 

 2 24

Friends – Upper Bucks County, 1956 on 1970, 1972, 1973 

 2 25

Ghost Houses – Ghosts 1972, 1975 

 2 26

House, Geryville Public. Re John Frei Rebellion, 1745 1973-1975 

 2 27

Farmhouse & Barn at Kellers Church. Saving them for people 1974-1975 

 2 28

Haycock Township Historic Information – 1970 1970, 1973, 1975 

 2 29

Indians – Akwesasne Paper – 1972 1972-1973 

 3 1

Indian Land Problems – Modern 1975-1977 

 3 2

Indians – General Data 1971 on 1974-1976 

 3 3

Indians – Sioux. Wounded Knee 1973 

 3 4

Indians – United American of Delaware Valley 1973, 1975 

 3 5

Indian. American Indian Historical Society. California. 1974 

 3 6

American Indian Society 1976, Bleam House Matter wec 1976 

 3 7

American Indian Society 1976, Perkasie Observance. News, Items 1976 

 3 8

American Indian Society 1976, Bicentennial – Perkasie 1976 

 3 9

American Indian Society – 1977, Perkasie Observance. News, Items 1976 

 3 10

Indian, American Indian Society of Pennsylvania 1973, 1976 

 3 11

Indians. American Indian Society of Pennsylvania 1976 

 3 12

Nockamixon State Park 1977 – Flood Effects & Lake Water 1977 

 3 13

Nockamixon State Park 1972 – Flood Effects & Lake Water 1972, 1973, 1976 

 3 14

Lake – Nockamixon State Park 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 

 3 15

Lehigh County – Keims – Emmaus 1973 

 3 16

Lehigh County – Schools, Mills, etc. Undated 

 3 17

Lenape – General Information 1972-1973 

 3 18

Lenape Trail 1973, Emmaus, South Mountain, Lehigh County 1973 

 3 19

Lenape Trail, Girl Scout Troop 331 Trip. October 26, 1974 1974 

 3 20

Lenape Trail – Shelter House and Shelter House Society 1973 

 3 21

Lenape Trail – Lehigh County, W. Salisbury U.C.C. Church. 1973 1919, 1941, 1972, 1973 

 3 22

Lenape Trail Lehigh County Keck (Geck) Farm. Camp Area 1973 

 4 1

Lenape Trail – Franklin Haines, Emmaus, Lehigh County 1973, 1975, 1976 

 4 2

Liberty Bell 1777 route – 1967 on 1962, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976 

 4 3

Liberty Bell News Articles, Quakertown Area – 1975 1975 

 4 4

Liberty Bell Zions church, Allentwon PA. Route. 1970 on 1967, 1970-1974 

 4 5

Liberty Bell Material Background 1971, 1975, 1976 

 4 6

Liberty Bell – Moravian Archives. Emmaus*Bethlehem 1973 

 4 7

Liberty Bell. Colonel Thomas Proctor, Pennsylvania Artillery 1974 

 4 8

Liberty Bell route, Frederick Leisser Grave – 1971 1971 

 4 9

Liberty Bell trek, Perkasie. Wednesday, September 22, 1976 1976 

 4 10

Log Cabins 1968, 1969, 1973 

 4 11

Old Log House – 1799-1803, Doylestown PA., Bucks County Historical Society Grounds 1967, 1970 

 4 12

Mercers Pottery – Bucks County, PA. Collier – 1968 1965, 1969, 1970, 1976 

 4 13

Mills – Bucks County, 1970 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976 

 4 14

Mills – Lehigh County 1973 

 4 15

“Molly Maguires” – 1972 on 1972 

 4 16

Nockamixon State Park 1969 “Lake Series,” William Collier 1970-1972 

 4 17

Odds and Ends – Historical 1973 

 4 18

Quakertown National Bank, New Building – 1973 1972-1973 

 4 19

Rails. Liberty Bell Trolleys 1975 

 4 20

Quaker Meeting Houses, Bucks County 1962, 1970 

 4 21

Railroad, Quakertown and Eastern 1961, 1970 

 4 22

Railroad – Reading & Canal 1971, 1975 

 4 23

Railroads. Very Cruz-Dillinger tunnel. South Mountain. 1974 1974 

 4 24

Roads. Upper Bucks County. Changes 1973 

 4 25

Pennsylvania Roads, Brochure – 1926 1926 

 4 26

Town Name Changes, Upper Bucks County 1970 

 4 27

Walking Purchase – September, Monday 19, 6 AM, 1737 1961, 1970, 1972, 1976 

 5 1

Washington Crossing Memorial 1966, 1967, 1976 

 5 2

Houses, John Greeleaf, Whittier Former Home – 1970 1970 

 5 3

Haycock Civic Association, Crime & Ecology – 1970 1967, 1970 

 5 4

Bicentennial Haycock Township Publicity – Programs. 1976 1975-1976 

 5 5

Bicentennial Planning Committee. 1976. Bucks County, Haycock Township 1974-1976 

 5 6

Bicentennial Commission of Pennsylvania 1974-1975 

 5 7

Perkasie Bicentennial Book 1976, Collier Notations 1976 

 5 8

Bicentennial Planning Committee. 1976. Bucks County, Perkasie 1974-1976 

 5 9

Bicentennial Planning Committee. 1976. Bucks County. Richland Historical Society. 1974-1975 

 5 10

Bicentennial. Warminster Township Research Data. 1975. Wec 1975 

 5 11

Bicentennial. Warminster Township Research Data. Duplicates. Wec. 1975 

 5 12

Conservancy, Bucks County 1971 

 5 13

Bucks County Planning Commission, 1966 on 1966, 1970 

 5 14

Charter Proposal 1974. First Draft – Bucks County 1974 

 5 15

Bedminster Township Civic Association – 1975 1975 

 5 16

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Professional Files 
Box Folder

Republican Committeeman 1932-1934, Willow Grove 1932-1934, 1970 

 5 17

Willow Grove Relief Association – 1932-1934 1932-1934, 1970 

 5 18

Emergency Relief, Willow Grove, PA. – 1935-1936 1935-1936, 1970 

 5 19

Parent – Teacher Willow Grove – 1934-1936 1935, 1970 

 5 20

Labor Relations and Employment Procedures - WPA November 1935 1935, 1970 

 5 21

Procedure Satire, Works Progress Administration – February 1936 1936, 1970 

 5 22

Music Project, Works Progress Administration – 1937-1938 1937-1938, 1970 

 5 23

Education Project, Works Progress Administration – Jan. 1937- Apr. 1938 1937-1938, 1970 

 5 24

Crime Prevention, Works Progress Administration – Dec. 1936-May 1937 1936-1937, 1970 

 6 1

Policy Correspondence, Works Progress Administration – Jan. 7- Aug. 3 1937 1937, 1970 

 6 2

Arts Project, WPA – June 1937-January 1938 1937-1938, 1970 

 6 3

WPA Labor Problems – State meeting July 21, 1937 1937, 1971 

 6 4

Government Schools, Vocational Guidance, YMCA – May 1938 1938, 1970 

 6 5

Collier, Memoranda & Minute, Manager – January-July 1938 1938, 1970 

 6 6

Jack Benson, Local 28, Wilmington, Delaware Employment Service – 1937 1937, 1939, 1971 

 6 7

Memoranda issued as manager, Philadelphia, 11/4/37-7/5/38 1937-1938, 1970 

 6 8

Collier appointed manager – Philadelphia BEUC News Digest, Oct.-Nov. 1937 1937 

 6 9

Labor & Industry, Austin Meehan Requests & Letters – 1939 1939, 1971 

 6 10

Government – Labor and Industry Department Talks – 1939 on 1939, 1970 

 6 11

Government – Lincoln University, Collier - September 1939 1939 

 6 12

Elizabeth McBride, Nurse, Dispensary, Philadelphia, L&I - 1939 1939-1940, 1970 

 6 13

Workmen’s Compensation, William H. Chestnut, Director – Feb. 1939 1939, 1971 

 6 14

Collier, Additional Pictures, Special consultant – March 1939 1939, 1971 

 6 15

Labor & Industry, AFL Employees Union, My Honorary – 1939-1940 1939-1940, 1971 

 6 16

Labor & Industry, Union Philadelphia Chapter 1 – 1939 1939, 1971 

 6 17

Labor & Industry, Various memos, Governor James – Apr.-Dec. 1939 1939, 1971 

 6 18

Stephen B. Sweeney, University of Pennsylvania – April 1939 1939-1940, 1970 

 6 19

Dallas S. Gangewer, Appeal & Dismissal, L&I – June 1939 1939, 1970 

 6 20

George H. Bennett, Referee, Labor and Industry - 1939 1939-1941, 1970 

 7 1

Alien Registration, Labor and Industry, Collier – June 1939 1939, 1970 

 7 2

Labor and Industry, Negro Employment Program – June 1939 1939, 1970 

 7 3

Actors Union AFL, Hearing on Contract Violations – June 6, 1939 1939, 1970 

 7 4

John Figel Dismissal, Labor & Industry – July 1939 1939, 1970 

 7 5

I. Bernard Rotberg, Esquire, L&I, Legal Section – July 1939 on 1939-1941, 1971 

 7 6

Labor & Industry, Personnel out of line – March-July 1939 1939, 1971 

 7 7

Labor and Industry, Negro Employment Program – August 1939 1939, 1970 

 7 8

Labor and Industry, Negro Employment Program – 1939 1939, 1970 

 7 9

Labor & Industry, Wage Boards – 1939 1939, 1970 

 7 10

Social Security Board, Standards and Laws, Powell - January 1940 1940, 1971 

 7 11

Labor & Industry, Austin Meehan, Requests, Letters – 1940-1941 1940-1941, 1971 

 7 12

Associate Director, appointment, Labor & Industry - January 1940 1940 

 7 13

Labor and Industry, Negro Employment Program – 1940 1940 

 7 14

Bemery J. Martin, Disabled & Discouraged – 1940 1940, 1971 

 7 15

Labor & Industry, Wage Boards – 1940 1940 

 7 16

UC Reporter, C.I.O., Government, Harrisburg – 1939-1940 1939-1940, 1970 

 7 17

Government, Collier, appointed associate director - January 9 1940 Monday 1940 

 8 1

Hines Testimonial, Labor & Industry, Union AFL – March 1940 1940 

 8 2

Labor & Industry, Pictures of department people – June 1940 1940, 1971 

 8 3

BEUC, Additional Pictures – June 17, 1940 1940 

 8 4

BEUC picnic, Hershey Park – June 18, 1940 1940, 1971 

 8 5

BEUC, 2nd Biennial Report to Governor James – June 30 1940 1940, 1971 

 8 6

Government, Collier, Labor & Industry Department Picnic pictures - 1940 1940, 1970 

 8 7

Social Security Board, Oscar M. Powell, Executive Director – Aug. 1940 1940, 1971 

 8 8

Accountants Dinner, W. Pittston, Luzerne County – Sep. 16, 1940 1940, 1971 

 8 9

BEUC Staff of Collier, Harrisburg - October 1940 1940, 1971 

 8 10

Labor, Collier, Philadelphia Central Labor Union – 1947 1947 

 8 11

Labor, Collier, PA, Federation of Labor Convention – May 1947 1947, 1970 

 8 12

Labor, Collier, PA, James L. McDevitt, Federation Labor – 1948 1948 

 8 13

Collier, PA Federation of Labor – Pictures 1957, 1970 

 8 14

Labor, Collier, Tug Boat Strike 1945-46, Newspaper Articles 1945 1945 

 8 15

Labor, Collier, Tug Boat Strike 1945-46, Newspaper Articles 1946 1946 

 8 16

Labor, Collier, Police Shooting Case, Leo Wojcrehowski – 11/2/49 1949, 1970 

 8 17

Labor, Collier, Inland Boatmen and Deep Sea Officers, 1945-46 1945-1946 

 8 18

Tug, J.H. Deinlein – Port of Philaelphia 1949 1946, 1949 

 8 19

Labor, Collier, Tugboat Strike 1946, Philadelphia, Pictures 1946 

 8 20

Labor, Collier, Tugboat Union 1946 Strike, Newspapers 1946, 1948 

 8 21

Government, Collier, PA Senate Bill 280, 361 – 1947 1947 

 8 22

Tugboat Union Contract, Reopening Material – 1947 1947, 1970 

 8 23

Labor, Collier, Tugboat Union, Sinking of Tug Caspian – March 1948 1948, 1970 

 8 24

Collier, Tugboat Union, Fireboats 1947-49, Philadelphia 1947-1949, 1970 

 8 25

Philadelphia Fireboats, Committee of 15 Report – 1948 1948, 1971 

 8 26

Government, Collier, Fire Boats, City of Philadelphia – 1949 1947-1949, 1970 

 8 27

S.S. Steel Flyer, S.S. Pan Trooper – “Hot Ships” – 1949 1949, 1971 

 8 28

Longshoremens Strike – Hawaiian Islands – August 1949 – Philadelphia Aspects 1949 

 8 29

Steamboat Inspection Law 1949 – 81st Congress – Correspondence 1949, 1971 

 8 30

Labor, Collier, Tugboat Union Quits UMWA – 1950 1950 

 8 31

James L. McDevitt Testimonial Dinner – June 4, 1938 1938, 1970 

 9 1

McDevitt Memorial, May 1965 – Bergman, Berry Death Notices 1965, 1970 

 9 2

Philadelphia Central Labor Union – 1939 1939, 1970 

 9 3

Pennsylvania Federation of Labor – 1939 1939, 1970 

 9 4

Hosiery Workers Union Letters – Reports on Industry – March 1939 1938-1939 

 9 5

Cement Workers Union – Bath, PA. – Robert Diskan – 1940 1940, 1971 

 9 6

Cement Workers Union – Bath, PA. – 1941 1941, 1944, 1945, 1971 

 9 7

Labor, Collier, State Employees Union, Journal Article – June 1942 1942 

 9 8

Labor, Bob Lonergan Correspondence, Local 6 SCMWA – 1942-45 1942-1945 

 9 9

Labor, The New Era, Reading PA., Labor Newspaper – 1944-47 1940-1947, 1970 

 9 10

Letterheads, Stationery, Labor Unions, Collier – 1945 Undated 

 9 11

Federation of Greek Maritime Unions 1949 

 9 12

Philadelphia Transit Strike 1949 1949 

 9 13

Labor, Collier, National Federation American Workers – 1953-56 1953, 1954, 1956 

 9 14

Labor, Collier, Right to Work Law Data – 1964 1964 

 9 15

Labor, Collier, National Federation UMW Lonergan – 1950 1950-1951, 1970 

 9 16

Labor, Collier, Lincoln University 1944 – Negro Problem Seminar 1944 

 9 17

Labor, Collier, John L. Lewis, Newspapers – 1946 1946 

 9 18

Labor, Ships Officers, New York, Mine Workers Union – 1946 1946 

 9 19

Labor, Collier, St. Lawrence Waterway, United Mine Workers – 1948 1946, 1948, 1970 

 9 20

Labor, Mine Workers, Charley Daggert, “Snorter” – 1940 1949, 1970 

 9 21

Labor, A.D. Lewis UMWA, General Correspondence – ca 1948 1947-1948 

 9 22

District 50 Taxicab Strike, New York, April 4-9, 1949 1949 

 9 23

Labor, Collier, Walter Broderick, Cornell University Student – 1950 1949, 1970 

 9 24

Labor, Collier, Food for Miners, Philadelphia UMWA – 1950 1950 

 9 25

Labor, Collier, Mireille Mistral, France, Student – 1950 1950, 1970 

 9 26

Labor, Collier, Dismissal from United Mine Workers of America – 1950 1944, 1950, 1970 

 9 27

Labor, Collier, Address to Newark, Delaware Rotary Club – 1950 1950 

 9 28

Labor, Collier, Robert Fullerton, UMWA, Pittsburg, PA 1955 

 9 29

Labor, United Mine Workers, Yablonsky Murder – 1970 1970-1972 

 9 30

Collier, Plasterers, Apprentice, Start & Finish – April 1925-1929 1925, 1970 

 9 31

William Collier, Junior, Craftsman Awards, Building Congress – 1929-30 1929-1930 

 9 32

Plasterers Local 3, St. Louis, Missouri, Gun Fight – 1930-31 1931, 1971 

 9 33

Friends Service Committee, Plasterers 8, Haverford college – 1933 on 1933-1935, 1970 

 10 1

Plasterers Union 8, Cancelled Dues Checks, 1940-41, etc. 1940-1941, 1970 

 10 2

Collier, Plasterers 8, Dual Unionism? – 1944 1944, 1970 

 10 3

Collier Charges and Dues Problem – 1951 1951-1952 

 10 4

Collier, Pictures, Plasterers Union 8, Union Hall 1324 Melon Street – Tuesday October 2, 1956 1956, 1970 

 10 5

Collier, Plasterers Union Delegate, Long Beach California – 1957 1957, 1970 

 10 6

Collier, Plasterers 8, Greenleaf-Hughes Case, Trial – 1957 1957, 1970 

 10 7

Plasterers Union 8, 1957 Strike – 1957 1957, 1970 

 10 8

Collier, Plasterers 8, Bargaining Agreement – 1957-63 1957, 1963, 1970 

 10 9

Collier, Plasterers Union Local No. 8, Secret Charge – 1961 1958, 1959, 1961, 1970 

 10 10

Collier, Plasterers Union Pension News, The Breezeway – 1964 1964, 1970 

 10 11

Collier, Plasterers Union Members, Miscellaneous Letter – 1964 1964, 1970 

 10 12

Collier, Plasterers Union, Pictures, General Activities – 1960s 1947, 1961, 1971 

 10 13

Plasterers, March on Harrisburg, Monday, March 9, 1964 1964, 1971 

 10 14

Collier, 100th Anniversary, Plasterers Union Convention Journal – 1964 1964, 1970 

 10 15

Collier, 100th Anniversary, Plasterers Union Convention, Incidence of the Bells – August 30th-31st 1964 1964, 1970 

 10 16

Collier, 100th Anniversary, Plasterers Union Convention, Historic Tour, Wives and Children – September 1st, 1964 1964, 1970 

 10 17

Collier, 100th Anniversary, Plasterers Union Convention, Banquet - September 2nd, 1964 1964 

 10 18

Collier, Trial & Acquittal, Plasterers Union Local No. 8, 1965 1965, 1970 

 10 19

Plasterers Union – International – June 1965 1965, 1970 

 10 20

Plasterers Union, Local and International, re Pension – 1967 1966-1968 

 10 21

Plasterers Union, Insurance – January 1970 1970 

 10 22

Plasterers, Edward J. Leonard retires as General President – Aug. 1970 1970 

 10 23

Collier, Plasterers 8, Officer Elections, J.F. Hogan – 1966 1966, 1970 

 10 24

Plasterers Union, General Data – 1971 on 1964, 1971 

 10 25

J. William Ditter, Montgomery County, Congress – 1930 on 1932-1935, 1939, 1970 

 10 26

World Events, Devere Allen – 1934-36 1934-1936, 1970 

 10 27

Political, Democrat Primary Election – May 1938 1938, 1970 

 10 28

Political, Collier, United States Senate Campaign – 1938 1938, 1970 

 10 29

Political, Mayorality, Lamberton Campaign Buttons - 1939 1939, 1971 

 11 1

Political, Mayor Lamberton Campaign, Philadelphia 1939 1939-1941, 1970 

 11 2-3

Political, Lamberton, Opposition Pamphlets, Hines Radio Reply Speech, Philadelphia 1939 1939, 1971 

 11 4

1948 Political Campaign, Labor Activities 1948 

 11 5

Richardson Dilworth, City Treasurer – Mayor Campaign, 1949 1949-1950, 1970 

 11 6

Political, Collier, State Senate Candidate, Primary Election 1950 1950, 1970 

 11 7-8

Collier-Hines Letters, Job Hunting, 1943 March 1943, 1970 

 11 9

Political, Lamberton Victory Dinner, Letters, Philadelphia 1939 1939, 1971 

 11 10

Constitution Party, Bucks County, 1967 on 1967-1968, 1970 

 11 11

Bucks County Commissioners, Newspaper Leads to Policy – 1967 on 1966-1970 

 11 12

Democratic Party, Bucks County – 1967 on 1967 

 11 13

School Director Campaign 1969 1969 

 11 14

Republican National Convention, Mayor Lamberton, Walter Allessandroni, Citizen Committee, 1940 1940, 1970 

 11 15

Wendel Wilkie Campaign, Delegation to Elwood, Indiana, Acceptance Speech – August 1940 1940, 1970 

 11 16

Wendell Willkie Campaign, Labor Committee - November 1940 1940, 1971 

 11 17

Political Campaign, F. Clair Ross Matter - July-September 1942 1942, 1970 

 11 18

Political, Collier, Dilworth, Philadelphia City 1948 1948 

 11 19

Political Events, School & Tax, Park Problems – Bucks County, 1970 1970 

 11 20

Hal Lefcourt, Candidate State Senate – Bristol 1970 1970 

 11 21

Labor, Collier, Maritime, Philadelphia 1945 Embarkation, Port Philadelphia 1945, 1974 

 11 22

Labor, Collier, Correspondence, Port Authority Bill, 1947 1947-1948 

 11 23

Labor, Collier, Program Publicity, Port Authority, Philadelphia – 1947-48 1947-1948 

 12 1

Labor, Collier, Newspaper Comments, Port of Philadelphia 1947 1947-1948 

 12 2

Labor, Collier, Publicity, Port Authority Philadelphia – 1947-48 1947-1948 

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Government, Collier, Correspondence, Port Authority – 1947-48 1947-1948, 1970 

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Labor, Collier, Wharves, Docks Department, City of Philadelphia – 1948 1947-1948 

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Activities re Building a Philadelphia Port Authority – 1949 1947, 1949 

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Citizens council on City Planning, Philadelphia 1948-49 1947 

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Congressional Investigation Request, Pennsylvania Railroad-Sun Oil co. re Philadelphia Port Authority – 1949 1949 

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Government, Collier, US Congress, House Bill 5008 – 1950 1950 

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Port of Philadelphia – 1970 1970 

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Labor, Collier, Correspondence, Port Authority Program – 1948 1948 

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James Spence, BEUC., Pencil Sketch WEC, Comments - January 1941 1941, 1971 

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Service Rating, By my Secretaries, Staff – June 6, 1941 1941, 1971 

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Labor & Industry, Negro Employment Program – 1941 1940-1941 

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Interstate Conference, February 13-15, 1941, Hershey, Pennsylvania 1941 

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Labor & Industry, Travel Expense Accounts – 1939-41 1939-1941, 1970 

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Claims, Letters, Overpayments, Pregnancy – 1940-1941 1940-1941, 1971 

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Government, Collier, State, Labor Department, Claim Frauds – 1940-41 1941 

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Joint State Commission Bureau Memos & Data – May 1941-January 1942 1941-1942, 1970 

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Social Affairs, Department of Labor & Industry – April-October 1941 1941-1942, 1971 

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Joint State Commission Correspondence – October 1941 on 1941, 1970 

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Joint State Commission Forms & Procedures – October 1941 1941, 1970 

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Joint State Commission, Collier Remarks - October 1941 on 1941, 1970 

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Interstate Conference, October 1-3, 1941, Nashville Tennessee 1941, 1970 

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Joint State Commission, Remarks Mr. Kelly, Dismiss - October 1941 1941, 1970 

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Albany, New York, Interstate Conference, BEUC - November 1941 1941, 1971 

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BEUC 3rd Biennial Report to Governor James, June 30th 1942 1942, 1971, 1973 

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Report of Conference of Employment Security Agencies: Regions II and III 1941 

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Proceedings of Inter-Regional Conference: regions II and III 1941 

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BEUC. Unemployment Law – Rules & Regulations. I&I – July 1942 1942 

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Synopsis of the Problems and Methods of Compensating Partial Employment 1942 

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Longshoremen’s Decision, Philadelphia re Claims – December 1942 1942, 1970 

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Collier, Government, Resignation Associate Director – 1943 1940, 1943, 1970, 1971 

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Miscellaneous 
Box Folder

Germantown Historical Society 1967 

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Bucks County Historical Society, Headlines – The Historian, 1967 on 1967-1972 

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Bucks County Historical Society, By-Laws Revision – 1967 1967-1968 

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Historical Society, Bucks County, Membership – Correspondence 1970-1972, 1975, 1976 

 14 4

Lower Saucon Township Historical Society, Northampton County 1973 

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Northampton Township, Historic Conservancy Commission – 1971 1971 

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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1971 

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Perkasie Historical Society, Lester C. Trauger – 1974 1973, 1974, 1976 

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Perkasie Historical Society – 1971 1973-1976 

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Perkasie Historical Society – 1977 1974-1977 

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Sellersville Historical Society 1960, 1973, 1975 

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House Mechanical Equipment, William E. Collier – Bedminster 1957, 1962, 1971-73, 1975-1977 

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Bucks county Historical, Tourist Commission, Fallsington – 1967 on 1957, 1971 

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Historical Conservancy – Bucks County 1969 

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Berks County One Room School 1972 

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Richland (One-Room School) Historical Society Letterhead Undated 

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Northampton County One Rule Schools 1972 

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Early Schools and Schooling in the New World 1971 

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Constitutional Changes, Resolutions, and Appeals, 1964 1964 

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Report of Proceedings, 1964 1964 

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55th Annual Convention, Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, 1957 1957 

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Before the Committee on Compensation of the Joint State Government commission of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania 1941 

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Slides 
Box

Subjects: The Lake Series and Northampton County 

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Subjects: Bucks County, Berks County, Lehigh County, Doanes, Colonial America, stone bridges, Indians, roads 

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Subjects: Perkasie, schools, Henry C. Mercer, Lucy M. Burd, Delaware canal, Friends meetings, haycock Township, Old Southampton Baptist Church, Stover Mills/old mills, Bucks County/creameries 

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Subjects: Burial grounds, covered bridged, log houses, railroads, smoke houses, mills, Lenape Trail, old farmsteads, iron bridges, barns 

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Slide card file index (3 boxes) 

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Original register of slides 

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