Oakland Public Library, African American Museum and Library at Oakland

Avelino (Louis J.) Papers, 1915-1974

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Louis J. Avelino papers
Dates:
1915-1974
Creators:
Avelino, Louis J.
Abstract:
The Louis J. Avelino Papers consist of photographs, ephemera, military medals, and documents related to Avelino’s participation in the International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union.
Extent:
1.25 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Louis J. Avelino papers, MS 33, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Louis J. Avelino Papers consist of photographs, ephemera, military medals, and documents related to Avelino’s participation in the International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union. The ephemera series include dinner menus, dining cards, and a navy safety broadsheet from the Pearl Harbor Navy Station, and also includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings chiefly related to Pearl Habor. The photographs are mostly of Avelino’s friends and family members, and also includes a few images related to his work with the International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union a track meet at Berkeley High School in 1933. The International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union file includes the constitution and by-laws of San Francisco Area Bay ILWU pensioners, a 1957 contract for dockworkers, and an untitled manuscript three-page documenting the experiences of longshoreman Len Greer and the San Francisco maritime strike of 1934.

Processing information:

Sean Heyliger, 05/09/2013.

Arrangement:

Series I. Photographs Series II. Ephemera Series III. International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union Series IV. Medals

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.)
Avelino, Louis J.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Sean Heyliger
Date Prepared:
© 2013
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Sean Heyliger. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: May 9, 2013.

Access and use

Restrictions:

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish from the Louis J. Avelino Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

Preferred citation:

Louis J. Avelino papers, MS 33, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Location of this collection:
659 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612, US
Contact:
(510) 637-0198

Contents

Photographs

Summary

Extent:
25 photographs

Background

Scope and content:

Includes photographs of family and friends of the Avelino family, union activities , and high school photographs of a track meet at Berkeley High School.

Arrangement:

Arranged by photograph identification number.

Contents

Baby sitting in chair hung over car window , reverse: ‘Little Douglas,’ [001], undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

Clifford Weaver [002], 1957

Summary

Dates:
1957

Clifford Weaver and his wife, reverse: ‘my friend & buddy and his wife’ [003], 1957

Summary

Dates:
1957

Lillian and Louis Avelino in front of house at 86th ave. Oakland, California [004], 1940

Summary

Dates:
1940

Woman standing in backyard garden [005], 1934

Summary

Dates:
1934

Emma Avelino standing on walkway [006], undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

William Bill Davis and Mary Jane Davis standing in portrait gallery at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition [009], 1915

Summary

Dates:
1915

Table and chairs in tiled interior room [008], undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

Portrait of Louis Avelino as an infant [009-012], circa 1915

Summary

Dates:
circa 1915

Man in suit, reverse: ‘Frank’s 74th birthday’ [013], 1952

Summary

Dates:
1952

Clifford Weaver and wife cutting cake in wedding day [014], 1957

Summary

Dates:
1957

Men standing on platform, one holding Brazilian flag, reverse: ‘trade union leaders representing 500,000 workers from Brazil’ [015], circa 1950s

Summary

Dates:
circa 1950s

Men and women seated on couch [016-017], undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

Hoi Chiu Fung, General Secretary Trade Union Council Hong Kong, Louis Avelino, Public Relations Guide M.R.A. I.L.W.U., and Yee-se, China Times Pub. Co. Inc. San Francisco [018], 1958

Summary

Dates:
1958

R. F. Sollie, Public relations tour guide Matson Navigation Company, Fung Hoi Chui General Secretary Trade Union Council Hong Kong, and Louis Avelino, Public Relations Guide M.R.A. I.L.W.U. [019], 1958

Summary

Dates:
1958

Hsi fen Tang, Chinese Times Pub. Co. Inc. San Francisco foreign news columnist, Fung Hoi Chui General Secretary Trade Union Council Hong Kong, and Louis Avelino, Public Relations Guide M.R.A. I.L.W.U. [020], 1958

Summary

Dates:
1958

Tom Jones, Art Monell, Jim Haworth, and John McNally [021], undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

Luis Machado and two men standing next to rocking chairs [022], undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

Group photograph of men in tuxedos [023], undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

Group photograph of men and women in formal wear [024-025], undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

Track meet at Berkeley High School [3 photographs of long jump], 1933

Summary

Dates:
1933

Man throwing shot-put, circa 1930s

Summary

Dates:
circa 1930s

Chico High School [4 photographs], circa 1930s

Summary

Dates:
circa 1930s

Ephemera

Summary

Extent:
1 folder

Background

Scope and content:

Includes menus from the USS Washington and USS Republic, Pearl Harbor Naval station dining cards, holiday cards, and a navy safety broadsheet for working on towers.

Arrangement:

Arranged by format.

Contents

Commissary cards, Navy yard Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1942

Summary

Dates:
1942

U.S. Naval Radio Station, Laulaulei, Oahu safety precautions to be observed while working on masts, towers, or structures of any kind, 1939

Summary

Dates:
1939

Dining room AFT first sitting card, undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

U.S.S. Republic anniversary dinner card [2 copies], 1942

Summary

Dates:
1942

United States Lines, S.S. Washington menus, 1940

Summary

Dates:
1940

Holiday cards, undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce map, 1974

Summary

Dates:
1974

International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union

Summary

Extent:
1 folder

Background

Scope and content:

Includes constitution and by-laws of the San Francisco Area Bay ILWU pensioners, dedication program for the San Francisco Area Longshoremen’s Memorial Building, and an untitled manuscripts describing the experience of African American longshoreman Len Greer.

Arrangement:

Arranged by format.

Contents

Constitution and by-laws of S.F. Area Bay ILWU pensioners, undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

San Francisco Area Longshoremen’s Memorial Building dedication program and information, 1959

Summary

Dates:
1959

Miscellaneous dock workers agreement, 1957

Summary

Dates:
1957

Untitled manuscript, recollections of African American longshoreman Len Greer and the San Francisco maritime strike of 1934, undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

Medals

Summary

Extent:
2 medals

Background

Scope and content:

Includes Purple Heart and Spanish American War medals.

Contents

Purple Heart, undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

Spanish American War medal, undated

Summary

Dates:
undated