1.7 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator
Parkersburg Central Trades & Labor Council
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Parkersburg Central Trades & Labor Council Records, A&M 3111, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
The Parkersburg Central Trades and Labor Council (PCTLC) was organized in 1910 to provide a cooperative and clearinghouse
organization for locals of the American Federation of Labor-affiliated unions in Wood and surrounding counties. The PCTLC
was closely tied to the West Virginia State Federation of Labor. It participated in a number of labor activities such as
strikes and boycotts and participated in politics through endorsement of political candidates. Its primary organ for political
involvement was Labor's League for Political Education (LLPE), which often hosted lectures by political candidates. In 1950,
the PCTLC formed a women's auxiliary, although women were not barred from general membership and frequently represented their
unions as delegates to the PCTLC. With the 1957 merger of the A.F.L and C.I.O. units in West Virginia, the PCTLC passed into
history and was succeeded by the Parkersburg Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
The archives of the Parkersburg Central Trades and Labor Council came to the West Virginia and Regional History Collection
(now Center), and West Virginia University's Institute for Labor Studies assisted in the acquisition. This collection joins
other archives at the West Virginia Regional History Center (WVRHC) which have a direct relation to the PCTLC. The WVRHC
also holds archives of the Parkersburg Typographical Union, a member of the PCTLC. The archives of the West Virginia State
Federation of Labor include 1924 correspondence from the PCTLC, a copy of the PCTLC constitution, and 1935-37 correspondence
related to the PCTLC. Archives of the West Virginia Labor Federation contain scattered correspondence of the PCTLC.
Minutes, financial records, and miscellaneous historical material of Parkersburg Central Trades and Labor Council (PCTLC),
an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the West Virginia State Federation of Labor. The organization,
founded in 1910, participated in various political activities and union organization activities and sponsored Labor's League
for Political Education (LLPE) and created a women's auxiliary during the 1950s. The council consisted of assorted AFL affiliated
unions in the Parkersburg area.