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Agreement Between United Air Lines, Inc. and the Air Line Stewardesses Association

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The Air Line Stewardesses Association (ALSA) was founded in 1945 by flight attendants at United Air Lines. The first collective bargaining agreement between United Air Lines and ALSA was signed on April 25, 1946 and won voluntary recognition of ALSA by United as well as important victories for the flight attendants including a pay raise, compensation for work done on the ground, monthly limits on flying hours, and reimbursement for half the cost of their first uniform. ALSA also won flight attendants the right to see their personnel files and established a grievance process to dispute disciplinary actions and dismissals.

Mississippi Field Offices, Office of the Staff Officers, Surgeon in Chief, Unregistered Letters Received, 1866–1869, Part 2

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen’s Bureau, was established on March 3, 1865. The duties of the Freedmen’s Bureau included supervision of all affairs relating to refugees, freedmen, and the custody of abandoned lands and property. These documents come from the Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Series 2.4: Office of the Staff Officers, Surgeon in Chief.