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Susan Fraiman papers

 Unprocessed Material — Box: ViU2025-0008_001
Identifier: ViU-2025-0008

Content Description

This collection contains papers of Susan Fraiman, Professor of English at the University of Virginia, documenting the University of Virginia labor groups, including the Labor Action Group (LAG), UVA Living Wage Campaign, and Staff Union at UVA (SUUVA) from 1997 to 2009. The collection includes twenty-six folders of newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, printed emails, notes, press conference transcriptions, letters, articles, and publications on the living wage issue at the University of Virginia. Susan Freiman's handwritten notes on legal pad paper discuss the formation and actions of LAG at the University of Virginia. Email correspondence includes discussions of union activity, poverty in Charlottesville, demonstration ideas, and community outreach.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Gift of Susan Freiman, 16 December 2024.

Language of Description

English

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Creation: 1997-2009

Creator

Extent

1 Cubic Feet (One cubic-foot box)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

Inventory

1 box: 26 folders. The folder titles are as follows: 2009: Living Wage Campaign, History of LAG + SUUVA, Admin. Replies, Autonomy, CMA Feb. 6, 2002 Press Conference, BOV Packet Press Conference 4.15.99 + City Council, Benefit Concert 9/24/99, City + County Living Wage, C’Ville Weekly 12-01 Living Wage Issue, Fall Convocation March/Rally, 1998 + Living Wage Panel, Law School, 11/98, [untitled], Hospital “Nine”, Lawyers, Union and Other Local Allies, Media Contacts Coverage, Minutes, Nat’l Labor, “New Pay Plan”, Poverty, Shelly Burress, Staff Outreach and Talkback, SUUVA Search, Teach-In 2/97, Unions (UVA, UE, etc.), Outsourcing UVA Wages and Virginia + MD Allies