Union Card

Object/Artifact

Windham Textile and History Museum

Name/Title

Union Card

Entry/Object ID

2023.53.1

Description

Union card of Anna Jecik, an employee of the American Thread Company in Willimantic, CT. Jencik worked in the Synthetic Throw Department. The card is dated 1961. Jencik was a member of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) Local #460, which was affiliated with the AFL-CIO. The card is signed by Betty Tianti, the Local Secretary. The handwriting on the card appears to be Tianti's as well.

Context

For more information about the TWUA in Willimantic, see https://millmuseum.org/strike/ , https://millmuseum.org/amy-hooker/ , and https://millmuseum.org/voices-of-the-mills/. For more information about Betty Tianti, see https://millmuseum.org/betty-tianti-2/.

Collection

Jencik-Janosack Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Card, Union

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Card, Membership

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Card, Identification

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Personal Identification

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

2-1/2 in

Length

3-3/4 in

Location

Box

Document Box 1

Room

Dunham Hall Library Reading Room

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Date

December 16, 2023

Web Links and URLs

https://millmuseum.org/voices-of-the-mills/, https://millmuseum.org/union-activists/, https://millmuseum.org/strike/

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Donated on behalf of Lorraine Jencik. Lorraine's mother was Anna Janosack Jencik (1903-1990) and her aunt (Anna's younger sister) was Mayme Janosack (b. 1904). Both Anna and Mayme worked for the American Thread Company in the mid-1900s, Anna in the Synthetics Department and Mayme in Packaging. Both Anna and Mayme were born in New York City, the daughters of Slovakian immigrants John Janosack (1873-1946) and Mary Katherine Hoza Janosack (1877-1901). John and Mary, and their eldest daughter Elizabeth (1897-1977) were born in Slovakia, so the Janosacks migrated from Slovakia to New York sometime between 1897 and 1903. They subsequently moved to Franklin, CT, were they were recorded in the 1920 U.S. Census. John was a farmer. Mayme never married, but Anna wed Emil Jencik (1905-1972) sometime between 1930 (the Census recorded her living with her parents) and 1935, when her son Albert was born.

Created By

historian@millmuseum.org

Create Date

December 16, 2023

Updated By

historian@millmuseum.org

Update Date

December 30, 2023