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[Identification of item], in the Gerald A. Barrett Papers #04978, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Provenance

Received from Phyllis Barrett of Chapel Hill, N.C., in May 1999 (Acc. 98368).

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• Airlines--United States--History.
• Arbitration, Industrial--United States.
• Barrett, Gerald A., 1912-1990.
• Chemical industry--United States--History.
• Grievance arbitration--United States.
• Industrial relations--United States--History--20th century.
• Mediation and conciliation, Industrial--United States.
• National Academy of Arbitrators.
• Textile industry--United States--History.
• Tobacco industry--United States--History.
• Trade-unions--United States--History--20th century.
• United States--Commerce--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--History--20th century.

Gerald A. Barrett was born in 1912 in New York City. He went to college at Lehigh University and to law school at Columbia University. He came to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill as an associate professor in 1947 and taught here for 30 years until his retirement in 1977. From 1955 to 1965, he directed the MBA program in the UNC Business School. He was active in University-wide affairs and at various times chaired the Committee on Athletics, the Grievance Committee, and the Morehead Foundation Central Selection Committee.

Barrett was nationally known as an authority on industrial-labor relations. He arbitrated in many labor disputes and served as president of the National Academy of Arbitrators.

Barrett died in 1990 at the age of 78.

Papers of Gerald A. Barrett are mostly files concerning hearings at which Barrett acted as arbitrator between labor unions and companies, mostly in the southeastern United States. Cases involve textile companies, tobacco companies, airlines, chemical companies, and others. Files may contain copies of original grievances, reports of Barrett's findings and decisions, Barrett's expense reports and invoices, correspondence with company and union representatives, and other items. Also included are Barrett's file on his membership in the National Academy of Arbitrators Committee on Professional Responsibility and Grievances, 1980-1983, and on his appointment to the Town of Chapel Hill's personnel appeals committee in 1977, and a few other letters.