This collection contains the papers of Wayne L. Dernoncourt, a union organizer and official in the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). Included are circular letters, reports, speech texts, printed materials, memorabilia, and photographs. Much of the material in the collection (especially the circular letters and printed material) focuses on 1950s infighting within the TWUA between factions headed by TWUA executive vice-president George Baldanzi and president Emil Rieve. The collection also holds materials distributed at the 1980 International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Educational Conference and a folder of material associated with a LaSalle Extension University law course taken by Dernoncourt. A small assortment of memorabilia and photographs, the majority of both relating to the TWUA, completes the collection.