Schneider, Anna Weinstock Papers, 1921-1967
Collection Number: 5143
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Anna Weinstock Schneider Papers, 1921-1967
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5143
Abstract:
Writings by, correspondence with, and recording and transcript of interview with Anna
Weinstock Schneider.
Creator:
Weinstock Schneider, Anna
Quanitities:
1.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Schneider was the first woman Commissioner of Conciliation, U.S. Department of Labor
appointed in 1922. A member of several minimum wage boards in Massachusetts, lobbyist
for labor legislation in Massachusetts and organizer for the Massachusetts Suffrage
Association, she was also active in union activities as President of Boston Women's
Trade Union League and organizer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Writings by, correspondence with, and recording and transcript of interview with Anna
Weinstock Schneider.
The collection is arranged in five series: biographical data, correspondence, manuscripts,
miscellany, and oral history interview.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Anna Weinstock Schneider Papers #5143. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Schnieder, Anna W. (Anna Weinstock)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I: Biographical Data
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Periodical articles about Anna Weinstock Schnieder
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1929 |
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Scope and Contents
July-Sept.
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Series II: Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence to and from Anna Weinstock Schnieder
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1921-1967 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes thank you letters, congratulation letters on 35 years service, etc.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence RE: Anna Weinstock
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1922 |
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Scope and Contents
August 13-Dec. 16; Recommendations of Anna Weinstock for position of labor mediator
made mainly to James J. Davis and Henry Cabot Lodge. Also general appointment to Commissioner
of Conciliation.
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence RE: Anna Weinstock
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1960-1961 |
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Scope and Contents
March 24-Feb.23; To and from Frank Brown, Regional Director, Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence RE: Anna Weinstock
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1941 |
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Scope and Contents
June 2-3; To Mr. Howard T. Colvin, Regional Director, Bureau of Conciliation, U.S.
Department of Labor
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence RE: Anna Weinstock
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1922-1930 |
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Scope and Contents
Nov. 29-Aug 7; To Honorable James Davis, Secretary of U.S. Department of Labor from
various sources
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence RE: Anna Weinstock
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1960 |
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Scope and Contents
March 24; To Joseph F. Finnegan, Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence RE: Anna Weinstock
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1948-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
July 1-Oct. 30; To and from Daniel F. Hurley Regional Director, U.S. Mediation and
Conciliation Service
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence RE: Anna Weinstock
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1925-1937 |
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Scope and Contents
Aug. 26-July 11; To and from H.L. Kerwin, Director of Conciliation, U.S. Department
of Labor
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence RE: Anna Weinstock
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1935 |
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Scope and Contents
Aug. 9; To Edward McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence RE: Anna Weinstock
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1940-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
May 10-Feb. 6; To and from Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of
Labor
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence RE: Anna Weinstock
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1961 |
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Scope and Contents
March 27-March 30; To William E. Simkin, Director of Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Services
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence RE: Anna Weinstock
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1938-1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Aug. 11-Dec. 7; To Dr. J.R. Steelman, Director of Conciliation, U.S. Department of
Labor
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1924-1933 |
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Scope and Contents
May 5, 1924 partment of Conciliation, U.S. Department; November 25, of Labor re: Anna
Weinstock Schnieder; 1933 Commissioner of Conciliation
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Series III: Manuscripts
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Typed and handwritten transcript by Anna Weinstock Schnieder
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Scope and Contents
36 pgs
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Series IV: Miscellany
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Programs
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Invitations, Announcements and Christmas cards
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Newspaper clippings about Anna Weinstock Schnieder
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Newspaper clippings about Anna Weinstock Schnieder
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Newspaper clippings about Anna Weinstock Schnieder
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Newspaper clippings about Anna Weinstock Schnieder
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Newspaper clippings about Anna Weinstock Schnieder
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| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Newspaper clippings on textile mill strike in Elizabethton, Tenn.
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1929 |
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Series V: Oral History Interview
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Oral History Interview with Anna Weinstock Schnieder transcript
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Scope and Contents
Pt. 1
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Oral History Interview with Anna Weinstock Schnieder transcript
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Scope and Contents
Pt. 2
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Oral History Interview with Anna Weinstock Schnieder carbon copy
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