Guide to the Inter-University Labor Education Committee files,
1951-1957

Consist of the administrative files of Alexander Liveright and Joseph Mire, who served as executive secretaries of the Inter-University Labor Education Committee. The bulk of the documents consist of minutes, financial records, reports and publications concerning the Committee's activities.

Include minutes of the Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) Board of Directors, Advisory and Education Committees, Regional Conferences and miscellaneous meetings. Also progress reports to the Fund for Adult Education and correspondence of A.A. Liveright (executive secretary, IULEC) concerning the routine administration of the grant project.

Includes activity summaries and final reports on Inter-University Labor Education Committee projects conducted at the University of California, the University of Chicago, Cornell University, Penn State University, the University of Illinois, Roosevelt University, Rutgers University and the University of Wisconsin.

Consist of bylaws; report on Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) project for interviewing workers, peasants and intellectuals in Europe and Asia (1953); letters, news releases, and memoranda regarding publicity and promotion of the IULEC and the study of workers' education; photographs of conference participants; proposal for an inter-university program on union leadership training in democratic participation; typewritten drafts of speeches, chiefly of Joseph Mire (executive secretary), regarding the role of labor in society, workers' education, labor and international affairs, and universities and union relations.

Consist of auditors' reports on the operation of the Inter-University Labor Education Committee.

Consist of eight looseleaf binders which contain university project proposals; memoranda on Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) policy; applications for grants; announcements of activities; and scattered minutes of various IULEC committees.

Consists of typed drafts and a published copy of Joseph Mire's book, Labor Education: A Study Report on Needs, Programs and Approaches.

Consist of the correspondence files of Alexander Liveright and Joseph Mire who served as executive secretaries of the Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC). The bulk of the documents consist of correspondence, memoranda and reports concerning the conduct of IULEC workers' education projects in the eight participating universities, proposals for grants, and consultations with labor organizations, universities and government agencies on workers' education and community relations.

Consists of correspondence with Joseph Mire and reports by labor specialists who served as consultants to the Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC).

Consultants included Jack Barbash (research and education director, American Federation of Labor), Alice H. Cook (professor, NYSSILR), Agnes M. Douty (assistant director of labor education, Roosevelt University), Adolf F. Sturmthal (professor of home study, University of Chicago), Brendan Sexton (education director, United Automobile Workers), Theodore H. Brown (director of research and education, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters), and John M. Brumm (executive director, Committee for the Nation's Health Inc.). The correspondence and reports regard production of pamphlets, international workers' education, workers' education programs in union locals, adult education, grant proposals, labor-management relations, farmer-labor relations, racial integration, labor health projects, labor colleges for workers' education in non-labor agencies in foreign countries, and education in international affairs.

Consists of correspondence of Joseph Mire (executive secretary) with the executives and staff of various labor unions and non-labor organizations regarding the Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) conferences held in Atlanta, California, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Oklahoma.

Correspondents include George Mitchell, (executive director, Southern Regional Council, Inc.); Rufus E. Clement (president, Atlanta University); Stanton E. Smith (president, Tennessee State Federation of Labor); B.R. Brazeal (dean, Morehouse College); John Mates (assistant to president, United Mine Workers of America); John Conners (director of education, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations); Clark Kerr (chancellor, Univ. of California at Berkeley), John Hutchison (coordinator of labor programs), and Arthur Carstens (assistant director of labor programs) of the University of California; John L. Lewis (president, United Mine Workers of America); George Higgins (director, National Catholic Welfare Conference); Clinton Golden (executive director, Harvard University Trade Union Program); B.A. Whitney (director, Education and Research, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen); Stanton E. Smith (president, Tennessee Federation of Labor); E.J. Soop (director of Extension Service, University of Michigan); and Guy Berry (associate director, Department of Adult Education, University of Arkansas). The correspondence regards the study of needs of workers in the field of education, advanced liberal education, cooperative workers' education programs conducted by labor and non-labor groups, and arrangements for and participants in the various conferences.

Consists chiefly of correspondence of Joseph Mire (executive secretary) with Robert J. Blakeley (director of grant programs, Ford Foundation Fund for Adult Education) and various Fund for Adult Education (FAE) staff members.

The correspondence generally concerns the administration of the Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) programs supported by FAE grant funds; scholarships; international workers' education; establishment of workers' education programs in various universities; relations with philanthropic foundations; adult education; coordination of regional programs; adult education films; tax exempt status of IULEC; leadership training awards; and community health programs.

Additional documents include progress reports and minutes of regional committees; addresses and speeches by Blakeley; and memoranda of FAE to grantees on the status of grant funds.

Consists chiefly of correspondence of Alexander Liveright and Joseph Mire (executive secretaries) with faculty and staff members of the Univ. of California, Univ. of Chicago, Cornell Univ., Univ. of Illinois, Pennsylvania State Univ., Roosevelt Univ., Rutgers Univ., and Univ. of Wisconsin, which participated in Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) programs. Materials pertaining to projects of the University of California at Los Angeles include statements, reports, memoranda and letters of Edgar Warren (director) and Arthur Carstens (research associate) of the University of California Institute of Industrial Relations, regarding planning for community institutes and projects; proposals for a project in workers' education in the Los Angeles schools; workers' education programs for union members; a readership survey of San Francisco newspapers; Montana Farmers Union Conference; summer institutes in Salt Lake City, Utah; Montana Farmer-Labor Institute; proposals for community health education programs; and workmen's compensation programs.

Materials concerning IULEC projects at the University of Chicago include letters of John Caldwell (director of union services) and Maurice F.X. Donohue (dean) of the University College; memoranda, statements, and reports regarding proposed program for the University of Chicago union leadership training project; University of Chicago union education service grant applications; a proposal for a project on labor's stake in world affairs; research on questionnaire construction; home study adult education courses; proposals for the development of instructional materials for use in unions in the area of mental health; and a professional union officers' program in workers' education and leadership development.

Documents regarding Cornell University projects include letters of Alice H. Cook (professor), Martin P. Catherwood (dean) and Ralph N. Campbell (director of Extension) of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, regarding a Cornell project on labor participation in community affairs; establishment of an institute for training workers' education specialists; and proposals for grant renewal.

Files of documents regarding the University of Illinois project include letters of Phillips L. Garman (coordinator of Extension), A.J. Wann (assistant professor of labor relations) and Robben Fleming (director of the Institute of Labor Relations); memoranda, reports and statements concerning a proposal for the University of Illinois; extension programs; a program on labor's stake in world affairs; and relations with the International Cooperation Administration and the New World Foundation.

Materials of the Penn State University project include letters of Anthony Luchek (head of labor education), Hugh G. Pyle (director of Extension) and Fred Hoehler (professor of labor education) at Penn State University; statements and reports regarding union officers' program; Steelworkers seminar on human relations; conferences on local unions' goals and responsibilities; establishment of a trade union center; and constitutions of workers' councils of various counties in Pennsylvania.

Documents relating to the project at Roosevelt University include letters of Frank McCallister (director); memoranda and reports regarding the establishment of a film utilization center; proposal for a labor film service for Chicago; report of IULEC projects for a school for workers in Wisconsin; production and promotion of pamphlets on international workers' education; and conferences for white collar workers.

Materials pertaining to the Rutgers University project include letters of L.H. Kerrison (chairman of labor program, Institute of Management, Rutgers University); memoranda, reports and statements concerning workshops on workers' education; establishment of city workers' councils; disbursement of grant funds; establishment of a central information and advisory service in workers' education; proposal for the expansion of union public service radio programs in New Jersey; and a conference on adult education and development of mature individuals.

Materials regarding programs at the University of Wisconsin include letters of Edwin Young (director, University of Wisconsin School for Workers), memoranda and reports concerning the University of Wisconsin programs in workers' education; programs and publications of the Wisconsin American Federation of Labor Institute; and a workers' education series on world affairs.

Consists of reports and correspondence of Joseph Mire (executive secretary) with faculty and administrators of the University of Alabama, the University of Indiana, the University of Manhattan, Michigan State University, and the University of Minnesota.

Correspondence concerns workers' education institutes; building and trades conferences; adult education and public services; labor-management seminars; evaluation of Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) projects; programs on religion and labor; financing workers' education services; union leadership training; and establishment of lectureships on industrial and labor relations.

Consists chiefly of correspondence of Alexander A. Liveright and Joseph Mire (executive secretaries) with officers and staff of the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.), Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), the AFL-CIO, State Federations of Labor, and various labor unions.

Correspondents include Matthew Woll (vice-president, A.F. of L.); Arthur Elder (director, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union); John Cosgrove (director of research, Iowa State Federation of Labor); Otto Pragen (director of research and education, United Chemical Workers); Mark Starr (education director, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union); Francis Henson (director of education, International Association of Machinists); Florence Roehm Greve (director of research, American Federation of Teachers); Arthur J. Goldberg (general counsel, CIO); George Guernsey (associate director of education, CIO); Philip Murray (president, CIO); Joseph Glazer (education director, United Rubber Workers); and Brendan Sexton (education director, United Automobile Workers).

Correspondence chiefly concerns labor participation in Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) activities; meetings of the Board of Directors; relations with the American Labor Education Service; international labor education; conferences on workers' education; the Washington's Birthday Conference of the American Labor Education Service; the Chicago University International World Affairs Program; a conference on labor's stake in world affairs; civil rights; development of membership participation in local lodge activities; regional farm-labor institutes; CIO-Danish workers' education workshops; conference of labor journal editors; Franklin D. Roosevelt; the CIO leadership training institute; automation and community planning; workers' education projects of unions and universities; Fulbright scholarships; and surveys of the Rocky Mountain Labor School.

Consists of correspondence of Joseph Mire (executive secretary) with the directors and staff of various non-labor organizations which were interested in workers' education. These include vocational schools and universities, government agencies, foundations and libraries.

Correspondents include Malcolm Knowles (administrative coordinator, Adult Education Association) (AEA) on a survey on community cooperation in adult education, international labor programs, union participation in AEA programs, and residential adult education schools; Robert Repas (director of labor and international affairs, American Friends Service) on international labor affairs and United Nations programs; American Labor Education Service (ALES) on Washington's Birthday Conference; Eleanor G. Coit (director, ALES) on organizing the Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) international exchange of workers and ALES-IULEC regional conferences, workers' education scholarships, agricultural education, white collar workshops, universities and unions in workers' education, evaluation of workers' education programs, union participation in foreign aid programs, and automation and clerical workers; and Mary M. Taylor (administrative assistant, Institute of International Education) on Fulbright scholarships and international labor exchange programs.

Also, the staff and administrators of the International Labour Office, Jewish Labor Committee, U.S. Labor Office, U.S. Mutual Security Administration, National Labor Service, National Religion and Labor Foundation, Pan American Union, Philadelphia Labor Education Council, U.S. Information Agency, U.S. Department of Labor, and vocational education departments of various states regarding civil rights and civil liberties, the Philippine Labor Education Center, and technical assistance programs, among other subjects.

Other correspondents include the American Federation of Labor, the U.S. Technical and Economic Mission, the Unitarian Service Committee Inc., the American Federation of Teachers, the Encampment for Citizenship, the American Nurses' Association, the Council on Student Travel, and various congressmen. This correspondence concerns the general activities in workers' education sponsored by IULEC, the production of Mire's book, Labor Education, summer programs in workers' education and world affairs, applications for grants and financial support, and library service to labor unions.

Consist of the records of Cornell University-Inter-University Labor Education Committee experimental projects in several communities. The purpose of these projects was to develop union interest and participation in community affairs and to experiment with extension programs devoted to community problems.

Records of the Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) project conducted by the faculty and staff of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University (NYSSILR) include programs and agenda of IULEC-Cornell conferences; IULEC contact reports on meetings with Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) committees, members of common councils, city health commissioners, social action agencies, chambers of commerce of New York State communities, health and multiphasic screening projects; international affairs, films on workers' education, readership development project for union members, workers' education projects in foreign countries, progress reports on NYSSILR projects, and budgets; drafts and copies of a report by Jack Barbash (professor of labor economics, University of Wisconsin) on the history of IULEC; and relevant bibliographies.

Also includes letters of Martin P. Catherwood (dean, NYSSILR), Russell Allen (education director, International Brotherhood of Papermakers), A.A. Liveright (executive secretary), Ralph N. Campbell (professor, NYSSILR and chairman of IULEC), Lawrence M. Rogin (education director, AFL-CIO) Anthony Luchek (labor education specialist, U.S. Mutual Security Administration), Alice Cook (extension specialist) and Eleanor Emerson (specialist in labor education) of the NYSSILR, regarding information materials for teachers in workers' education; analyses of communities involved in IULEC workers' education projects; summary and evaluation of union-teacher relationships; proposal for the establishment of a central information and advisory service in workers' education; data on Cornell projects in community affairs conducted in Olean, Syracuse and Utica, N.Y.; and discussions on workers' retirement.

Includes typewritten drafts, mimeographed copies and a published copy of a handbook written by Alice H. Cook (professor, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations).

Consist chiefly of correspondence of Ralph N. Campbell (professor, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations (NYSSILR) and chairman of the Board of Directors, Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC)) with Alexander Liveright and Joseph Mire (executive secretaries), staff members of the Fund for Adult Education; members of the Board of Directors, faculty of participating universities, and Alice H. Cook (professor, NYSSILR).

Correspondence pertains to the Philippine labor movement; to Board meetings; to activities of operating committees; to university programs; to Montana District Institutes; to a school for office workers; to international workers' education; to activities of the IULEC Evaluating Committee; and to the evaluation of projects; also miscellaneous financial documents.