Ellickson, Katherine Pollak. Congress of Industrial Organizations Papers,
1935-1937

Collection Number: 5425mf

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Martin P. Catherwood Library
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Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
Kheel Center staff
Date completed:
1968
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, 2005

© 2005 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Ellickson, Katherine Pollak. Congress of Industrial Organizations Papers, 1935-1937.
Collection Number:
5425mf
Creator:
Ellickson, Katherine Pollak, 1905-
Quantity:
3 microfilm reels
Forms of Material:
Microfilm.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
The collection consists of meeting minutes, press releases, notes on conferences, speeches, field reports, etc.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Katherine Pollak Ellickson was a member of the original office staff of the Congress for Industrial Organization during the period November 1935-December 1937.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The collection consists of meeting minutes, press releases, notes on conferences, speeches, and field reports.
The film is prefaced with Mrs. Ellickson's explanation of the work of her office and a general description of the papers. In this statement she indicates that the papers reflect her widely varied work as assistant to CIO Director John Brophy and that they contain notes on meetings and conferences; notes for preparing Brophy's reports, speeches and articles; her own writings in preparation for publication, pamphlets, circular letters, news releases; and papers pertaining to office functions indicating the role of the central office in preparing charters for local unions, field reports, statistical analyses and other administrative details. Much of the material is in the form of holograph notes, working papers, drafts of speeches and press releases, and other rough material.
PROVENANCE

Purchased from Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, June 1968.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Ellickson, Katherine Pollak, 1905-

Form and Genre Terms:
Papers

INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Ellickson, Katherine Pollak. Congress of Industrial Organizations Papers, 1935-1937. 5425mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Arranged by document type.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Papers of Katherine Pollak Ellickson.
Minutes of meetings. Includes press releases of meetings, pencil notes and typescript drafts. Roll 1.
Other notable meetings. Roll 1.
Press releases. Roll 1.
Key printed material. Roll 1.
Notes on conferences and interviews. Arranged by industrial groupings. Roll 1.
Articles and speeches. Roll 1.
Clippings. Roll 1.
Membership figures. Roll 1.
A.F. of L. material. Roll 1.
Industry Studies: Aluminum, Autos, Coal, and Steel. Roll 1.
Chartering. Roll 2.
Mailing, sorting and filing. Roll 2.
Lists. Roll 2.
Field reports (forms for filing & form letters). Roll 2.
Field men. Roll 2.
Bookkeeping and record systems. Roll 2.
Report of October 11, 1937. Roll 2.
Memoranda, 1937. Roll 2.
Speech of January 1937. Notes and drafts. Roll 2.
Brophy's speeches. Roll 2.
Supreme Court and NLRB Decision. Roll 2.
Issuing charters. Roll 2.
Applications - lists and reports. Roll 2.
Local industrial unions - plans. Roll 2.
Industrial Union Councils. Roll 2.
Procedures in establishing local unions, organization of locals, constitutions and by-laws, standing rules. Roll 3.
Unemployment. Roll 3.