Pollack, Katherine Ellickson Papers on Microfilm, 1937
Collection Number: 5425 mf

This accession number has been assigned to the microfilm copy of the papers of Katherine Pollak Ellickson a member of the original office staff of the Congress for Industrial Organization during the period November 1935 - December 1937.

The microfilm was made at NA and received at this Library March 6, 1968, the original documents being returned to Mrs. Ellickson. The accession consists of one negative and one positive cony of the papers of three reels each. The total number of frames amounts to approximately 2,500.

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, etc.; 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.