ILGWU. Local 10 Minutes,1901-1996.
Collection Number: 5780/001
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Cornell
University Library
Title:
ILGWU. Local 10 minutes, 1901-1996.
Collection Number:
5780/001
Creator:
Amalgamated Ladies'
Garment Cutters' Union.
Quantity:
17 linear feet
Forms of Material:
Minutes.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection contains executive board minutes and
calendars, membership meeting minutes, and division minutes of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Local 10, the Amalgamated Ladies Garment Cutters
Union. Also contains miscellaneous records of Locals 10, 23, and 25, including files
on special meetings, membership committees, and companies.
Language:
Collection material in English
The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was founded in New York City in 1900
by mostly Socialist immigrant workers who sought to unite the various crafts in the
growing women's garment industry. The union soon reflected changes in the sector and
rapidly organized thousands of unskilled and semi-skilled women, mostly Jewish and
Italian young immigrants. Exemplifying the “new unionism,” the ILGWU led two of the
most widespread and best-known industrial strikes of the early Twentieth Century:
the shirtwaist makers’ strike of 1909 in New York City and the cloak makers’ strike
of 1910 in Chicago. The union also tried to adapt to the fragmented and unstable
nature of the industry. It adopted the “protocol of peace,” a system of industrial
relations that attempted to ensure stability and limit strikes and production
disruption by providing for an arbitration system to resolve disputes.
The ILGWU exemplified the European-style social unionism of its founding members.
They pursued bread and butter issues but provided educational opportunities,
benefits, and social programs to union members as well. In 1919, the ILGWU became
the first American union to negotiate an unemployment compensation fund that was
contributed to by its employers. The ILGWU also pioneered in the establishment of an
extremely progressive health care program for its members which included not only
regional Union Health Centers but also a resort for union workers, known as Unity
House. The Union also had an imaginative and pioneering Education Department which
not only trained workers in traditional union techniques, but provided courses in
citizenship and the English language.
David Dubinsky, an immigrant from Belarus who came to the US in 1911, provided strong
leadership that led to unprecedented growth in the union during his presidency from
1932 to 1966. He led the union through successful internal anti-communist struggles,
built on the ascendancy of industrial unionism by encouraging the formation of the
Committee for Industrial Organization, and helped the union become an important
political force in New York City and state politics, and in the national Democratic
Party and Liberal Party as well.
In the period following the Second World War, the union suffered a decline in
membership as manufacturers avoided unionization and took advantage of less
expensive labor by moving shops from the urban centers in the northeast to the
south, and later abroad. The ethnic and racial character of the ILGWU also changed
as European immigrants were supplanted by Asians, Latin Americans, African-
Americans, and immigrants from the Caribbean.
In July 1995 the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
(ACTWU) at a joint convention, forming UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and
Textile Employees). At the time the new union had a membership of about 250,000 in
the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
Local 10 of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), also known as
the Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters' Union, was based in New York, New York.
This collection contains executive board minutes and calendars, membership meeting
minutes, and division minutes of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union,
Local 10, the Amalgamated Ladies Garment Cutters Union. Also contains miscellaneous
records of Locals 10, 23, and 25, including files on special meetings, membership
committees, and companies.
Names:
Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters'
Union.
Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters' Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile
Employees
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry--United
States.
Labor unions--Clothing workers--United
States.
Clothing workers--United States.
Industrial relations--United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes.
Access Restrictions:
The ILGWU Records, except for publications and materials produced for
publication, are restricted. Materials created prior to twenty years from the
current date are open to researchers only with prior written permission from the
Director of the Kheel Center; materials created during the past twenty-years are
closed; the minutes of the General Executive Board are closed. For more
information contact the Kheel Center.
Cite As:
ILGWU. Local 10 minutes. 5780/001. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
5780. ILGWU Records
5780/001 mf. ILGWU. Local 10 minutes. Microfilm
5780/008. ILGWU. Local 10 dues books
5780/011. ILGWU. Local 10. Managers' correspondence
5780/012. ILGWU. Local 10. Manager's correspondence
5780/094. ILGWU. Local 10. membership record books
5780/131. ILGWU. Local 10 records
"Permanent deposit"
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. I
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1911-1912 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. II
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1912-1913 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. III
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1913-1914 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. IV
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1914 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. V
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1915 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. VI
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1915-1916 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. VII
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1916 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. VIII
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1916-1917 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. IX
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1917-1918 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. X
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1919-1920 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XI
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1920-1922 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XII
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1922-1923 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XIII
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1923-1925 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XIV
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1925-1926 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XV
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1926-1929 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XVI
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1930-1931 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XVII
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1932-1934 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XVIII
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1934-1936 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XIX
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1936-1937 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XX
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1938-1939 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXI
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1939-1941 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXII
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1941-1943 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXIII
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1943-1946 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXIV
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1946-1949 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXV
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1949-1952 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXVI
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1952-1955 |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXVII
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1955-1959 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXVIII
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1959-1961 |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXIX
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1961-1964 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXX
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1964-1966 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXXI
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1966-1967 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXXII
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1967-1968 |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXXIII [folder 1 of 2]
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1969 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXXIII [folder 2 of 2]
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1969 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXXIV [folder 1 of 2]
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1970 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXXIV [folder 2 of 2]
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1970 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Executive Board Minutes. Vol. XXXV [folder 1 of 2]
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1971 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 |
Executive Board Minutes. General. Vol. XXXV [folder 2 of 2]
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1971 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 |
Executive Board Calendars
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1958-1959 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 |
Executive Board Calendars
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1960-1961 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 |
Executive Board Calendars
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1962-1965 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 |
Executive Board Calendars
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1965-1966 |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 |
Minutes. Membership. Vol. I
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1906-1909 |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 |
Minutes. Membership. Vol. II
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1910-1913 |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Minutes. Membership. Vol. III
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1913-1914 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 |
Minutes. Membership. Vol. IV
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1914-1915 |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 |
Minutes. Membership. Vol. V
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1916-1924 |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 |
Minutes. Membership. Vol. VI
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1925-1933 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 |
Minutes. Membership. Vol. VI
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1933-1940 |
| Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Minutes. Membership. Vol. VIII
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1940-1958 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Minutes. Membership. Vol. IX [folder 1 of 2]
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1960-1967 |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Minutes. Membership. Vol. IX [folder 2 of 2]
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1960-1967 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Waist and Dress Division Minutes. Membership. Vol. I
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1916-1923 |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Executive Board Minutes. Waist and Dress Division.
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1916-1917 |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 |
Executive Board Minutes. Waist and Dress Division.
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1917-1918 |
| Box 10 | Folder 7 |
Executive Board Minutes. Waist and Dress Division.
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1918-1920 |
| Box 10 | Folder 8 |
Executive Board Minutes. Waist and Dress Division.
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1920-1921 |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Executive Board Minutes. Waist and Dress Division.
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1921-1923 |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 |
Executive Board Minutes. Waist and Dress Division.
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1923 |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes. Cloak and Suit Division.
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1916-1923 |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 |
Executive Board Minutes. Cloak and Suit Division.
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1916-1917 |
| Box 11 | Folder 5 |
Executive Board Minutes. Cloak and Suit Division.
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1917-1918 |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 |
Executive Board Minutes. Cloak and Suit Division.
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1918-1919 |
| Box 11 | Folder 7 |
Executive Board Minutes. Cloak and Suit Division.
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1919-1920 |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 |
Executive Board Minutes. Cloak and Suit Division.
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1920-1922 |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 |
Executive Board Minutes. Cloak and Suit Division.
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1922-1923 |
| Box 12 | Folder 3 |
Advisory Board Minutes. Waist and Dress Division.
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1916 |
| Box 12 | Folder 4 |
Miscellaneous Divisions Minutes. Membership. Vol. I
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1916-1926 |
| Box 12 | Folder 5 |
Miscellaneous Divisions Minutes. Membership. Vol. II
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1927-1933 |
| Box 12 | Folder 6 |
Executive Board Minutes. Miscellaneous Divisions. Vol. I
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1919-1925 |
| Box 12 | Folder 7 |
Executive Board Minutes. Miscellaneous Divisions. Vol. II
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1926-1927 |
| Box 12 | Folder 8 |
Miscellaneous Divisions Record of Payments.
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1918-1920 |
| Box 13 | Folder 1 |
Executive Board Minutes. United Cloak and Suit Cutters Association.
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1905-1908 |
| Box 13 | Folder 2 |
United Cloak and Suit Cutters Association Minutes. Membership.
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1901-1906 |
| Box 13 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes. Cutters Local.
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1909-1910 |
| Box 13 | Folder 4 |
Executive Board Minutes. Gotham Knife Cutters Association.
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1902-1905 |
| Box 13 | Folder 5 |
Gotham Association Minutes. Membership.
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1903-1905 |
| Box 14 | Folder 1 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 1 of 2]
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1972 |
| Box 14 | Folder 2 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 2 of 2]
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1972 |
| Box 14 | Folder 3 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 1 of 2]
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1976 |
| Box 14 | Folder 4 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 2 of 2]
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1976 |
| Box 14 | Folder 5 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 1 of 3]
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1977 |
| Box 14 | Folder 6 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 2 of 3]
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1977 |
| Box 14 | Folder 7 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 3 of 3]
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1977 |
| Box 14 | Folder 8 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 1 of 3]
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1978 |
| Box 14 | Folder 9 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 2 of 3]
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1978 |
| Box 14 | Folder 10 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 3 of 3]
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1978 |
| Box 14 | Folder 11 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 1 of 2]
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1979 |
| Box 14 | Folder 12 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 2 of 2]
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1979 |
| Box 14 | Folder 13 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1980 |
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Jan. 1980-June 1980
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| Box 14 | Folder 14 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 1 of 2]
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1980 |
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June 1980-Dec. 1980
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| Box 14 | Folder 15 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes [Folder 2 of 2]
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1980 |
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June 1980-Dec. 1980
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| Box 14 | Folder 16 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1980 |
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Dec. 1980-March 1981
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| Box 14 | Folder 17 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1981 |
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March 1981-Dec. 1981
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| Box 14 | Folder 18 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1982 |
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Jan. 1982-March 1982
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| Box 14 | Folder 19 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1982 |
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March 1982- Dec. 1982
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| Box 14 | Folder 20 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1983 |
| Box 14 | Folder 21 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1984-1985 |
| Box 15 | Folder 1 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1985-1986 |
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July 1985-May 1986
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| Box 15 | Folder 2 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1986-1987 |
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May 1986-May 1987
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| Box 15 | Folder 3 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1987-1988 |
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June 1987-Aug.
1988
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| Box 15 | Folder 4 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1988-1989 |
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Aug. 1988-Nov.
1989
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| Box 15 | Folder 5 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1989-1992 |
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Dec. 1989-Jan.
1992
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| Box 15 | Folder 6 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1992-1993 |
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Jan. 1992-May 1993
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| Box 15 | Folder 7 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1993-1994 |
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May 1993-May 1994
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| Box 15 | Folder 8 |
Local 10 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
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1994-1996 |
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June 1994-Sept.
1996
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| Box 15 | Folder 9 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1946-1997 |
| Box 15 | Folder 10 |
Amended Rules and Regulations of the Health & Vacation Fund of Local 10
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1989 |
| Box 15 | Folder 11 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1946-1953 |
| Box 15 | Folder 12 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1954-1962 |
| Box 15 | Folder 13 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1989-1990 |
| Box 15 | Folder 14 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1990 |
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Jan. 1990-June 1990
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| Box 15 | Folder 15 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1990 |
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July 1990-Dec. 1990
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| Box 16 | Folder 1 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes [Folder 1 of 2]
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1991 |
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Jan. 1991-Sept.
1991
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| Box 16 | Folder 2 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes [Folder 2 of 2]
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1991 |
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Jan. 1991-Sept.
1991
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| Box 16 | Folder 3 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1991 |
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Sept. 1991- Nov. 1991
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| Box 16 | Folder 4 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1991-1992 |
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Nov. 1991-March 1992
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| Box 16 | Folder 5 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1992 |
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April 1992-June 1992
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| Box 16 | Folder 6 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1992 |
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Sept. 1992-Nov. 1992
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| Box 16 | Folder 7 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1992 |
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Nov. 1992-Dec. 1992
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| Box 16 | Folder 8 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1992-1993 |
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Dec. 1992-March 1993
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| Box 16 | Folder 9 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1993 |
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March 1993-May 1993
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| Box 16 | Folder 10 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1993 |
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July 1993-Aug. 1993
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| Box 16 | Folder 11 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1993-1994 |
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Dec. 1993-Feb. 1994
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| Box 16 | Folder 12 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1994 |
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April 1994-Sept. 1994
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| Box 16 | Folder 13 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1994-1995 |
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Nov. 1994-March 1995
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| Box 16 | Folder 14 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1995 |
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May 1995-Dec. 1995
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| Box 17 | Folder 1 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes [Folder 1 of 2]
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1996 |
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Feb. 1996-June
1996
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| Box 17 | Folder 2 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes [Folder 2 of 2]
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1996 |
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Feb. 1996-June
1996
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| Box 17 | Folder 3 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1996 |
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Sept. 1996-Dec. 1996
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| Box 17 | Folder 4 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1997 |
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Jan. 1997-Feb. 1997
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| Box 17 | Folder 5 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1997 |
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March 1997-April 1997
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| Box 17 | Folder 6 |
Local 10 Health and Vacation Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
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1997 |
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May 1997-July 1997
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| Box 17 | Folder 7 |
Local 10 Special Meetings
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1977-1981 |
| Box 17 | Folder 8 |
Local 10 Membership Meetings
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1978-1984 |
| Box 17 | Folder 9 |
Local 10 Membership Committee
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1977-1981 |
| Box 17 | Folder 10 |
Local 10 Membership Committee
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1981-1985 |
| Box 17 | Folder 11 |
Local 10 Calendars
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1968-1969 |
| Box 17 | Folder 12 |
Local 10 Calendars
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1969-1970 |
| Box 17 | Folder 13 |
Local 10 Calendars
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1971-1973 |
| Box 17 | Folder 14 |
Local 10 Calendars
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1973-1976 |
| Box 17 | Folder 15 |
Local 10 Calendars
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1977-1979 |
| Box 17 | Folder 16 |
Local 10 Calendars
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1979-1982 |
| Box 17 | Folder 17 |
Local 10- Leslie Fay Marketing, Inc.
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| Box 17 | Folder 18 |
Local 10- Mikan Group, Inc.
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| Box 17 | Folder 19 |
Local 10- Garden State Cutting
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| Box 17 | Folder 20 |
Local 10, 23, 25- Mayflower Fashions
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