Guide to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union; Local 89; Luigi Antonini, General Secretary; Correspondence,
1919-1968

Collection Number: 5780/023

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

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Compiled by:
Robert E. Lazar
Date completed:
December 1977
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, September 13, 2002

© 2002 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Local 89. Luigi Antonini, General Secretary. Correspondence, 1919-1968, 1930-1960 (bulk).
Collection Number:
5780/023
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 89. Luigi Antonini, General Secretary.
Quantity:
41 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, speeches, subject files.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches, and subject files covering Luigi Antonini's activities, both within and outside of the ILGWU, from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Luigi Antonini was born in Vallata Irpina, Italy, in 1883. After serving in the Italian army, he emigrated to the United States in 1908. He joined the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) in 1913, and was elected to the executive board of Local 25 the following year. A skilled organizer and leader, he was voted a vice president of the ILGWU in 1925, and became First Vice-President in 1934, a position he held for over thirty years.
Antonini was a founding member of the Anti-Fascist Alliance and president of the Italian-American Labor Council. He was also chairman of the American Labor Party and was one of the founders of the Liberal Party of New York. He served on a number of boards and advisory commissions, public and private, during World War II. Antonini remained active in union and political matters until his death in 1968.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The correspondence documents many of Antonini's most significant contributions to the ILGWU, the post-war Italian labor movement, and politics in New York State and the U.S. Included in the collection are materials relating to Antonini's role in the ILGWU, especially in union administrative matters; documentation of his involvement in building a free labor movement in post-war Italy; items dealing with his activities in the American Labor Party and the Liberal Party of New York; and items that highlight his role in anti-fascist organizations before and during the Second World War.
Individuals and organizations represented in the collection include: August Bellanca; David Dubinsky; Fannia Cohn; Giuseppe Faravelli; John F. Kennedy; Fiorello LaGuardia; Jay Lovestone; Guiseppe Modigliani; Franklin Roosevelt; Giuseppe Saragat; Norman Thomas; Harry S. Truman; Gus Tyler; Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; locals and joint boards of the ILGWU; the AFL-CIO; the Confederazione italiana sindacati lavoratori; the Italian-American Labor Council; the Textile Workers' Union of America; Unity House (the ILGWU workers' resort); and the Women's Trade Union League.
SUBJECTS

Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Antonini, Luigi, 1883-1968.
Bellanca, August.
Cohn, Fannia M. (Fannia Mary), 1885-
Dubinsky, David, 1892-
Faravelli, Giuseppe.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.
Lovestone, Jay.
Modigliani, Giuseppe Emanuele, 1872-1947.
Nenni, Pietro, 1891-
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Saragat, Giuseppe.
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Tyler, Gus.
Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-
AFL-CIO.
American Labor Party.
Confederazione italiana sindacati lavoratori.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Italian-American Labor Council.
Liberal Party of New York State.
Textile Workers Union of America.
Unity House.
Women's Trade Union League.

Subjects:
Anti-fascist movements.
Clothing workers--Labor unions--United States.
Clothing trade--United States.
Clothing workers--United States.
Italian Americans.
Labor movement--Italy--20th century.
Labor unions--Italy.
Labor union locals.

Places:
Italy--Politics and government--1922-1945.
Italy--Politics and government--1945-1976.
New York (State)--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.

Form and Genre Terms:
Correspondence
Organization files
Speeches
INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Cite As:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Local 89. Luigi Antonini. General Secretary. Correspondence, 1919-1968, 1930-1960 (bulk). #5780/023. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by subject.
SERIES LIST

I. Incoming letters, 1924-1925. Box 1
II. Correspondence. Boxes 1-49
III. Speeches, 1935-1948. Boxes 50-79
IV. Executive and Main District Board cases, 1934-1970. Box 80
V. Newspaper clippings. Box 81
VI. Photographs. Box 82
Description
Container
I. Incoming letters, 1924-1925.
Incoming letters, April 1924-December 1925.
Box 1 Folder 1 - 3
General Correspondence: 1938-64.
Box 1 Folder 4
Affiliated Dept.: 1953, 1957.
Box 1 Folder 5
II. Correspondence.
Aliens: 1942.
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence with public officials and Antonini memorandum on problem of aliens of enemy nationalities during the war and Franklin D. Roosevelt's reply.
Alto Adige Controversy: 1960.
 Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence re the implementation of "De Gasperi-Gruber Agreement" between Austria and Italy which deals with the treatment by the Italians of the German-speaking minority that live in the Trentino-Alto-Adige region.
American Committee for Italian Democracy: 1943.
Box 1 Folder 8
American Committee on Italian Migration: 1955-59.
Box 1 Folder 9
Correspondence with Juvenal Marchisio and Rev. Caesar Donanzan on immigration problems and cases.
American Committee on Italian Migration: 1960-64.
Box 1 Folder 10
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations: 1934-64.
Box 1 Folder 11
American Labor Party: 1936.
Box 2 Folder 1
Correspondence, news releases, reports and minutes of various committees.
American Labor Party: 1937.
Box 2 Folder 2
American Labor Party: 1938-40.
Box 2 Folder 3
American Labor Party: 1942.
Box 2 Folder 4
Antonini testimonial dinner.
American Labor Party: 1939.
Box 2 Folder 5
District clubs.
American Labor Party: 1939-41.
 Box 2 Folder 6
Election of Party candidates and FDR letter, 1941.
American Red Cross: 1942-61.
Box 2 Folder 7
American Relief for Italy, Inc.: 1944-45.
Box 3 Folder 1
American Relief for Italy, Inc.: 1946-51.
Box 3 Folder 2
Anniversary, Local 89, Fifteenth: 1934.
Box 3 Folder 3
Anniversary, Local 89, Twentieth: 1939.
Box 3 Folder 4
Anniversary, Local 89, Thirtieth: 1949.
Box 3 Folder 5
Anniversary, "Voice of Local 89," Thirtieth: 1964.
Box 3 Folder 6
A.N.S.A. (Italian National News Agency, Inc.): 1951-57.
Box 4 Folder 1
Antonini, Luigi: 1942-53.
Box 4 Folder 2
Birthday greetings and birthday celebrations.
Antonini, Luigi: 1955-65.
Box 4 Folder 3
Birthday greetings and celebrations.
Antonini, Luigi: 1934.
 Box 4 Folder 4
Dinner-dance in honor of Antonini.
Antonini, Luigi. Costanzo, Joseph (condolences on death of brother-in-law), Nov. 1953.
Box 4 Folder 5
Antonini, Luigi. Deceased, Dec. 1968.
Box 4 Folder 6
Antonini, Luigi: Music score. 1935.
Box 4 Folder 7
Antonini, Luigi. Personal correspondence, 1934-42.
Box 4 Folder 8 - 10
Antonini, Luigi. Personal correspondence, 1943-50.
Box 5 Folder 1 - 8
Antonini, Luigi. Personal correspondence 1951-64.
Box 6 Folder 1 - 7
Association to Aid Children, Italy (ARPI): 1952-53.
Box 6 Folder 8
B: 1939-54. General correspondence.
 Box 7 Folder 1 - 2
Balabanoff, Angelica: 1946-59.
Box 7 Folder 3
Bellanca, August: 1941, 1943, 1959.
Box 7 Folder 4
Bises, Arnold: 1947.
Box 7 Folder 5
Contributions sent to Bises to be distributed to various Italian causes.
Boys' Town of Italy, Inc.: 1951-60.
Box 7 Folder 6
Bulletins, IALC: 1945-46.
Box 7 Folder 7 - 8
By-laws and Statement of Principles, IALC: 1941-58.
Box 7 Folder 9
C: 1940-64.
Box 8 Folder 1 - 3
Caccamo, Francesca: 1963-64.
Box 8 Folder 4
Campaign Committee, Union: 1960.
Box 8 Folder 5
CARE (paccki dono): 1946-49.
Box 8 Folder 6
Thank-you letters on receiving packages.
Carrara, Mario: 1954-59.
Box 8 Folder 7
Correspondence re elections and political activities in Foligno, Italy.
Cases, Grievance Board: A-F, 1933-39.
Box 8 Folder 8 - 11
Arranged alphabetically by firm (some by surname). Includes Joseph Bruno.
Cases, Grievance Board: G-Z, 1933-39.
Box 9 Folder 1 -6
Arranged alphabetically by firm (some by surname).
Cases, District Cases, Appeal Board: 1934-36.
Box 9 Folder 7
Cases, District Cases, Grievance Board: 1934-36.
Box 9 Folder 8
Cases, Ettore Frisina and Domenico Trombetta: 1934-36.
Box 10 Folder 1 - 2
Cases, Joseph (Giuseppe) Mangano: 1934-38.
Box 10 Folder 3 - 6
Cases, Vincent Fazio: 1934-35.
Box 10 Folder 7
Celebration: 1948.
Box 11 Folder 1
Congratulatory messages on anti-Communist victory in the Italian elections.
Cesari, Vasco: 1949-50.
Box 11 Folder 2
Correspondence on labor and political matters in Italy.
Chieti (musical band in Italy): 1948-49.
Box 11 Folder 3
IALC contribution to band.
Cilia, Nicola: 1948-50.
Box 11 Folder 4
Circulars, Communist Party (n.d.).
Box 11 Folder 5
City of Hope (Los Angeles Sanatorium): 1937-58.
Box 11 Folder 6
Claims against Local for benefits: 1948-60.
Box 11 Folder 7
Coli, Gianfranco: 1950-59.
 Box 11 Folder 8
Includes correspondence on aiding Coli establish a polio clinic in Rome.
Columbus Citizens Committee (for Columbus Day parade): 1939-65.
Box 11 Folder 9
Committee for a Just Peace with Italy, Inc.: 1946-47.
Box 11 Folder 10
Committee to Defend America: 1940-42.
Box 11 Folder 11
Complaints and Investigations: 1938-59.
Box 11 Folder 12 - 13
Conferences, IALC Annual Meetings: 1943-64.
Box 12 Folder 1 - 7
Includes correspondence, reports, resolutions and declarations at annual and general meetings, congratulatory messages.
Consoni, Paolo: 1951-56.
Box 13 Folder 1
Includes correspondence on labor and political situation in Italy.
Contributions to Organizations and Individuals: 1938-43, 1948-55..
Box 13 Folder 2 - 4
Conventions, Union: 1937, 1940, 1950.
 Box 13 Folder 5
Includes resolutions submitted by local.
Cooperative Movement in Italy (Lega Nazionale delle Cooperative): 1945-57.
Box 13 Folder 6
Includes letters from Enrico Dugoni informing Antonini of activities in rebuilding cooperatives in Italy.
Corriere Degli Italiani, Argentina; 1950.
Box 13 Folder 7
Corriere del Popolo, Calif.: 1947-64.
 Box 13 Folder 8
Includes correspondence with Carmelo Zito.
Corsi, Edward: 1955-59.
Box 13 Folder 9
Cotiilo, Salvatore A.: 1935-38.
Box 13 Folder 10
Council of Golden Ring Clubs: 1958-60.
Box 13 Folder 11
Crespi, Cesare: 1948.
Box 13 Folder 12
D: 1943, 1948-65.
Box 14 Folder 1
De Gasperi, Alcide: 1945-51.
 Box 14 Folder 2
Includes correspondence re De Gasperi's visit to U.S.A., 1947.
Dinner tendered by IALC in honor of Adolph A. Berle, Jr.: Nov. 1942.
Box 14 Folder 3
Dinner tendered by IALC in honor of Manlio Brosio: May 1961.
Box 14 Folder 4
Dinner tendered by IALC in honor of Giovanni Gronchi: March 1956.
Box 14 Folder 5
Dinner tendered by Segni-Pella Dinner Committee in honor of Antonio Segni: 1959, 1964.
Box 14 Folder 6
Dinner tendered by IALC in honor of Count Carlo Sforza: April 1949.
Box 14 Folder 7
DiNola, Jack: 1950-51.
Box 14 Folder 8
DiStefano, Mario: 1951-52.
Box 14 Folder 9
District Correspondence, Main District: 1939-60.
Box 14 Folder 10
Districts, Bensonhurst and Boro Park: 1939-64.
Box 14 Folder 11
Districts, Brownsville: 1948-64.
Box 14 Folder 12
Districts, Bronx, Harlem: 1939-64.
Box 14 Folder 133
Districts, Popular Branch: 1941-59.
Box 14 Folder 14
Districts, Pressers' Branch: 1939-64.
Box 15 Folder 1
Districts, Williamsburg: 1939-61.
Box 15 Folder 2
Dulci, Giuseppe (Italian newspaper editor): 1951-64.
Box 15 Folder 3
Correspondence on Italian political situation and contributions for political activities in Trieste.
E: 1943-58.
Box 15 Folder 4
Economic Cooperation Administration: 1949-55.
Box 15 Folder 5
Correspondence with Thomas A. Lane (Labor Attache, American Embassy) on labor and political matters in Italy.
Educational Dept. Local 89: 1954-55.
Box 15 Folder 6
Einaudi, Luigi: 1949, 1951-52.
Box 15 Folder 7
Election and Installation of Local Officers: 1934, 1937, 1940, 1947.
Box 15 Folder 8 - 11
Includes Examination Committee report, 1937.
Election and Installation of Local Officers: 1947, 1950, 1953, 1958-1964..
Box 16 Folder 1 - 4
Election Leaflets. (Various locals)
Box 16 Folder 5
Executive Board: 1919-41.
Box 16 Folder 6
Correspondence and excerpts of early minutes.
Executive Board: 1942-61.
Box 16 Folder 7
Correspondence
F: 1948-52.
Box 17 Folder 1
F: 1953-65.
Box 17 Folder 2
Faraboli, Giovanni: 1936-45.
Box 17 Folder 3
Correspondence with Italian Socialist Party-in-exile (Partito Socialista Italiano-Federazione Regionale del Sud-Ouest "Giacomo Matteotti, "Toulouse, France) and with Comite Confederal du Sud-Ouest pour l'Assistance Syndicale (CGT) on solidarity and relief for Italian refugees.
Faraboli, Giovanni: 1947-53.
Box 17 Folder 4
Faravelli, Giuseppe: 1936, 1945-46.
Box 17 Folder 5
Includes requests for financial assistance to various Socialist groups; letter from Matteo Matteotti (sighed with other members of Federation) on results of Young Socialist Federation (Federazione Giovanile del Partito Socialista Italiano) meeting, August 1945; correspondence on political activities between the various factions and groups, especially on Pietro Nenni's activities in Socialist Party, 1946.
Faravelli, Giuseppe: 1947-Mar. 1948.
Box 17 Folder 6
Correspondence on causes and result of split between the Italian Socialist Party (PSI, Partito Socialista Italiano) and Socialist Party of Italian Workers (PSLI, Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani) from the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (PSIUP, Partito Socialista Italiano del'Unita Proletaria); financial requests from PSLI.
Faravelli, Giuseppe: April 1948-56.
Box 17 Folder 7
Fascism, Anti-: 1929, 1934-48.
Box 17 Folder 8 - 9
Includes correspondence with anti-Fascist organizations and letters from Fascist organizations and individuals re Italy.
Fascism, Anti-: 1936-38, 1950-51.
Box 18 Folder 1
Re Spain.
Ferrero-Sallitto Defense Conference: 1935-38.
Box 18 Folder 2
Correspondence re fight against deportation of Vincento Ferrero and Domenick Sallitto.
Fierro Memorial Committee: 1934-37.
Box 18 Folder 3
Antonio Fierro.
Fight for Freedom Committee to Defend America: 1941.
Box 18 Folder 4
Foreign Correspondence, Brazil: 1947-61.
 Box 18 Folder 5
Includes correspondence with Trento Tagliaferri.
Foreign Correspondence, France: 1936-49.
Box 18 Folder 6
Foreign Correspondence, Italy: 1944.
Box 18 Folder 7
(Many letters dispersed throughout collection) Includes letters dealing with relief packages sent to Italy.
Foreign Correspondence, Italy: 1946.
Box 18 Folder 8
Foreign Correspondence, Italy: 1945-64.
Box 18 Folder 9
Foreign, Italy: 1942-48.
Box 19 Folder 1
Flour distributed through the Italian Red Cross.
Foreign, Italy: 1948.
Box 19 Folder 2
Flour donated by Local 80, distributed through the Italian Red Cross.
Foreign, Italy: 1947-48.
 Box 19 Folder 3
Correspondence re medicine and medical implements sent to Italy through the IALC.
Foreign, Italy: 1948-49.
Box 19 Folder 4 - 7
Re medicine and medical implements.
Foreign, Italy: 1945-51.
Box 20 Folder 1 - 7
Requests and remittances (many through the Italian Red Cross).
Foreign, Italy: 1952-56.
Box 21 Folder 1 - 8
Requests and remittances.
Foreign, Italy: 1957-64.
Box 22 Folder 1 - 8
Requests and remittances.
Foreign, Mexico, Soviet Union, Switzerland: 1936-46.
Box 22 Folder 9
Four Freedoms Award: April 1943.
Box 23 Folder 1
Presented to Francis Biddle; includes letter from Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Four Freedoms Award: Oct. 1945.
 Box 23 Folder 2
Presented to General Mark with Clark.
Four Freedoms Award: Dec. 1951.
Box 23 Folder 3
Presented to William Green; includes Harry Truman letter.
Four Freedoms Award: Dec. 1957.
Box 23 Folder 4
Presented to George Meany.
Four Freedoms Award: Dec. 1959.
Box 23 Folder 5
Presented to Harry S. Truman; includes Truman letters
Four Freedoms Award: Dec. 1961.
Box 23 Folder 6
Presented to David Dubinsky; includes John F. Kennedy letter
Four Freedoms Foundation: 1950-61.
Box 23 Folder 7
The Free China Fund for Medical and Refugee Aid: 1955-61.
Box 24 Folder 1
Free Trade Union Committee: 1948-64.
Box 24 Folder 2
Includes correspondence with Jay Lovestone and Irving Brown on Italian politics.
Free Trade Union Movement in Italy: 1949.
Box 24 Folder 3
Includes letter from Vasco Cesari to Jay Lovestone on attempt to build in Italy a free trade union movement warning against splitting with Communists without preparation, June 1949.
Friends of the Garibaldi Brigade: 1939.
 Box 24 Folder 4
Includes financial requests from Humberto Galleani.
Frigenti, Frank: 1941-43.
Box 24 Folder 5
Deportation case.
G: 1940-64
 Box 24 Folder 6 - 7
Galati, Victor (Dr.): 1959-60.
Box 24 Folder 8
Reports on local members' health service problems.
Gelo, John: 1949-56.
Box 24 Folder 9
Correspondence
Gelo, John: Jan. 1957.
Box 24 Folder 10
Correspondence, letter of condolences on Gelo's death.
Ghiringhelli, Antonio (Dr.): 1950-53.
Box 24 Folder 11
Giovannitti, Arturo: 1938-39, 1948-58.
Box 24 Folder 12
H: 1948-59, 1965.
Box 24 Folder 13
Health Insurance and Health and Welfare Funds in the Dress Industry: 1944-57.
Box 24 Folder 14
High School of Fashion Industries (Central High School of Needle Trades): 1949-61.
Box 24 Folder 15
I: 1936, 1943-64.
Box 25 Folder 1 - 2
Includes correspondence and constitution of Italian Labor Confederation of Workers, Confederazione Sindacale Italiana del Lavoratori (CSIL).
Il Mattino D'ltalia: 1951-55.
Box 25 Folder 3
Immigration: 1939-55.
Box 25 Folder 4
Includes cases and correspondence on proposed McCarran Act to limit immigration.
Impellitteri, Vincent R. (Mayor, City of New York): 1951-52.
Box 25 Folder 5
Infantile Paralysis (March of Dimes): 1938-61, 1964.
Box 25 Folder 6
Correspondence on Local campaign contributions.
Inter-American Association for Democracy and Freedom: 1955-59.
Box 25 Folder 7
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, General Office Correspondence: 1939-43.
Box 25 Folder 8
Includes correspondence with David Dubinsky and Frederick F. Umhey.
ILGWU, General Office Correspondence: 1948-64.
Box 25 Folder 9
ILGWU, Convention: 1959.
Box 25 Folder 10
ILGWU, Death Benefit Fund: 1950-51.
Box 26 Folder 1
ILGWU, Education Dept.: 1939-61.
Box 26 Folder 2
Correspondence with Mark Starr and Fannia M. Cohn.
ILGWU, General Executive Board: 1953.
 Box 26 Folder 3
Includes proposed constitutional changes from Committee on Constitutional Revision.
ILGWU, Political Dept.: 1947-61.
Box 26 Folder 4
Correspondence with Gus Tyler.
ILGWU, Union Health Center: 1936-52.
Box 26 Folder 5
ILGWU, Unity House: 1939, 1955.
Box 26 Folder 6
Invitations to attend, sponsor or contribute to affairs: 1939.
Box 26 Folder 7
Invitations: 1940-49.
Box 26 Folder 8 - 11
Invitations: 1950-65.
Box 27 Folder 1 - 3
Irpinia, Avellino, Antonini's Hometown: 1948-49.
Box 27 Folder 4
Israel: 1957.
Box 27 Folder 5
Italia Libre, Argentina: 1942-48.
Box 27 Folder 6
Italian American Labor Council: 1942.
Box 27 Folder 7
Italian Center for Social Solidarity (Centro Italiano Solidarieta Sociale, Rome): 1953-55.
Box 27 Folder 8
Italian Colonial Possessions in Africa (post-World War II): 1948.
Box 27 Folder 9
Includes statement by IALC on disposal of former colonies.
Italian Committee for the Defense of Immigrants: 1938-40.
Box 27 Folder 10
C.I.S.L.: 1947-61.
Box 28 Folder 1 - 6
Includes letters from Guido Cocchia.
C.I.S.L.: 1958-64.
Box 28 Folder 7 - 8
Contributions to individual appeals through special CISL fund.
Italian General Confederation of Labor (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro, C.G.I.L.): 1945-59.
Box 28 Folder 9
Italian Consulate: 1946-57.
Box 29 Folder 1
Includes correspondence with Luigi Nardi, Aldo Mazio, Carlo de Ferrariis Salzano.
Italian-Cuban Democratic Association: 1948.
Box 29 Folder 2
Italian Embassy: 1945-54.
 Box 29 Folder 3
Includes correspondence with Alberto Tarchiani.
Italian Federation of Clothing Workers (Federazione Unitaria Italiana Lavoratori Abbigliamento, F.U.I.L.A.): 1950-56.
Box 29 Folder 4
Italian Hospital: 1936-61.
Box 29 Folder 5
Italian Republican Party (Partito Republicano Italiano).
Box 29 Folder 6
Italian Welfare League, Inc.: 1939-41.
Box 29 Folder 7
Italiani Nel Mondo: 1947-55.
Box 29 Folder 8
Correspondence with Leonida Felletti.
"Italy Today" Fair: 1952-53.
Box 29 Folder 9
J: 1940-61.
Box 29 Folder 10
Jewish Labor Committee: 1945-55.
Box 29 Folder 11
Includes correspondence on ILGWU staff's aiding "adopted" Italian children.
Joint Boards, Boston, Chicago and Cleveland: 1941-61.
Box 29 Folder 12
Joint Boards, Los Angeles Cloak and Dress: 1945-57.
Box 29 Folder 13
Joint Boards, Los Angeles: 1949.
Box 30 Folder 1
Investigation conducted by special GEB committee on charges brought against the L.A. Cloak and Dress Joint Boards, their officers and executive board members of Locals 65, 84, 96, and 97 by a group of members.
Joint Boards, Miami, Montreal: 1955, 1959.
Box 30 Folder 2
Joint Boards, N.Y. Cloak and Dress: 1938-64.
Box 30 Folder 3
Joint Board, Philadelphia, Southern Regional Office: 1941-60.
Box 30 Folder 4
K: 1948-56.
Box 30 Folder 5
Kennedy, John F.: 1960-61.
Box 30 Folder 6
L: 1941-51.
Box 30 Folder 7
L: 1952-64.
Box 30 Folder 8
La Giustizia, Rome: 1946-48.
Box 30 Folder 9
La Guardia, Fiorello H.: 1934-June 1937.
Box 30 Folder 10
La Guardia, Fiorello H.: July 1937-1940, 1947.
Box 30 Folder 11
La Guardia Memorial House: 1957-61.
Box 30 Folder 12
Legislation: 1939-42.
Box 31 Folder 1
Appeals to Government officials on pending legislation.
Legislation: 1943-61.
Box 31 Folder 2
Lehman, Herbert H.: 1939-40.
Box 31 Folder 3
Leonardo Da Vinci Art School: 1939-41.
Box 31 Folder 4
Letters of Recommendation: 1944-45.
Box 31 Folder 5
Liberal Party: 1948-64.
Box 31 Folder 6
Locals 10, 22, 35, and 48: 1940-64.
Box 31 Folder 7
Locals 60, 62, 80: 1940-59.
Box 31 Folder 8
Locals 91, 98, 155: 1947-61.
Box 31 Folder 9
Locals: (n.d.).
Box 31 Folder 10
By-laws, rules and regulations of various locals.
Local Managers' Conferences: 1940, 1947-61.
Box 32 Folder 1 - 4
Minutes.
Lombardo, Ivan Matteo: 1946-57, 1961.
Box 32 Folder 5
Luncheons, Giuseppe Alessi: Feb. 1957.
Box 32 Folder 6
Luncheons, Carmelo Iandoli and Peter Li Causi: July 1959.
Box 32 Folder 7
Luncheons, Italian Delegation to the UN 15th General Assembly: Oct. 1960. (Cancelled)
Box 32 Folder 8
Luncheons, Herbert L. Matthews: July 1942.
Box 32 Folder 9
Luncheons, Egidio Ortona: Dec. 1960.
Box 32 Folder 10
Luncheons, Giulio Pastore: Dec. 1955.
Box 32 Folder 11
Luncheons, Matthew Woll: Jan. 1955.
Box 33 Folder 1
Luncheons, Matthew Woll: 1955.
Box 33 Folder 2
Giuseppe Lupis: 1935-59.
Box 33 Folder 3
M: 1938-65.
Box 33 Folder 4 - 5
Madison Square Garden Rally: June 1946.
Box 33 Folder 6
Rally to demonstrate for a just and equitable peace for Italy.
Madison Square Garden Rally: June 1946.
Box 33 Folder 7
Marcantonio, Vito: 1934-37, 1941.
 Box 34 Folder 1
Includes correspondence re campaigns.
Marcantonio, Vito: 1936, 1939-40.
Box 34 Folder 2
Printed material by Marcantonio or about him.
Marshall Plan Committee: 1948.
Box 34 Folder 3
Matteotti, Matteo: 1945-49, 1956.
Box 34 Folder 4
Includes letters from Matteotti (secretary), PSLI on difficulties of reorganization of new party and labor movement.
Mayor's Advisory Committee on Puerto Rico: 1949-51.
Box 34 Folder 5
Mazzini, Giuseppe, Bust: 1956-59, 1964.
Box 34 Folder 6
Mazzini, Giuseppe, Society: 1941-45, 1947. (Italy)
Box 34 Folder 7
Minutes of IALC Meetings: 1945-64.
 Box 34 Folder 8 - 9
Incomplete.
Modigliani, Giuseppe E.: 1934-35.
Box 35 Folder 1
Includes correspondence with Pietro Nenni and Union officers on Modigliani's visit to the U.S. as guest of the ILGWU; collection of money for Modigliani Fund for Italian anti-Fascist movement.
Modigliani, Giuseppe E.: 1936-38.
Box 35 Folder 2
Continued correspondence on aid to Italian anti-Fascist movement; activities of American Labor Party.
Modigliani, Giuseppe E.: 1939-40.
 Box 35 Folder 3
Includes correspondence on Italian anti-Semitic laws and Italian Jewish refugees and Socialist refugees in France.
Modigliani, Giuseppe E.: 1941.
 Box 35 Folder 4
Continued correspondence on aiding refugees in southern France and re visas to enter the United States.
Modigliani, Giuseppe E.: 1942-48.
Box 35 Folder 5
Includes reports from Modigliani on the Italian situation soon after his arrival in Rome, 1944-45.
Modigliani, Giuseppe E., Center for the Study of Socialism and the Italian Labor Movement: 1951-58.
Box 35 Folder 6
Includes correspondence with Vera Modigliani.
Montana, Giovanni B. (Vanni): 1947-64.
Box 35 Folder 7 - 8
Includes 1954 trip by Union members to Italy.
Mutual Security Agency, Special Mission to Italy for Economic Cooperation: 1950-55.
Box 36 Folder 1
Correspondence with Enzo Grassi.
N: 1934-65.
Box 36 Folder 2
Natarelli, Patsy: 1950.
Box 36 Folder 3
Local 89 officer on trip to Italy.
Nenni, Pietro: 1934-47.
Box 36 Folder 4 - 6
Correspondence on aiding Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiana) and Italian refugees in France; Modigliani's visit to U.S. 1934; situation in Spain, 1937.
New York State Federation of Labor: 1943-52.
Box 36 Folder 7
Includes Local resolutions submitted to State conventions.
O: 1947-64.
Box 36 Folder 8
"Open City" showing: May 1946.
Box 36 Folder 9
Invitations for a reception and special showing of film.
Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training in Industry and Agriculture (ORT): Mar. 1942.
Box 36 Folder 10
Correspondence re Music Festival of Allied Nations.
P: 1945-64.
Box 37 Folder 1
Pacciardi, Randolfo: 1950-65.
Box 37 Folder 2
Pastore, Giulio: 1949-60.
Box 37 Folder 3 - 6
(Substantial) correspondence when he was general secretary of Italian Confederation of Workers Unions (CISL). Includes letter to the executive committee of Communist-dominated unions on CISL policies, 1949. Correspondence on labor and political activities in Italy, requests for aid.
Poletti, Charles: 1936-40.
Box 37 Folder 7
Politics: 1934-52.
Box 37 Folder 8
Pope, Generoso: 1947-48.
Box 37 Folder 9
Pozzallo, Italy: 1949.
Box 37 Folder 10
Correspondence re packages of medicine sent to this town.
Press Releases: 1939-64.
Box 38 Folder 1 - 5
(Local 89 and IALC)
Procopio, Joseph: 1949-65.
Box 38 Folder 6
R: 1946-61, 1965.
Box 38 Folder 7
Radio, "Voice of Local 89:" 1942-50.
Box 39 Folder 1
Includes other broadcast matters.
Rank and File Groups, Local 89: 1939-47.
Box 39 Folder 2
Recommendations, Letters of: 1939-54.
Box 39 Folder 3 - 6
Relief Drive for Italy: 1946.
Box 39 Folder 7
Reports, General, Local 89: 1934-46.
Box 40 Folder 1
Includes census of membership, Committee on Law, statements, Local activities.
Reports, Financial, Local 89: 1948-58.
Box 40 Folder 2 - 6
Reports, Financial: 1959-61.
Box 41 Folder 1 - 2
Romita, Giuseppe: 1956-57.
Box 41 Folder 3
Romualdi, Serafino: 1944-61.
 Box 41 Folder 4
Includes correspondence on Italian political situation.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 1936-40, 1947.
Box 41 Folder 5
Includes election correspondence, birthday balls, FDR letter thanking American Labor Party for their support in 1936 election.
Roosevelt Institute (Vocational School for Orphans), Palermo, Italy (Instituto di Arti E Mestiere Franklin D. Roosevelt): 1945-51.
Box 41 Folder 6 - 8
Roosevelt Institute: 1952-65.
Box 42 Folder 1 - 7
Roosevelt Plaque: March 1934.
 Box 43 Folder 1
Presented by Local 89.
S: 1947-64.
Box 43 Folder 2 - 3
Saragat, Giuseppe: 1946-65.
Box 43 Folder 4 - 5
Correspondence on Italian labor and political matters.
Saragat, Giuseppe: 1947.
Box 43 Folder 6
Dinner in honor of Saragat and Matteo Matteotti; includes their speeches and that of Adolph A. Berle, Jr.
Scelba, Mario: 1949-61.
Box 43 Folder 7
Scelba, Mario: 1955.
Box 43 Folder 8
Dinner in honor of Mario Scelba and Gaetano Martino.
Selective Service: 1951.
Box 43 Folder 9
Sforza, Count Carlo: 1947-50.
Box 43 Folder 10
Silone, Ignazio: 1945.
Box 44 Folder 1
Dispute between Antonini and Silone after Silone returned to Italy.
Simonini, Alberto: 1948-49.
Box 44 Folder 2
Simonini, Alberto: 1950-53, 1960.
Box 44 Folder 3
Social Democratic Party, Italian (Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano): 1952-64.
Box 44 Folder 4
Socialist Party, Italian (Partito Socialista Italiano): 1946, 1948.
Box 44 Folder 5
Socialist Party, United (Partito Socialista Unitario): 1950-51.
Box 44 Folder 6
Socialist Party of Italian Workers (Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani): 1947-May 1948, 1951.
Box 44 Folder 7 - 8
Sons of Italy Grand Lodge
Box 44 Folder 9
Sons of Italy: 1937-61.
Box 44 Folder 10
Spataro, Giuseppe: 1951-53.
Box 45 Folder 1
Speeches, Statements and Articles: 1941-55.
Box 45 Folder 2
Stratiesky, Barbara: 1955-59.
Box 45 Folder 3
Strike of 1936 by N.Y. Dress and Waistmakers.
Box 45 Folder 4
T: 1946-55.
Box 45 Folder 5
Tamburino, Toto: 1951-58.
Box 45 Folder 6
Terracini, Umberto: 1947.
Box 45 Folder 7
Antonini letter to Terracini re letter concerning aid to Social Democrats that was stolen from Saragat.
Thomas, Norman: 1949-55.
Box 45 Folder 8
Trade-Unions Committee for Democratic Education and Relief for Workers (Comitato Sindacale di Educazione Democratica and di Assistenza ai Lavoratori), Italy: 1945-47.
Box 45 Folder 9
Tresca, Carlo: 1938-47.
Box 45 Folder 10
Includes correspondence with Tresca, 1939-42 and Tresca Memorial Committee, 1947.
Tresca, Carlo, Institute: 1949-51.
Box 45 Folder 11
Tresca, Carlo: Jan. 1943.
Box 45 Folder 12
Newspaper clippings on his assassination and probe into his death.
Trieste: 1948-64.
Box 46 Folder 1
Correspondence on status of Trieste.
Trieste, Chamber of Labor (Camera Confederale del Lavoro): 1952-53, 1957, 1964.
Box 46 Folder 2
Trieste: 1949.
 Box 46 Folder 3
Delegates Giuseppe Dulci and Attilio Coen visit on behalf of the labor movement of Trieste.
Trips Abroad, Brussels and France: 1935.
Box 46 Folder 4
Delegate to Italian Labor and Socialist Congress Against War.
Trips Abroad, Italy: 1946.
Box 46 Folder 5 - 6
Dealing with peace terms for Italy; includes John Gelo trip.
Trips Abroad, Italy: 1948.
Box 46 Folder 7
Includes list of disbursements for orphanages and institutions.
Trips Abroad, Italy: 1951.
Box 47 Folder 1
Delegate to Second Congress of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to survey the political and labor movement and Union relief program.
Trips Abroad, Italy and Israel: 1956.
Box 47 Folder 2
Goodwill tour to Italy; trip to Israel for dedication of the Luigi Antonini Stadium, Haifa.
Trips Abroad, Italy: 1957, 1961.
Box 47 Folder 3
Includes E. Howard Molisani's report, 1957.
Trips Abroad, South America: March 20-30, 1939.
Box 47 Folder 4 - 7
American Labor Party delegate to Conference of the Pan-American Congress of Democracies, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Truman, Harry S: 1945-54.
Box 47 Folder 8
U: 1942-60.
Box 48 Folder 1
Unions: 1936-64.
Box 48 Folder 2
Unions, Textile Workers Union of America; 1946-61.
Box 48 Folder 3
Unions, Italy: 1944-48.
Box 48 Folder 4
United Nations: April 1945.
Box 48 Folder 5
Correspondence, IALC resolution on having Italy participate at the San Francisco conference of the United Nations.
U.S. Government Officials.
Box 48 Folder 6
V: 1943-60.
Box 48 Folder 7
Vacirca, Vincenzo: 1948-50.
Box 48 Folder 8
Valiani, Leo: 1946.
Box 48 Folder 9
Vampa, Valeria: 1948-51.
Box 48 Folder 10
Voice of 89 League: 1946-47.
Box 48 Folder 11
W: 1941-61.
Box 49 Folder 1
Wagner, Robert F., Jr.: 1953-63.
Box 49 Folder 2
Welfare Dept., City of N.Y.: 1939-51.
Box 49 Folder 3
Correspondence with Edward Corsi.
Women's Trade Union League: 1939-54.
Box 49 Folder 4
Workers School (Casa per la Formazione dei Lavoratori): 1960.
Box 49 Folder 5
Includes correspondence re World's Fair, 1939.
Z: 1947-61
Box 49 Folder 6
Zavaroni, Enzo: 1948-59.
Box 49 Folder 7
Letters to Antonini, many to be aired on radio, "Voice of Local 89."
Box 49 Folder 8
Printed Material: 1930's.
 Box 49 Folder 9
Includes The Word of the Dressmakers.
III. Speeches, 1935-1948.
Speeches: 1935-Feb. 1937.
Box 50
Speeches: Mar. 1937-June 1938.
Box 51
Speeches: July 1938-Oct. 1939.
Box 52
Speeches: Nov. 1939-1940.
Box 53
Speeches: Jan.-Dec. 1941.
Box 54
Speeches: Jan.-Dec. 1942.
Box 55
Speeches : Jan . -Dec . 1943 .
Box 56
Speeches: Jan. 1944-Feb. 1945.
Box 57
Speeches: Mar, 1945-Apr. 1946.
Box 58
Speeches: 1946-Dec. 1947.
Box 59
Speeches: Jan, 1948-May 1949.
Box 60
Speeches: June 1949-Sept. 1950.
Box 61
Speeches: Oct. 1950-51.
Box 62
Speeches: Jan. 1952-Feb. 1953.
Box 63
Speeches: Mar. 1953 - July 1954.
Box 64
Speeches: Aug. 1954-Dec. 1955.
Box 65
Speeches: Jan. 1956-Dec. 1957.
Box 66
Speeches: Jan, 1958-Feb. 1959.
Box 67
Speeches: Mar. 1959-June 1960,
Box 68
Speeches: July 1960-Sept. 1961.
Box 69
Speeches: Oct. 1961-Dec. 1962.
Box 70
Speeches: Jan. 1963-Apr. 1964.
Box 71
Speeches: May 1964-Aug. 1965.
Box 72
Speeches: 1965-Oct. 1966.
Box 73
Speeches: Nov. 1966-July 1968.
Box 74
Speeches on tapes: (incomplete): (1), (1), 1954 (1) 1955 (2), 1957 (11), (24), (23),
Box 75
Speeches on tapes: 1960(46), 1961 (40).
Box 76
Speeches on tapes: 1961 (continued), 1962 (40), 1963 (19).
Box 77
Speeches on tapes: 1964 (36), 1965 (39).
Box 78
Speeches on tapes: 1966 (19), 1967 (18), 1968 (20).
Box 79
IV. Executive and Main District Board Cases, 1934-70.
Box 80
V. Newspaper Clippings.
Box 81
VI. Photographs.
Box 82