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Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel |
Compiled by:
Kheel Center staff
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Date completed:
1994
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EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, 2005
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© 2005 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
CHRONOLOGY |
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| 1896 | Born in Derazhnya, Russia, November 20 | |
| 1909-12 | Attended Rosalia Davidoffs private girls' School | |
| 1913 | Arrived in USA with her grandmother | |
| 1914 | Joined Local 25, ILGWU | |
| 1914-24 | Worked as a seamstress | |
| 1919 | Theodore Kushnarev deported to Russia | |
| Father dies in Derazhnya | ||
| 1922 | Attended Bryn Mawr summer school | |
| Researched Sacco-Vanzetti case for Local 25 | ||
| 1924-26 | Attended Brookwood Labor College | |
| 1926-33 | Worked as a seamstress in NYC | |
| 1930 | Attended Wisconsin summer school | |
| 1933 | Organized in Los Angeles for ILGWU | |
| 1934 | Elected Vice-President of ILGWU | |
| Sent to Puerto Rico to organize seamstresses | ||
| 1935 | Organized in Seattle | |
| Organized in Buffalo | ||
| 1936 | Organized rubber workers in Akron | |
| Began involvement with Powers Hapgood | ||
| Organized in Montreal | ||
| 1937 | Organized auto workers in Flint for CIO | |
| Returned to Montreal to organize | ||
| Reelected to second term as vice president | ||
| Slashed by razor during Cleveland Knitting Mill Strike | ||
| 1942 | Vacation in Mexico | |
| 1944 | Resigned as ILGWU vice president | |
| Published "Bread Upon the Waters" | ||
| 1945 | Worked for Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith | |
| 1946 | Traveled to Norway, Sweden, Poland | |
| Resigned from ADL and returned to New York City as a seamstress | ||
| 1949 | Worked as Midwest regional director for the American Trade Union Council of the Histadrut | |
| Death of Powers Hapgood | ||
| 1950 | Visited Europe and Israel | |
| 1955 | Married Albert Martin (Frank Lopez) | |
| 1958 | Published "Days of Our Lives" | |
| 1965 | Died in Miami, Florida on December 6 | |
| I. Correspondence. | Box 1 |
| II. Poland, Norway, and Sweden. | Box 1 |
| III. Publications. | Box 1 |
| IV. Address file. | Box 1 |
| V. Miscellaneous. | Box 1 |
| VI. Photographs and videotapes. | Boxes 2-6 |
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Description
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Container
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I. Correspondence.
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American Labor Education Service. Form letter from treasurer asking for support, 1943.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
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Bercovici, Henri. Personal correspondence to "Albert and Rose," 1954.
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
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Cypress, S. 1 letter, untranslated. 1958.
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
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DeLeon, Solon. Holiday greetings, 1955.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
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Farber, Litt. Personal, 1953
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
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Fields, Sally. Personal correspondence on Jt. Board Millinery Workers letterhead, 1950.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
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Hapgood, Powers. Personal and business correspondence. Discusses John L. Lewis broadcast, the CIO, FDR, Ford strike (1941),
organizing prudential agents, Carlo Tresca murder, UAW membership, work on family farm and many other topics. Closes one letter
<1940) "my Rose of Akron and Flint." Also includes 4 p. tribute by Rose Pesotta after his death in 1949 and newspaper clippings.
1940-49.
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Box 1 | Folder 7-11 |
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International Ladies' Garment Workers.' Union. Includes greeting card and misc. 1935-43.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
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Jewish Labor Committee. Miscellaneous, 1958-59.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
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Kroportkin, S. Personal, 1951.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
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Kushnarev, Theodore. Personal love letters to Rose after his deportment to Russia, 1919-25.
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Box 1 | Folder 15-18 |
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Miscellaneous, 1946-59.
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
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Panken, Jacob. Miscellaneous, 1959.
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
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Randolph, ft. Philip. Ticket - "Salute to A.P. Randolph" n.d.
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
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Rubin, Milton. Memo from Pesotta with biographical information, 1959.
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Box 1 | Folder 22 |
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Saks, Hesh. Personal, 1952.
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Box 1 | Folder 23 |
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Siegel, Sophie. Personal, 1951.
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Box 1 | Folder 24 |
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Spivak, Joseph. Personal, 1956.
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Box 1 | Folder 25 |
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Thomas, Norman. Note of thanks for her financial support; letter from Thomas requesting additional biographical information
in order to write an introduction for her book (1957), 1954-57.
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Box 1 | Folder 26 |
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Wohl, Paul. Greeting card, 1954.
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Box 1 | Folder 27 |
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Wolk, Morton S. Greeting card, 1955.
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Box 1 | Folder 28 |
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II. Poland, Norway, and Sweden.
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Correspondence - 1946-48 Majority of correspondence is not translated. Some correspondence with friends and relatives of Polish
citizens upon her return to the U.S.
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Box 1 | Folder 29 |
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Notes Includes index cards with notes and addresses.
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Box 1 | Folder 30 |
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Pamphlets
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Box 1 | Folder 31-32 |
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Includes outline of chapter heads for a book; 3 p. Anti-Semitism in Russia; 3 p. Prologue; 1 p. David and His Family.
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Box 1 | Folder 33 |
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75 p. untitled manuscript which describes her trip abroad.
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Box 1 | Folder 34 |
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13 p. mss. describing effects of the war in Norway, Sweden and Poland.
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Box 1 | Folder 35 |
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4 p. "Flying to Poland"; 5 p. "Stockholm, Sweden"; 5 p. "Norwegian Labor Movement."
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Box 1 | Folder 36 |
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Journals describing her trips to Warsaw, children's camps, Majdanek Death Camp, and Lodz.
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Box 1 | Folder 37 |
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Notes on Poland, Sweden and Norway. 5 p. description of her travels; 10 p. describing her visit to Norway and other mss. drafts.
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Box 1 | Folder 38 |
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22 p. draft essay by Pesotta entitled "Nacht on Nebel" (Night and Fog).
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Box 1 | Folder 39 |
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III. Publications.
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A. Manuscript drafts.
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Includes drafts and notes for chapters about Russia and Lenin.
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Box 1 | Folder 40 |
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B. Pamphlets and articles.
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Index cards containing research notes for her various writing projects.
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Box 1 | Folder 41 |
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A-D - Deals, Carlton, "Rifle Rule in Cuba"; Cox, James, "Hitler's Hatchet Man!" Dressmakers' Voice, Dec. 1934; and others.
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Box 1 | Folder 42 |
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F-K - ILGWU, "The Communist Plague in Our Unions."
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Box 1 | Folder 43 |
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L-P - Nash, Al, "The Shop Steward System."
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Box 1 | Folder 44 |
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Q-Z - Articles by Walter Reuther; article by Sidney Solomon.
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Box 1 | Folder 45 |
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C. Broadsides, leaflets, and announcements.
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National Negro Congress; NYS Young Communist League; International Labor Defense and others.
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Box 1 | Folder 46 |
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Communist Party; Cloakmakers No. 70; and others.
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Box 1 | Folder 47 |
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Communist Party; Young Communist League; ILGWU Jt. Bd. Cloak, Skirt, Dress...; Local ILGWU 22.
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Box 1 | Folder 48 |
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Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union.
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Box 1 | Folder 49 |
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ILGWU Locals 48-89; ILGWU General Strike Committee; Jt. Bd. Cloak and Dressmakers1; American Labor Party; Communist Party;
Furriers Progressive League; Unemployed Citizens League; National Committee of the Left Wing Groups of the ILGWU; and others.
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Box 1 | Folder 50 |
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D. Newspaper clippings, 1927-61.
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Box 1 | Folder 51 |
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IV. Address file.
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Box 1 | Folder 52-58 |
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Includes index and business cards with addresses.
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V. Miscellaneous.
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Box 1 | Folder 59 |
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Includes Pesotta's insurance cards, membership cards, identification and business cards.
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VI. Photographs and videotapes.
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Akron-Flint-Detroit
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
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Atlantic City - 195 Atlantic Voyage 1937-50
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
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Book Signing Parties
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Box 2 | Folder 2a |
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Boston
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
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Brookwood
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Box 2 | Folder 4-7 |
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Bryn Mawr
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
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Chicago
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
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Dubinsky and family
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
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Fleshine (Mollie Steimr & husband Senya)
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
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General
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
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Israel 19513
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
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Los Angeles
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Box 2 | Folder 14-15 |
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Mohegan
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
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Montreal and Canada
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Box 2 | Folder 17 |
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Mooney, Tom - Warren K. Billings
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
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New York and Personal
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Box 2 | Folder 19-25 |
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Ohio, Cleveland
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Box 2 | Folder 26 |
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Peterson, Esther family/Ed Allen family, Bill Kennseley?
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Box 2 | Folder 27 |
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Polish Photos - 1946
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Box 3 | Folder 1-3 |
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Puerto Rico - 1934
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Box 3 | Folder 4-6 |
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Rocker, Berkman, Havel Tom Bill Shane?
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
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Seattle - 1935
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
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Stelton
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
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USSR
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Box 3 | Folder 10-12 |
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Unity
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Box 3 | Folder 13-14 |
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This box contains video copies of original movie films from the collection.
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Box 4 | |
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# 1 - Goodyear Strike
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Box 4 | |
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# 2 - Goodyear II Akron
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Box 4 | |
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# 3 - Brookwood, Byrn Mawr, Hudson Shore
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Box 4 | |
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# 4 - Grand Canyon
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Box 4 | |
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# 5 - Labor Day Parade
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Box 4 | |
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# 6 - Cutters Picnic/Halloween Party, Organizing LA?
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Box 4 | |
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# 7 - Organizing?
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Box 4 | |
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# 8 - Boston
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Box 4 | |
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# 9 - Unity - Hook Mt. Excursion
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Box 4 | |
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#10 - Loquino Long Beach Valentine Party
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Box 4 | |
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#11 - Mt. Royal
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Box 4 | |
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#12 - Niagara Falls, Atlantic City, etc.
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Box 4 | |
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Contains original movie films.
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Box 5-6 | |