Miller, Dolores ILGWU and Other Publications, 1936-1995
Collection Number: 6036/091 PUBS
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Dolores Miller ILGWU and Other Publications, 1936-1995
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6036/091 PUBS
Creator:
Miller, Dolores
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
2 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was once one of the largest labor
unions in the United States founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing
about 2,000 members in cities in the northeastern United States. It was one of the
first U.S. Unions to have a membership consisting of mostly females, and it played
a key role in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. The union is generally referred
to as the "ILGWU" or the "ILG". The ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership size,
and political influence to become one of the most powerful forces in American organized
labor by mid-century. Representing workers in the women's garment industry, the ILGWU
worked to improve working and living conditions of its members through collective
bargaining agreements, training programs, health care facilities, cooperative housing,
educational opportunities, and other efforts. The ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers Union in 1995 to form the Union of Needle trades, Industrial
and Textile Employees (UNITE). UNITE merged with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant
Employees Union (HERE) in 2004 to create a new union known as UNITE HERE. The two
unions that formed UNITE in 1995 represented only 250,000 workers between them, down
from the ILGWU's peak membership of 450,000 in 1969.
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CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
ABC of Parliamentary Law
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: ABC of Parlimentary Law
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1936 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Educational Department
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
America's Great
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Item 1: America's Great
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1975 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Gene Moss
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Crisis of US Capitalism
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Item 1: The Crisis of U.S. Capitalism and the Fight-Back
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1975 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Gus Hall
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Diary of a Strike
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Item 1: Diary of a Strike
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1982 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Bernard Karsh
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Great Traditions in Ethics
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Item 1: Great Traditions in Ethics
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1969 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Ethel M. Albert, Theodore C. Denise, Sheldon P. Peterfreund
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
A Guide to Basic Law and Procedures under the National Labor Relations Act
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Item 1: A Guide to Basic Law Procedures Under the National Labor Relations Act
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1978 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: National Labor Relations Board, Office of the General Counsel
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Illinois Dept. of Labor Brochures
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Item 1: Unemployment Insurance
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Item 2: The State of Illinois Information Directory
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Governor's Office of Interagency Cooperation
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations - Proceedings
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Item 1: Proceedings Eighteenth Annual Convention
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1975 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
ILGWU News clippings
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Item 1: ILGWU Newsclippings
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
ILGWU News clippings
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Item 1: ILGWU Newsclippings
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
ILGWU Summer School
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1981 |
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Item 1: Summer School Pamphlets
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1981 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Handbook of Trade Union Methods
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Item 1: Handbook of Trade Union Methods
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1948 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: ILGWU Educational Department
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Labor Law for the Union Officer
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Item 1: Labor Law for the Union Officer
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1975 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Duane Beeler
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Look for the Union Label
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Item 1: Look for the Union Label
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1995 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Gus Tyler
Notes: A History of the ILGWU
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Moving Forward Together
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Item 1: Moving Forward Together
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1995 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: ILGWU General Executive Board
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Out of the Sweatshop
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Item 1: Out of the Sweatshop
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1977 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Leon Stein
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Pamphlets on History of Labor
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Item 1: "This Union Cause"
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1977 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: UAW Education Department
Notes: An Illustrated History of Labor Unions in America
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Item 2: History of the Sewing Machine
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: James Parton
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Item 3: A Brief History of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
A Pictorial History of American Labor
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Item 1: A Pictorial History of American Labor
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1972 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: William Cahn
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Preparing and Presenting Your Arbitration Case
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Item 1: Preparing and Presenting Your Arbitration Case
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1979 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Allan J. Harrison
Notes: A Manual for Union and Management Representatives
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Primer of Labor Relations
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Item 1: Primer of Labor Relations
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1975 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Howard J. Anderson
Notes: A Guide to Employer-Employee Conduct
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Progressive Sewing Room
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Item 1: The Progressive Sewing Room
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1948 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Bertrand Frank
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Item 2: The Progressive Sewing Room
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1948 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Bertrand Frank
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Report of the General Executive Board
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Item 1: Report of the General Executive Board to the 34th Convention
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1971 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: ILGWU
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Item 2: Report of the General Executive Board to the 34th Convention
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1971 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: ILGWU General Executive Board
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Report of the General Executive Board
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Format: Publication
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Item 1: Report of the General Executive Board to the 35th Convention
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1974 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: ILGWU
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Item 2: Report of the General Executive Board to the 35th Convention
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1974 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: ILGWU General Executive Board
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Scarcity
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: Scarcity: A Critique of the American Economy
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1976 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Gus Tyler
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Songbooks
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Item 1: Song Book
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department
Notes: 3 copies
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Item 2: Song Book
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1974 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: AFL- CIO Department of Education
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Item 3: Steelworkers' Song Book
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: United Steelworkers of America AFL-CIO-CLC
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Item 4: Sing-A-Long with the ILGWU
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: ILGWU
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Item 5: Everybody Sings
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: ILGWU
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Item 6: Everybody Sings
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: ILGWU
Notes: 3 copies
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Item 7: Packet of Union Songs
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Spokesman for Labor and Socialism
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Item 1: Eugene V. Debs: Spokesman for Labor and Socialism
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1978 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Bernard J. Brommel
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Story of a Steward
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Item 1: The Story of a Steward
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1980 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Terrence F. Connors
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
A Summary Report of the Seventeenth AFL-CIO
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Item 1: A Summary Report of the Seventeenth AFL-CIO National Converence on Community
Services
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1974 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: AFL-CIO
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Talks with Stewards [2 copies]
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Item 1: Talks with Stewards
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1966 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Terrence F. Connors
Notes: 2 copies
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Thirty Five Years of the Northeast Department ILGWU
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Item 1: Thirtyfive Northeast: A Short History of the Northeast Department
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1970 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Harry Crone, ILGWU, AFL-CIO
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Triangle Fire [2 copies]
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Item 1: The Triangle Fire
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1962 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Leon Stein
Notes: 2 copies
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Union Professional - The Staff Rep in Action
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Item 1: The Staff Rep in Action
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1977 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Duane Beeler
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Union Representative
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Item 1: How to be a More Effective Union Representative
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1965 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Duane Beeler & Harry Kurshenbaum
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
What They Wore
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Item 1: Unions, Workers, and the Law
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1983 |
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: Betty W. Justice
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Your Money's Worth
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Format: Publication
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Item 1: What they Wore: Highlights of Fashion History
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Format: Publication
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Scope and Contents
Author: ILGWU AFL-CIO, Leon Stein
Format: Publication
Language: English.
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