ILGWU. David Dubinsky audio-visual recordings, 1956-1971
Collection Number: 5780/002 AV
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU. David Dubinsky audio-visual recordings, 1956-1971
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/002 AV
Abstract:
This collection primarily contains audio recordings of David Dubinsky's speeches and
other events attended by Dubinsky.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
5.33 cubic feet
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.
1892 | Born February 22nd in Brest-Litovsk, then in Russia, son of Bezalel and Shaine Wishingrad Dobnievski. | |
Moved to Lodz, where the family operated a bakery. | ||
1903 | Began to work in father's bakery after attending three terms in Hebrew Zionist school. | |
1907 | Qualified as master baker and joined bakers' union, organized by the General Jewish Workers Union, the Bund. | |
Served as secretary of the bakers' union. | ||
Arrested, together with 60 other members of the union, in the course of a strike; released after payment of 25 rubles by father. | ||
Left Lodz to live with an uncle in Brest-Litovsk; after three months returned to Lodz and rejoined the bakers' union. | ||
1908 | Arrested while attending an illegal meeting of the bakers and, as a second offender, exiled to a small Siberian village. | |
Escaped and made his way to Chelyabinsk and from there to Lodz, working as a baker under an assumed name. | ||
1910 | Sailed, with an older brother, Chaira, to New York City. | |
1911 | Arrived in NYC on January 1st. | |
Lived on Lower East Side and became apprenticed to learn the cutter's craft. | ||
Accepted as a member of Local 10, Cutters' Union of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, on July 13th. | ||
1914 | Married Emma Goldberg, an undergarment operator and member of the ILGWU. (The couple had one child, a daughter, Jean.) | |
1918 | Elected to executive board of Local 10. | |
1919 | Elected vice-president of Local 10. | |
1920 | Elected chairman of Local 10. | |
1921 | Elected president of Local 10. | |
Elected general manager (a new office combining duties of manager and secretary) of Local 10 in December. | ||
1922 | Elected vice president of ILGWU and member of General Executive Board. | |
1929 | Elected General Secretary-Treasurer of ILGWU. | |
Served as Acting President of ILGWU. | ||
1932 | Elected by GEB in June as President, following death of President Benjamin Schlesinger. | |
1934 | Elected vice president of American Federation of Labor in October. | |
1935 | Joined with John L. Lewis of Mine Workers and Sidney Hillman of Amalgamated Clothing Workers to form a Committee for Industrial Organization. | |
First U.S. labor representative to the International Labor Organization. | ||
1936. | Joined in founding the American Labor Party in New York State. | |
Served as Democratic Party elector for the ticket of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner. | ||
1944 | Joined in founding Liberal Party. | |
1945 | Elected vice president of American Federation of Labor. | |
1966 | Offered resignation as President to GEB at meeting of March 14th, to take effect April 12th. | |
Resignation effective June 15th, anniversary of date on which he was first elected President. | ||
1982 | Died in New York City on September 17, 1982. |
This collection primarily contains audio recordings of David Dubinsky's speeches and
other events attended by Dubinsky.
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
ILGWU. David Dubinsky audio-visual recordings. 5780/002 AV. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
5780. ILGWU records
5780/002. ILGWU. David Dubinsky correspondence
5780/002 P. ILGWU. David Dubinsky photographs
5780/136. ILGWU. David Dubinsky scrapbooks
5780/179 MB. ILGWU. David Dubinsky memorabilia
5780/179 P. ILGWU. David Dubinsky photographs
Names:
Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry -- United States
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States
Clothing workers -- United States
Industrial relations -- United States
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
[no title]
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel.
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
[no title]
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel.
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
[no title]
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel.
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Box 1 | Folder 3a |
Italian-American Labor Council Twentieth Anniversary. Luigi Antonini, Toastmaster;
David Dubinsky, Honored Guest
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1961? |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
[no title]
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel.
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
[no title]
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Dubinksy, dinner, III
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1966 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. November 3, 1966.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
[no title]
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Scope and Contents
7" reel.
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
[no title]
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Scope and Contents
5' audio reel. Copy #1: poor beginning (not eq.) and poor end (slow), 8 db rise @
5000', low cut at 150', speed varied
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
"The Man Who Would Not Bargain"
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Written and Directed by Pat Daniels; Narrated by Joseph Wiseman
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Public Hearing
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1968 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Recorded July 19, 1968.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
McClellan committee hearings, Hoffa
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1957 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. 2 sides, August 23, 1957, p.m.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Madison Square Garden, George Meany
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1958 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. March 5, 1958.
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Italian-American Labor Council Twentieth Anniversary. Luigi Antonini, Toastmaster;
David Dubinsky, Honored Guest
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel; 1961?
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
President's Report, G.E.B.
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1963 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. September 9, 1963.
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Box 1 | Folder 20c |
[no title]
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Reel No. A-635, #2 tape for air (total time approx 40 min) (Tape #3),
2:30 P.M. June 5, ends at marker, not used
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Box 1a | Folder 21a |
ILGWU Directors and Staff Dinner, #1
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel; 1964?
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Box 1a | Folder 21b |
ILGWU Directors and Staff Dinner, #2
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel; 1964?
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Box 1a | Folder 21c |
ILGWU Directors and Staff Dinner #3, Union Health Center Celebration
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1964 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. June 5, 1964.
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Box 1a | Folder 22 |
Tyler broadcast, Local 89
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1964 |
Scope and Contents
5" audio reel. Running time: 8:52. September 5, 1964.
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Box 1a | Folder 23 |
Talk of New York, WCBS NY, ILGWU references
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1965 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. February 1, 1965.
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Box 1a | Folder 27 |
Dubinsky during dinner, I
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1966 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. November 3, 1966.
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Box 1a | Folder 28 |
Dubinsky during dinner, II
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1966 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. November 3, 1966.
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Box 1a | Folder 34 |
Liberal Party, Dubinsky program
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1968 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Running time: 13:48. Monday, November 4, 1968.
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Box 1b | Folder 1 |
[no title]
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Scope and Contents
Audiocassette
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Box 1b | Folder 2 |
D.D. [David Dubinsky?] C.J.B. {Chicago Joint Board?}, Staff Conference, C.J.B. Unity
Weekend, Industrial and Political Review, Comments on problems in union—New directions
in industrial merger; Linsey Campaign
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel
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Box 1b | Folder 3 |
David Dubinksy (LBJ)
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1971 |
Scope and Contents
Audiocassette. November 4, 1971.
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Box 1b | Folder 4 |
David Dubinsky interview
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Scope and Contents
5" audio reel
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Box 1b | Folder 5 |
David Dubinsky, CJB,BA, Class opening, Astor
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1964 |
Scope and Contents
5" audio reel. March 5, 1964
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Box 1b | Folder 6 |
Dub of Liberal Party, David Dubinksy
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1969 |
Scope and Contents
5" audio reel. December 18, 1969
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Box 1b | Folder 7 |
Dubinksy, Liberal Party
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1969 |
Scope and Contents
5" audio reel. Running time: 15:10. 1:00 P.M., November 2, 1969; 11:30 A.M., November
3, 1969.
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Box 1b | Folder 8 |
Dubinsky
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel
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Box 1b | Folder 9 |
Governor's Conference
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1970 |
Scope and Contents
Audiocassette. Side 1: Governor's Conference on Aging, Introductory remarks Governor
Rockefeller, David Dubinsky (award); Side 2: Continuation—remarks of David Dubinsky
after receiving award of Senior Citizen of the Year. May 1, 1970.
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Box 1b | Folder 10 |
Italian-American Labor Council Twentieth Anniversary. Luigi Antonini, Toastmaster;
David Dubinsky, Honored Guest
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel; 1961?
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Box 1b | Folder 11 |
Liberal Party, Dubinsky program
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1968 |
Scope and Contents
5" audio reel. Broadcast on November 4, 1968.
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Box 1b | Folder 12 |
Liberal Party, Dubinsky program
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1968 |
Scope and Contents
5" audio reel. Broadcast on November 4, 1968 on WVED.
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Box 1b | Folder 13 |
[no title]
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Labelled "Local 10 meeting," with strikethrough
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Box 1b | Folder 14 |
President David Dubinsky, Speech at the Pankin Celebration, Saturday, March 27, 1965,
from B. Tabachinsky, (file—confidential—no use)
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1965 |
Scope and Contents
5" audio reel. March 27, 1965.
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Box 1b | Folder 15 |
Public hearing
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1968 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. July 19, 1968.
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Box 1b | Folder 16 |
Radio speech about G.E.B. session of January 30, 1967, delivered on radio program
of Jewish Labor Committee on February 25, 1967, by S. Weiss
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Scope and Contents
5" audio reel. February 25, 1967.
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Box 1b | Folder 17 |
Reel No. 2, 9:15 meeting, Medical Workshop, June 5, 1964, first side: Intro by Louis
Rolnick, David Dubinsky, Dr. Kaplan, Dr. Schiowitz; second side: Dr. Schiowitz, Dr.
Rosenbloom, Dr. Stein, Dr. Newark (?)
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1964 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel.
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Box 1b | Folder 18 |
Reel No. A-634 (Tape #2), 2:30 P.M., June 5, Air 9-9:30 P.M.; Chairman Mr. Nelson
H. Cruikshank, Dr. Martin Cherkasky, Dr. Kenneth W. Clement, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn,
Dr. Russell V. Lee, Dr. Howard Rusk, including speech by Mr. Dubinsky, President of
t
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
David Dubinsky address at local 60-60A installation of William Schwartz
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1959 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
David Dubinsky address at Pennsylvania meeting (Wilkes-Barre) correction, post 956
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
President Dubinsky's TV address at meeting of National Board of Coat and Suit Industry,
Miami Beach
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1966 |
Scope and Contents
March 2, 1966. Old label #37
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
David Dubinsky statement on Daily Mirror editorial regarding ILGWU pension fund, Atlantic
City, New Jersey
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1956 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. May 15, 1956. Old label #57
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
David Dubinsky acceptance address, Atlantic City, New Jersey
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1956 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. May 18, 1956. Old label #60
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
David Dubinsky address to Convention of United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers,
Hotel Statler, New York City (incomplete)
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1956 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. June 3, 1956. Old label #61
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
David Dubinsky—station WEVD, political broadcast
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1956 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Yiddish. November 4, 1956. Old label #62
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
David Dubinsky—Dress Joint Board officers, Cloak Joint Board officers, Training Institute,
ILGWU Building, regarding McClellan Committee, 2 parts
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1957 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. April 5, 1957. Old label #63
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
David Dubinsky—Balboa Theater, Canal Zone
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1958 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. November 1958. Old label #64A
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
David Dubinsky—United Auto Worker Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, regarding
racketeering
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1957 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. April 11, 1957. Old label #64A
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
David Dubinsky—United Auto Workers Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, part 2
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1957 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. April 11, 1957. Old label #64B
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
David Dubinsky lecture to Training Institute class
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #65
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Dubinsky
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Scope and Contents
Show: Lib, Library No. 24210, Film Type 7388. Old label #66
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
David Dubinsky address to New York Dressmakers at Madison Square Garden
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1958 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Starts at 63 rev. March 6, 1958. Old label #67
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
David Dubinsky talk to New York officers after Israel trip, Park Sheraton Hotel, New
York
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1959 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. November 5, 1959. Old label #75
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Highstown, New Jersey
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Scope and Contents
9" film reel. Silent.
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Hugh Gaitskell, ILGWU Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey
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1956 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #58. May 17, 1956.
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Governor Munoz-Marin of Puerto Rico, ILGWU Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey
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1956 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #59. May 18, 1956.
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
David Dubinsky anniversary, 25th anniversary, Madison Square Garden, New York City
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #66A. 2 sides. Side 1 starts: 33-473 concert, 485 speeches,
502 Nagler, 610 Antonini, cont. Antonini, 127 Intr. Mrs. R., 179 Intro. Mayor W.,
313 Intr. Hochman, 415 intr. Judge Panken, 598 Intr. Pres. Meany
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
David Dubinsky anniversary, 25th anniversary, Madison Square Garden, New York City
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Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #66B. 1 side, continue Meany, 56—Stulberg, 125-506—David
Dubinsky
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Dressmakers' contract ratification meeting, Manhattan Center, New York City
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1957 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #68A. March 11, 1957.
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Dressmakers' contract ratification meeting, Manhattan Center
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1957 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #68B. March 11, 1957.
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Strike meeting, Pittston, Pennsylvania
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1958 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #69A. April 15, 1958.
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Strike meeting, Pittston, Pennsylvania
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1958 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #69B. April 15, 1958.
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Box 3 | Folder 10 |
David Dubinsky lecture, Training Institute class
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1958 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #70. June 2, 1958.
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Box 3 | Folder 11 |
New York Dress Joint Board, Installation of General Manager Zimmerman, Hotel New Yorker
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1958 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #70A. June 30, 1958.
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Box 3 | Folder 12 |
David Dubinsky address at National Coat and Suit Industry Recovery Board, Miami Beach,
Florida
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1959 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #71. Running time 46:00. February 4, 1959.
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Box 3 | Folder 13 |
David Dubinsky at Local 117 installation, Manhattan Center
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1959 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #73. March 10, 1959.
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Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Local 10 Installation Meeting, Manhattan Center
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1959 |
Scope and Contents
7" audio reel. Old label #74. March 30, 1959.
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