Guide to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Local 22. Papers,
1920-1933

Collection Number: 5780/015

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

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EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, July 11, 2003

© 2003 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Local 22. Papers, 1920-1933.
Collection Number:
5780/015
Creator:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Local 22.
Quantity:
1.5 linear feet.
Forms of Material:
Meeting minutes, correspondence, financial statements, advertisements, press releases, work permits.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
Collection includes some records of Local 22 (Dressmaker's Union) of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection includes some records of Local 22 (Dressmaker's Union) of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
SUBJECTS

Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.--Local 22 (New York, N.Y.)
International Ladies' Garment Worker's Union.
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Cite As:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Local 22. Papers, 1920-1933. 5780/015. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
RELATED MATERIAL

5780. International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
5780/014. Local 22. Dressmaker's Union. Charles S. Zimmerman. Secretary-Manager's papers, 1919-1958, 1920-1945 (bulk).
5780/036. Local 22. Dressmakers' Union. Minutes, 1934-1972.
5780/057. Local 22. Dressmaker's Union. Education Department records, 1933-1975, 1950-1970 (bulk).
5780/067. Local 22. Dressmaker's Union. Israel Breslow. Manager's records.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Subject files, 1920-1933.
Banks: 1926-32. Includes Union Bank, International Madison Bank and Trust Company.
Box 1 Folder 4
Brookwood Labor College: 1928-29. Correspondence with A. J. Muste.
Box 1 Folder 5
Central Trades & Labor Council, N.Y.: 1929-32.
Box 1 Folder 7
Education: 1928-31.
Box 1 Folder 8
Education Dept.: 1927-31. Correspondence with Fannia M. Cohn.
Box 1 Folder 9
Elections, local: 1927-32. Includes minutes of Elections & Objection Committee.
Box 1 Folder 10
Executive Board, local: 1924, 1927-32. Includes rules & regulations of Relief Fund, 1924.
Box 1 Folder 11
Financial Matters: 1928-33.
Box 1 Folder 12
General Office, ILGWU: 1927-30. Correspondents includes Abraham Baroff, Morris Sigman; decision of Special Committee of GEB to separate the New York Cloak and Dress Joint Board, April 1930. (David Dubinsky Chairman, Salvatore Ninfo Secretary).
Box 1 Folder 13
General Office, ILGWU: 1931-33. Includes correspondence with David Dubinsky.
Box 1 Folder 14
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America: 1931-32.
Box 1 Folder 15
Hillquit, Morris: 1929-30. Includes letter re station WEVD.
Box 1 Folder 16
Italian Chamber of Labor: 1927-30, 1932. Includes correspondence with Arturo Giovannitti & Leonardo Frisina.
Box 1 Folder 17
Jewish Socialist Verband of America: 1930-31.
Box 1 Folder 18
Joint Boards: 1931. Boston Cloak and Dressmakers' Union.
Box 2 Folder 1
Joint Boards: 1928-30. Chicago Joint Board.
Box 2 Folder 2
Joint Boards: 1929. Cleveland.
Box 2 Folder 3
Joint Boards: 1927-April 1930. New York Cloak, Suit, Skirt, Dress and Reefer Makers Union. Includes correspondence with Harry Wander, Joseph Breslaw and Elias Reisberg.
Box 2 Folder 4
Joint Boards: 1929, 1930. New York Cloak and Dress Joint Board Strikes.
Box 2 Folder 5
Joint Boards: 1930-33. New York Cloak Joint Board.
Box 2 Folder 6
Joint Boards: 1930-33. New York Dress and Waistmakers Union. Includes correspondence with Julius Hochman & Antonino Crivello; financial statements.
Box 2 Folder 7
Joint Boards: 1932. New York Dress and Waistmakers Strike.
Box 2 Folder 8
L: 1929-33.
Box 2 Folder 9
Local 9, New York: 1927-33.
Box 2 Folder 10
Local 22, New York: 1927-32. Includes correspondence, minutes of Executive Board and Section meetings, and Joint Board Dress and Waistmakers' Union, N.Y., 1931.
Box 2 Folder 11
Locals 35, 65, 66: 1927-33. Includes correspondence with Joseph Breslaw.
Box 2 Folder 12
Meetings: New York Dress and Waistmakers' Joint Board.
Box 2 Folder 13
Miscellaneous Correspondence: 1927-33.
Box 2 Folder 14
The Modern School, Stelton, N. J.: 1929-32.
Box 3 Folder 1
National Child Labor Committee: 1930-32.
Box 3 Folder 2
National Labor Committee (for Jewish Workers of Poland): 1927-32.
Box 3 Folder 3
Naturalization Aid League: 1928-33.
Box 3 Folder 4
New York Guild for Jewish Blind: 1929-32.
Box 3 Folder 5
The New Leader: 1927-31.
Box 3 Folder 6
Panken, Jacob: 1927-30.
Box 3 Folder 7
Pioneer Youth of America, Inc.: 1929-32.
Box 3 Folder 8
Press Releases and Announcements: 1920's-30's.
Box 3 Folder 9
Sanatariums: 1927-32.
Box 3 Folder 10
Shops: 1928-30. Includes work permits.
Box 3 Folder 11
Socialist Party: 1928-32.
Box 3 Folder 12
Soviet Union: 1927-30.
Box 3 Folder 13
Union Health Center: 1927-33.
Box 3 Folder 14
Union Labor Life Insurance Co.: 1927-28.
Box 3 Folder 15
Unions, General: : 1928-32.
Box 3 Folder 16
Unions: 1927-32. Relief for striking miners.
Box 3 Folder 17
Unions, Textile Industry: 1931. Paterson Strikers Relief Committee.
Box 3 Folder 18
United Hebrew Trades (of the State of N.Y.): 1928-31.
Box 3 Folder 19
Unity House: 1928-32.
Box 3 Folder 20
Wagner, Robert F.: 1928.
Box 3 Folder 21
Women's Trade Union League: 1927-33.
Box 3 Folder 22