Guide to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. New York Cloak Joint Board records,
1926-1973 [bulk 1940-1970]

Collection Number: 5780/020

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

Contact Information:
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Compiled by:
Ethel Goldwasser
Date completed:
April, 1979
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, August 5, 2002

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. New York Cloak Joint Board records, 1926-1973 [bulk 1940-1970].
Collection Number:
5780/020
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. New York Cloak Joint Board.
Quantity:
23 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Articles, correspondence, reports, and photographs.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The New York Cloak Joint Board records consist of articles, correspondence, reports, photographs, and other items. The bulk of the collection is made up of correspondence of three of its managers, Israel Feinberg, Isidore Nagler, and Henoch Mendelsund. There are also some records from the Cloak Out-of-Town Department.

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The New York Cloak Joint Board, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, represented a number of New York City local unions whose members were employed as cloak makers.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The New York Cloak Joint Board records consist of articles, correspondence, reports, photographs, and other items. The bulk of the collection is made up of correspondence of three of its managers, Israel Feinberg, Isidore Nagler, and Henoch Mendelsund. There are also some records from the Cloak Out-of-Town Department.
These items primarily document concerns of the New York Cloak Joint Board from the 1930 through the 1960s. Much of the material is administrative or routine in nature. Topics addressed include: benefits (especially health insurance and retirement funds); contract negotiations; financial matters; jurisdictional disputes between locals and between the ILGWU and other unions; ILGWU conventions; legal matters; other ILGWU departments and locals; political activity (at both the national and local level); relations with garment manufacturers; union organizing; wages; and worker education. There are also items concerning international labor activities, proposed legislation in the U.S. and in New York State, and aid to Israel.
Individual correspondents represented in the collection include: David Dubinsky; William Green; Averell Harriman; Sidney Hillman; Irving Howe; Jacob Javits; Fiorello LaGuardia; Herbert Lehman; Elias Lieberman; Jay Lovestone; George Meany; Marianne Moore; Jacob Potofsky; Nelson Rockefeller; Rose Schneiderman; Matthew Schoenwald; Mark Starr; Louis Stulberg; Norman Thomas; Gus Tyler; and Charles S. Zimmerman.
Organizations include: the AFL-CIO; the American Labor Party; Histadrut; the Jewish Daily Forward; the Jewish Labor Committee; the Liberal Party of New York; the National Recovery Administration; the Rand School of Social Science; and the Socialist Party.
SUBJECTS

Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Dubinsky, David, 1892-
Feinberg, Israel.
Green, William, 1872-1952.
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986.
Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946.
Howe, Irving.
Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986.
La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.
Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963.
Lieberman, Elias, b. 1888-
Lovestone, Jay.
Meany, George, 1894-
Mendelsund, Henoch.
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.
Nagler, Isadore.
Potofsky, Jacob S. (Jacob Samuel), 1894-1979.
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979.
Schneiderman, Rose, 1882-
Schoenwald, Matthew.
Starr, Mark, 1894-
Stulberg, Louis, 1901-1977.
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968.
Tyler, Gus.
Zimmerman, Charles S., 1896-1983.
AFL-CIO.
American Labor Party.
Histadrut ha-kelalit shel ha-`ovdim be-Erets-Yi´sra'el.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. New York Cloak Joint Board.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Cloak Out-of-Town Department.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Cloak Out-of-Town Department.
Jewish Labor Committee.
Liberal Party of New York State.
Rand School of Social Science.
Socialist Party (U.S.)

Titles:
Forverts.

Subjects:
Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York (State)--New York.
Clothing workers--Labor unions--Organizing--New York (State)--New York.
Collective bargaining--New York (State)--New York.
Economic assistance--Israel.
Insurance, health--New York (State)--New York.
International labor activities.
Labor laws and legislation--United States.
Labor laws and legislation--New York (State)--New York.
Labor union locals.
Labor unions--New York (State)--New York--Political activity.
Pension trusts--New York (State)--New York.
Wages--Clothing workers--New York (State)--New York.
Wages--Clothing workers--United States.
Women's clothing industry--New York (State)--New York.
Women's clothing industry--United States.
Working class--Education--New York (State)--New York.
Working class--Education--United States.

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

Form and Genre Terms:
Articles
Correspondence
Reports
Photographs

INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Cite As:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. New York Cloak Joint Board records, 1926-1973 [bulk 1940-1970]. #5780/020. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIAL

5780/032. New York Cloak and Dressmakers Joint Board. Records, 1926-1977.
5780/041. New York Cloak Joint Board. Payroll analysis. 1959-1972.
5780/137. Dress and Cloak Makers Joint Board. Records, 1933, 1940.
5780/161. Cloak Joint Board. Governor's Advisory Commission. Files, 1924-26, 1956-59.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

File Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject. Correspondence within Folders are in reverse chronological order. General correspondence is interfiled with subject correspondence.
SERIES LIST

I. New York Cloak Joint Board. Subject files, 1926-1973. Boxes 1-43
II. Cloak Out-of-Town Department Files, 1926-1971. Boxes 44-46

CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
I. New York Cloak Joint Board. Subject files, 1926-1973.
A: 1940-71. Includes Arthur Altmeyer letters
Box 1 Folder la
Asbestos: 1970-72.
Box 1 Folder 1b-lc
Includes correspondence with Irving J. Selikoff, M.D.; reports on hazards of asbestos in garments.
Agency Account: 1952-73.
Box 1 Folder 2
Includes correspondence with David Dubinsky, Louis Stulberg and Harry Krugman and financial reports.
Agency Account: 1963-70.
Box 1 Folder 3
Financial reports.
Agency Account, Bellevue (Nebraska) Bridge: 1950-66.
Box 1 Folder 4a-4b
Legal briefs, ILGWU et al. vs Shields and Co. (suit pertaining to bridge).
Agency Account, Tri-State Airport
Box 1 Folder 5a-5b
Authority: 1963-68.
Box 1 Folder 6a-6b
(Huntington, W. Va.) Correspondence, financial and annual reports.
American Cloak and Suit Manufacturers' Association: 1943-73.
Box 2 Folder 1
Includes correspondence with Charles Sussman, Louis Goldspinner and Anthony Conticelli.
American Cloak and Suit Manufacturers' Association: 1943-59.
Box 2 Folder 2
Correspondence and statements during negotiations.
American Association for a Democratic Germany: 1947-48.
Box 2 Folder 3
American Federation of Labor: 1946-52.
 Box 2 Folder 4
Includes correspondence with William Green and George Meany (1952); Correspondence re Israel Feinberg's trip to Germany (1946); reports and resolutions.
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations: 1955-73.
Box 2 Folder 5
Includes correspondence with Jay Lovestone and Louis Stulberg; resolutions.
B: 1940-69.
Box 2 Folder 6
Includes correspondence with Boys' Town of Italy (Patrick Carroll-Abbing).
Bensonhurst Office, Cloak Joint Board: 1943-47.
Box 2 Folder 7
Includes correspondence with E. Piccione and Max Carolinsky.
Brooklyn Office, Cloak Joint Board: 1951-71.
Box 2 Folder 8-11
Includes reports by Anthony Cottone, Samuel Zeldin, John Denaro and Dante Di Biase.
Brooklyn Office, Cloak Joint Board: 1941-50.
Box 3 Folder 1-4
Correspondence and reports, Anthony Cottone.
Brownsville Office, Cloak Joint Board: 1944-51.
Box 3 Folder 5
Correspondence with Alex J. Miller.
Bund (Jewish Workers Union of Poland): 1947-69.
Box 3 Folder 6
Includes correspondence with Emanuel Scherer.
C: 1941, 1949-73.
Box 3 Folder 7
Includes correspondence with Jesse Carpenter.
Celebration, 1910 Strike Anniversary: 1960.
Box 3 Folder 8
Includes Correspondence re Carnegie Hall (New York City) meeting.
Celebration, 1910 Strike Anniversary: 1960.
 Box 3 Folder 9
Speeches and press releases.
Celebration, 1910 Strike Anniversary: 1960.
Box 3 Folder 10
Photographs.
Celebration, 1910 Strike Anniversary: 1960.
Box 4 Folder 1
Newspaper clippings.
Celebration, 1910 Strike Anniversary: 1960.
Box 4 Folder 2
Includes 50th anniversary journal, 1910 (Gerechtiqkeit) and programs.
Celebration, 25th Anniversary of David Dubinsky's Presidency: 1957.
Box 4 Folder 3
Includes circulars, notes and statements.
Celebration, 35th Anniversary of 1910 Cloakmakers' Strike: 1945.
Box 4 Folder 4
Includes speeches and releases.
Citizens' Union of the City of New York: 1955-59.
Box 4 Folder 5
City of Hope (Los Angeles Sanatorium): 1949-73.
Box 4 Folder 6
Includes correspondence with Ben Horowitz.
Cloak Control Department, Cloak Joint Board: 1939.
Box 4 Folder 7
Saul Metz report.
Cloak Out-of-Town Department: 1965-73.
Box 4 Folder 8
Joint Council minutes.
Cloak Out-of-Town Department: 1970-73.
Box 4 Folder 9
Includes correspondence with Louis Stulberg and Murray Edelstein.
Cloak Out-of-Town Department: 1968-69.
 Box 4 Folder 10
Includes correspondence with Irving Astrow, Mildred Lippman and William Ross.
Cloak Out-of-Town Department: 1966-67.
Box 4 Folder 11
Includes correspondence with Irving Astrow and Louis Stulberg; reports on educational activities; memo on Mona Lisa Coat Co.; COT News (1966).
Cloak Out-of-Town Department: 1962-66.
 Box 4 Folder 12
Includes correspondence with Irving Astrow and George Rubin.
Cloak Out-of-Town Department: 1954-59.
Box 5 Folder 1
Includes correspondence with George Rubin and Morris Bagno.
Cloak Out-of-Town Department: 1936-48.
 Box 5 Folder 2
Includes reports by George Rubin and Alex S. Miller.
Coat and Suit Department, Cloak Joint Board: 1962-66.
Box 5 Folder 3-4
Includes Hyman Libow reports.
Coat and Suit Disabilities Benefits Fund: 1971.
Box 5 Folder 5
Memo from Leon Hudes, with "Analysis of 1971 Correspondence Relating to Disability Benefits."
The Coat and Suit Survey: Women's Suits: Feb. 1966.
Box 5 Folder 6
Analysis by Dr. Clara H. Friedman (director of research), Audits and Surveys Co., Inc.; also Includes second section of The Coat and Suit Survey (1964).
Collection Department, Cloak Joint Board: 1965-71.
Box 5 Folder 7
Memoranda.
Complaints from Workers: 1969-73.
Box 5 Folder 8
Complaints from Workers: 1965-68.
Box 5 Folder 9
Complaints from Workers: 1962-64.
Box 5 Folder 10
Complaints from Workers: 1958-61.
Box 6 Folder 1
Complaints from Workers: 1953-57.
Box 6 Folder 2
Complaints from Workers: 1940-51.
 Box 6 Folder 3
Includes undated letters
Congress for Jewish Culture Central Yiddish Culture Organization (CYCO), Inc.: 1948-60.
Box 6 Folder 4
Constitution, Joint Board of the Cloak, Suit, Skirt, Dress and Reefer Makers' Unions of New York and Vicinity: 1926.
Box 6 Folder 5
Includes amendments adopted Mar. 24, 1926.
Conventions, ILGWU: 1971.
Box 6 Folder 6
Includes Resolutions Committee report.
Conventions, ILGWU: 1968.
Box 6 Folder 7
Includes Constitution Revision Committee minutes (Mar. 19, 1968).
Conventions, ILGWU: 1965, 1956.
 Box 6 Folder 8
Correspondence and drafts of Constitutional Revision Committee
Court Cases: 1953-69.
Box 6 Folder 9
NLRB cases, briefs and memoranda, law suits.
D: 1940-53, 1962-73.
Box 6 Folder 10
Includes Emma Dubinsky letter re "Testimonial Performance in Honor of Joseph Buloff and Luba Kadison."
Deborah Hospital (New York City): 1948-70.
Box 7 Folder 1
E: 1945-62.
Box 7 Folder 2
East River Housing Corporation: 1951-62.
Box 7 Folder 3-4
Includes Correspondence and minutes.
Eastern Out-of-Town Department: 1951-59.
Box 7 Folder 5
Sew n Sew (1956); Correspondence
Eastern Region: 1966-72.
Box 7 Folder 6
Correspondence and statements.
Epstein, Melech: 1947-69.
Box 7 Folder 7
Requests for financial aid for books on Jewish labor movement.
Evan-Picone, Inc.: 1965-71.
Box 7 Folder 8-9
Correspondence re negotiations and agreements, industrial problems, price lists; reports.
F-G: 1939-73.
Box 7 Folder 10
Fashion Capital of the World: 1971-73.
Box 7 Folder 11
Includes design contest.
Fashion Institute of Technology: 1948-72.
Box 8 Folder la-lb
Robert F. Wagner (mayor) remarks at dedication of Isidore Nagler Hall (1962); textile pilot plant project; James Laver of Victoria and Albert Museum, London, speech (1965).
Federation of Union Representatives (FOUR): 1960-61.
Box 8 Folder 2
Newsletter, resolutions, printed material.
Feinberg, Israel: 1940-52.
 Box 8 Folder 3
Includes correspondence with Matthew Woll and letter to William Green re son, Basil.
Feinberg, Israel: 1939.
Box 8 Folder 4
Correspondence re "Labor Pains" and California locals.
Feinberg, Israel: 1939-50.
 Box 8 Folder 5
Includes speeches and statements.
Feinberg, Israel: 1952.
 Box 8 Folder 6
Condolences on his death, newspaper articles.
Feinberg Memorial Fund: 1953-57.
 Box 8 Folder 7
Includes speeches at FIT lecture series.
Federal Trade Commission: 1941.
Box 8 Folder 8
Complaint by Commission against National Coat and Suit Recovery Board, et al., for suppression of competition.
Form Letters: 1940-62.
 Box 8 Folder 9
Includes press releases and broadsides (Union and non-Union).
Freeland League: 1947-48.
Box 9 Folder 1
General Executive Board: 1942-73.
Box 9 Folder 2
Correspondence and reports of the general. manager
General Executive Board: 1953.
Box 9 Folder 3
Report of I. Nagler re jurisdictional questions between Locals 23 and 105.
Government Work: 1949-51.
Box 9 Folder 4
Lists of shops available for government orders during Korean War.
Grievance and Appeal Committee: cloak Joint Board: 1942, 1959.
Box 9 Folder 5
Minutes and reports.
Guaranteed Holidays: 1960-61.
 Box 9 Folder 6
Re payment to members for paid holidays.
H: 1948-71.
Box 9 Folder 7
Includes correspondence with Hannah Haskel, Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, Roy Helfgott and Irving Howe; Averell Harriman letter.
Handmacher and Vogel, Inc.: 1961-68.
Box 9 Folder 8
Master agreement (May 1967) and correspondence.
Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP): 1951-53.
Box 9 Folder 9
Health and Vacation Fund, Cloak Joint Board: 1950-51.
Box 9 Folder 10
Financial reports.
Health and Vacation Fund, Cloak Joint Board: 1946-47.
Box 9 Folder 11
Financial reports.
Health and Vacation Fund, Cloak Joint Board: 1946-54.
Box 10 Folder 1
Minutes, rules and regulations, Correspondence
Health and Welfare Fund, Cloak Joint Board: 1965-72.
Box 10 Folder 2
Correspondence, Blue Cross Group Contract (1968); estimated income and expenses.
Health and Welfare Fund, Cloak Joint Board: 1965-67.
Box 10 Folder 3
Minutes of Board of Trustees (1964-67); form letters; comparison of benefits before and after July 1967.
Health and Welfare Fund, Cloak Joint Board: 1964, 1965, 1968.
Box 10 Folder 4
Rules and Regulations.
Health and Welfare Fund, Cloak Joint Board: 1965-68.
Box 10 Folder 5
Pamphlets to members, correspondence.
High School of Fashion Industries: 1950-73.
Box 10 Folder 6
Includes correspondence with Central High School of Needle Trades.
Home and Hospital of the Daughters of Jacob: 1954-59.
Box 10 Folder 7
Housing: 1949-51.
Box 10 Folder 8
Proposals re retired members.
I: 1953-70.
Box 10 Folder 9
Impartial Chairmen: 1947-73.
Box 10 Folder 10-11
Decisions, statements and correspondence.
Impartial Chairmen: 1946.
Box 11 Folder la-lb
Hearings re Union demand for a wage readjustment, statements.
Impartial Chairmen: 1932-45.
Box 11 Folder 1c
Industrial Council of the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers, Inc.: 1945-68.
Box 11 Folder 2a-2c
Includes correspondence with Samuel Klein, Bertram Reinitz; Union notices to employers re collective negotiations.
Industrial Council Department, Cloak Joint Board: 1956-59.
Box 11 Folder 3
Correspondence and reports by Alex S. Miller and Hyman Libow.
Industrial Council Department, Cloak Joint Board: 1945-55.
Box 12 Folder la-lc
Correspondence and reports by Morris Feinberg, N. Hines and Alex S. Miller.
Infants' and Children's Coat Association, Inc.: 1945-73.
Box 12 Folder 2a-2c
Includes correspondence with Joseph L. Rubin and Charles Baker.
International Labour Organization: 1968.
Box 13 Folder la-lb
Correspondence, speeches and reports re Textiles Committee meeting in Geneva; George Meany letter; Henoch Mendelsund, Workers' Delegate to ILO.
International Labour Organization: 1958.
 Box 13 Folder 1c
Includes correspondence with Pinhas Lavon; trip abroad by Isidore Nagler to meeting of ILO as Advisor to Workers' Delegate.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union: 1940-71.
Box 13 Folder 2a-2b
Includes correspondence with David Dubinsky and Louis Stulberg; Dubinsky speech (n.d.).
ILGWU, Campaign Committees: 1960-72.
Box 13 Folder 3
Includes correspondence with Evelyn Dubrow, Louis Stulberg; form letters.
ILGWU, Campaign Committees: 1948-52.
Box 13 Folder 4
Leaflets and form letters
ILGWU, Education Department: 1948-72.
 Box 13 Folder 5
Includes correspondence with Hark Starr, Gus Tyler, Jasper Peyton; letter from James T. Farrell; talk by Henoch Mendelsund (executive secretary). Local 9, to Officers' Qualification Courses (Sept. 1952).
ILGWU, (Management) Engineering Department: 1968.
Box 13 Folder 6
Reports on firms.
ILGWU, Fair Trade Practices Department: 1970-73.
Box 13 Folder 7
Includes correspondence with Matthew Schoenwald (director); reports re import problems.
ILGWU, Justice: 1945-59.
Box 13 Folder 8
Articles; Includes Gerechticrkeit.
ILGWU, Legal Department: 1950, 1972.
 Box 14 Folder 1
Includes excerpt from memo, "Wage Controls under the Defense Production Act of 1950" by Morris P. Glushien re wage negotiations during Korean War.
ILGWU, Master Agreements Department: 1968-73.
Box 14 Folder 2
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund: 1967-73.
Box 14 Folder 3a-3b
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund.
 Box 14 Folder 4
Includes correspondence with Arthur Altmeyer and Louis Rolnick, reports.
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund: 1968-72.
Box 14 Folder 5
By-laws, rules and regulations (1972).
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund: 1964-66.
Box 14 Folder 6
Correspondence re merger (1965) of funds of Union affiliates into ILGWU national fund; rules and regulations (1964).
ILGWU National Retirement Fund: 1968, 1971.
Box 14 Folder 7
Report of the administrator.
ILGWU, National Retirement Fund: c. 1969.
Box 14 Folder 8
Petitions for Pension Plan.
ILGWU, Political Department: 1948-72.
Box 15 Folder 1
ILGWU, Research Department: 1947-48, 1963-73.
Box 15 Folder 2-3
Includes correspondence with Lazare Teper, reports on imports and wages.
ILGWU, Retiree Service Department: 1968-73.
Box 15 Folder 4-5
Includes correspondence with David Dubinsky, Zalman Lichtenstein; reports, visiting program, Special Assistance Fund.
ILGWU, Staff Retirement Plan: 1960-72.
Box 16 Folder la-lb
Reports and correspondence.
ILGWU, Supplementary Unemployment Benefits (SUB) Fund: 1960-68.
Box 16 Folder 2a
ILGWU, SUB Fund: 1962-71.
Box 16 Folder 2b
Administrator's report to board of trustees.
ILGWU, SUB Fund: 1961-71.
 Box 16 Folder 3
Board of trustees minutes.
ILGWU, Union Label Department: 1972-73.
 Box 16 Folder 4-5
Includes material on "Made in Japan" ad.
ILGWU, Union Label Department: 1959-72.
Box 17 Folder 1-2
ILGWU, Union Label Department: 1962.
Box 17 Folder 3
The Keys to Selling the Union to the American Public (1962) and A Study of the Attitudes of American Women Toward Trade Unions in America (May 1962) by Louis Harris and Associates.
ILGWU, Unity House: 1948-72.
Box 17 Folder 4
Minutes of the General Executive Board Committee; correspondence.
ILGWU, Welfare and Health Benefits Department: 1955, 1969-72.
Box 17 Folder 5
Reports on ILGWU drug plan and Cloak Joint Board dental program; report of the administrator to board of trustees (Dec. 4, 1969); correspondence.
International Solidarity Committee: 1947-52.
Box 18 Folder 1
Israel: 1948-51, 1959.
Box 18 Folder 2
Includes correspondence with congressmen re Israel Aid Act of 1951; Labor Zionist Committee for Relief and Rehabilitation; speech by Israel Feinberg, trade union meeting on partition of Palestine, Yankee Stadium (Apr. 14, 1948).
Israel, Amun-Israeli Housing Corp; 1950-52, 1967.
Box 18 Folder 3
Israel, Histadrut (National Committee for Labor Israel): 1948-63.
Box 18 Folder 4-5
Includes Averell Harriman letter.
Israel, Manhattan Center Mass Rally: March 1, 1948.
Box 18 Folder 6
Joint Board meeting on partition of Palestine.
Italian-American Labor Council: 1945-72.
Box 18 Folder 7
Jewish Daily Forward, New York City, Boston, Los Angeles: 1941-55, 1966-70.
Box 18 Folder 9
Jewish Labor Committee: 1958, 1967-72.
Box 18 Folder 10
Correspondence, draft resolutions, statements.
Jewish Labor Committee: 1947-66.
Box 19 Folder la-lb
Includes "The Crisis of the Free World" (speech, 1956) by I. Nagler; "German Rearmament? The French View" (article, 1950) by Daniel Mayer.
Jewish Labor Committee: 1947-49.
Box 19 Folder 1c
Correspondence re adoption of orphans; trip to Europe by I. Feinberg (1949).
Jewish Sanatorium Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Brooklyn, New York: 1947-71.
Box 19 Folder 2
Joint Boards, Los Angeles Cloak: 1939-67.
Box 19 Folder 3a-3b
Includes correspondence with Isidor Stenzor, Louis Pine and I. Lutsky; L.A. negotiations (1964, 1967).
Joint Board, Los Angeles Dress: 1942-48.
Box 19 Folder 4
Includes correspondence with Fannie Borax and George Wishnak.
Joint Board, New York Cloak: 1968.
 Box 19 Folder 5
Installation of officers. Includes correspondence, photographs.
Joint Board, New York Cloak: 1965.
 Box 19 Folder 6
Installation of officers; Includes report of general manager, lists of executive board members, speeches, correspondence.
Joint Board, New York Cloak: 1962.
Box 19 Folder 7
Installation of officers; includes speeches.
Joint Board, New York Cloak: 1959-60.
Box 19 Folder 8
Installation of officers; includes speeches and congratulatory messages when H. Mendelsund became general manager of Joint Board (Sept. 1959) and vice-president (Jan. 1960), of Union.
Joint Board, New York Cloak: 1956.
 Box 20 Folder 1
Installation of officers; includes speeches and correspondence.
Joint Board, New York Cloak: 1940, 1950, 1952, 1953.
Box 20 Folder 2
Installation of officers, includes I. Nagler as general manager (1952).
Joint Board, New York Cloak: 1949-57.
Box 20 Folder 3-6
Research Department; reports, surveys of annual earnings by Roy Helfgott, press releases and correspondence.
Joint Board, New York Cloak: 1939-71.
Box 20 Folder 7
Statistical data, financial statements and reports on membership, lists of jobbers and contractors (1939).
Joint Board, New York Cloak and Dress: 1926-28.
Box 20 Folder 8
Includes Union releases.
Joint Board, New York Cloak: n.d.
Box 20 Folder 9
Historical and general information on Joint Board.
Joint Board, New York Dress: 1943-72.
Box 20 Folder 10
Statements and correspondence, pamphlets.
Joint Board, South Jersey-Philadelphia: 1940-71.
Box 21 Folder 1
Includes correspondence with Barnett Karp, Morris Dobren and Harry Benn.
Joint Board, Miscellaneous: 1948-69.
Box 21 Folder 2
Jurisdictional Disputes, Inter-Union: 1947-58.
Box 21 Folder 3a
Includes correspondence with Jacob Potofsky re Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
Jurisdictional Disputes, Intra-Union: 1948-59.
Box 21 Folder 3b
Locals 23, 25, 66, 91 and 105; Includes General Executive Board Committee reports.
K: 1950-65.
Box 21 Folder 4a
L: 1940-66.
 Box 21 Folder 4b
Includes correspondence with Fiorello La Guardia, Samuel Lefkovitz, Herbert H. Lehman; Life of a Cloakmaker controversy (Meyer Kushner-Harry Lang); memo of meeting re visit of contractors to Unity House with I. Feinberg, R. Zuckerman and Hyman Libow present (1940).
Labor Aid Project: 1947-48.
 Box 21 Folder 4c
Executive board minutes; fundraising correspondence.
Labor Day Greetings: 1950-72.
Box 21 Folder 5
Articles for newspapers.
League for Industrial Democracy: 1943-73.
Box 21 Folder 6
Fund raising; Includes correspondence with Students for a Democratic Society.
"Legal Feasibility of Importing into United States Polish Garment Workers:" 1946.
Box 21 Folder 7
Memo by James Lipsig to David Dubinsky.
Legislation: 1940, 1951-73.
 Box 21 Folder 8
Includes correspondence with legislators in Albany and Washington; letters from Jacob Javits, Herbert Lehman and Nelson Rockefeller; statement on Hatch-Ashberry Bill (1958).
Liberal Party: 1949-67.
Box 21 Folder 9
Local 9, New York City: 1953-70.
 Box 21 Folder 10
Includes correspondence with Harry Fisher and Louis Hyman; printed material.
Local 9, New York City: 1953-68.
Box 21 Folder 11
Annual reports (1967 and 1963); Examination Committee, 1953; election leaflets, 1950-68.
Local 10, New York City: 1942-71.
Box 22 Folder 1
Includes correspondence with Abe Dolgen and Moe Falikman.
Local 10, New York City: n.d.
Box 22 Folder 2
Election leaflets.
Local 20, New York City: 1949-71.
Box 22 Folder 3
Includes correspondence with Sam Fine and Joe Kessler.
Local 23-25, New York City: 1963-70.
Box 22 Folder 4
Includes correspondence with Shelley Appleton.
Local 23, New York City: 1945-63.
Box 22 Folder 5a-5b
Includes correspondence with Shelley Appleton and Louis Reiss; manager's reports to membership meetings (1945-53); printed matter.
Local 30, New York City: 1965-67.
Box 22 Folder 6
Local 32, New York City: 1940, 1958-72.
Box 22 Folder 7
Includes correspondence with Abraham Snyder, and Julius Ramirez.
Local 35, New York City: 1945-72.
Box 22 Folder 8
Includes correspondence with Joseph Breslaw and Morris Kovler; organizing drive (1949); plan for guaranteed terra of employment (1950); Local 35 News (Apr. 1958 and April 1960); printed material.