Guide to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Baltimore Joint Board. Upper South Department. Records,
1937-1971.

Collection Number: 5780/039

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

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Compiled by:
Ethel Goldwasser
Date completed:
January 1981
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, July 17, 2003

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Upper South Department. Baltimore Joint Board. Records, 1937-1971.
Collection Number:
5780/039
Creator:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Upper South Department. Baltimore Joint Board.
Quantity:
11 linear feet.
Forms of Material:
Agreements, leaflets, correspondence, photographs, speeches, financial statements, .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
This collection contains correspondence of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union Upper South Department, Baltimore Joint Board.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

This collection contains correspondence of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union Upper South Department, Baltimore Joint Board.
SUBJECTS

Names:
International Ladies' Garment Worker's Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Baltimore Joint Board.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Upper South Department.

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Cite As:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Upper South Department. Baltimore Joint Board. Records, 1937-1971. 5780/039. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
RELATED MATERIAL

5780. International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Materials are arranged in alphabetical order by subject.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Correspondence subject files.
A: 1940-64.
Box 1 Folder 1
Agreements: 1937-68. Samples.
Box 1 Folder 2a-2c
AFL and AFL-CIO: 1946-61.
Box 1 Folder 3
AFL Political Education, League of (Virginia): 1949-53.
Box 1 Folder 4
Americans for Democratic Action (Baltimore Chapter): 1947-49. Includes minutes of board of directors.
Box 1 Folder 5
Auto Workers Strike Fund: 1946.
Box 1 Folder 6
B: 1940-54, 1964-66.
Box 1 Folder 7
Baltimore Council of AFL-CIO Unions: 1959-67.
Box 1 Folder 8
Baltimore Federation of Labor: 1940-51. Leaflets.
Box 1 Folder 9
Bambace, Angela, Personal: 1940-70. Correspondence, awards, photographs.
Box 1 Folder 10-11
Bambace, Angela, Speeches: n.d.
Box 1 Folder 12
C: 1946-70.
Box 1 Folder 13
Caplan, Samuel: 1942-49. Includes testimonial dinners, 1946, 1949.
Box 2 Folder 1
Children's Dress, Cotton Dress and Sportswear Contractors' Association: 1966.
Box 2 Folder 2
Complaints: 1944-70.
Box 2 Folder 3
Constitution and By-laws: 1947. Maryland-Virginia District: Upper South (n.d.); and Baltimore Joint Board (n.d.).
Box 2 Folder 4
D: 1940-70.
Box 2 Folder 5
Daniels, Wilbur: 1960-66.
Box 2 Folder 6
Dinner, Charles Kreindler Testimonial: Dec. 13, 1956. Dinner on behalf of City of Hope.
Box 2 Folder 7
Dinner, C. Kreindler: 1958. Israeli bonds.
Box 2 Folder 8
Dubinsky, David: 1940-48. Includes complaints and reports.
Box 2 Folder 9
Dubinsky, David: 1949-62.
Box 2 Folder 10
Dubinsky, David: 1963-66.
Box 2 Folder 11
E: 1945-63.
Box 2 Folder 12
Eastern Region: 1954-64.
Box 3 Folder 1
Edelman, Jacob: 1945-55. Includes correspondence re negotiations.
Box 3 Folder 2
Education Department, Upper South Department: 1948-61.
Box 3 Folder 3
Education Department, Upper South Department: 1944-69. Includes reports, leaflets, articles.
Box 3 Folder 4
Elections, Union: 1962, 1965. Includes ballots, some undated.
Box 3 Folder 5
F: 1944-70.
Box 3 Folder 6
Federation of Union Representatives: 1961.
Box 3 Folder 7
Financial Statements, Baltimore Joint Board: 1944-47.
Box 3 Folder 8
Financial Statements, Baltimore Joint Board: 1948-50.
Box 3 Folder 9
Financial Statements, Baltimore Joint Board: 1951-55.
Box 3 Folder 10
Financial Statements, Maryland-Virginia District: 1942-50.
Box 3 Folder 11
Financial Statements: Upper South Department: 1949-53.
Box 3 Folder 12
Financial Statements, Upper South Department: 1954-62.
Box 3 Folder 13
Financial Statements, Locals of Department: 1947-50.
Box 4 Folder 1
Financial Statements: 1947-49. Includes vouchers.
Box 4 Folder 2
Firms, Anderson Bros. Consolidated Co., Inc. (Danville, Va.): 1946-51.
Box 4 Folder 3 -- 4
Firms, Claire Frock Co. (Thurmont, Md.): 1949-51.
Box 4 Folder 5
Firms, S. Cohen and Sons (Baltimore, Md.): 1937-51.
Box 4 Folder 6
Firms, Climber land Undergarment Co. (Cumberland, Md.): 1936-50. Includes price settlements.
Box 4 Folder 7
Firms, Duti-Duds (Lynchburg, Va.): 1946.
Box 4 Folder 8
Firms, E-Z Thread Co. (Portsmouth, Va.): 1950-51.
Box 4 Folder 9
Firms, Harris Dress Co.: 1942-49. Includes price settlements.
Box 4 Folder 10-11
Firms, Kenrose Manufacturing Co. (Roanoke, Va.):
Box 4 Folder 12-15
1945-65. (Formerly Kenrose Manufacturing Co.) Includes correspondence re 1960 strike? Kenrose Clothesline, Nos. 14-24.
Box 5 Folder 1-4
Firms, L'Aiglon (Hagerstown, Md.): 1947-50.
Box 5 Folder 5
Firms, Maidenform (Princeton, W. Va.): 1944-46.
Box 5 Folder 6
Firms, Louis Marcus Corp. (Baltimore, Md.): 1944-49.
Box 5 Folder 7
Firms, Marion Manufacturing Co. (Marion, Va.): 1947-54.
Box 5 Folder 8 -- 11
Firms, Morris and Co. (Baltimore, Md.): 1946-47. Includes piece rate settlements.
Box 5 Folder 12
Firms, Mt. Marion Fashions (Marion, Va.): 1948-50.
Box 5 Folder 13
Firms, Perfect Garment Co. (Baltimore, Md.): 1942-54. Includes Rock Manufacturing Co. (Glen Rock, Pa.).
Box 6 Folder 1
Firms, Perfection Garment Co. Martinsburg, W. Va.): 1942-60. Includes The Needle's Eve. 1948. 1949 (2 issues).
Box 6 Folder 2 -- 4
Firms, Puritan Mills (Roanoke, Va.): 1944-54.
Box 6 Folder 5
Firms, Quality Manufacturing Co. (Pt. Pleasant, W. Va.): 1945-47.
Box 6 Folder 6
Firms, Reliance Manufacturing Co. (Huntington, W. Va.): 1944-50.
Box 6 Folder 7 -- 8
Firms, Rutledge Manufacturing Co. (Baltimore, Md.): 1951-61.
Box 6 Folder 9 -- 10
Firms, Seldin Coat Co. (Baltimore, Md.): 1942-54.
Box 6 Folder 11
Firms, Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp. Bag Department (Richmond, Va.): 1946-47.
Box 6 Folder 12
Firms, Winchester Knitting Mills (Winchester, Va.): 1946-49.
Box 7 Folder 13
Firms, Yunker Manufacturing Co. (Pt. Pleasant, Va.): 1946-66.
Box 7 Folder 1 -- 3
Form Letters, circulars and leaflets: 1940-61. Baltimore Joint Board, Md.-Va. District, Upper South Department
Box 7 Folder 4 -- 6
G: 1944-70.
Box 7 Folder 7
General Executive Board: 1944-67.
Box 7 Folder 8
Greenfield, David, Upper South Department: 1961-69.
Box 7 Folder 9
H: 1946-68.
Box 7 Folder 10
Health and Welfare Fund, Upper South Department, Md.-Va. District: 1945-71. Rules and regulations.
Box 7 Folder 11
Health Fund, Baltimore Coat and Suit Industry and Md.-Va. District: 1944-74. Correspondence
Box 7 Folder 12
Health Fund, Baltimore Coat and Suit Industry and Md.-Va. District: 1945-71. Administration Committee minutes.
Box 8 Folder 1 -- 3
Health Fund, Baltimore Coat and Suit Industry and Md.-Va. District: 1951-57. Board of Trustees minutes.
Box 8 Folder 4
Health Fund, Baltimore Coat and Suit Industry and Md.-Va. District: 1944-59. Financial statements.
Box 8 Folder 5
Hudson Shore Labor School: 1946-50.
Box 8 Folder 6
I: 1940-58.
Box 8 Folder 7
The ILGer: 1944-61. Newsletter of Department
Box 8 Folder 8
ILGWU Conventions: 1947-68.
Box 8 Folder 9
ILGWU Education Department: 1945-59.
Box 8 Folder 10
ILGWU Legal Department: 1954-66. Includes correspondence re Waxman case.
Box 8 Folder 11
ILGWU Management-Engineering Department: 1946-69.
Box 8 Folder 12
ILGWU Master Agreement Department: 1966-70.
Box 8 Folder 13
ILGWU Political Department: 1947-66.
Box 8 Folder 14
ILGWU Research Department: 1942-61.
Box 8 Folder 15
ILGWU Training Institute: 1950-58.
Box 8 Folder 16
ILGWU Union Label Department: 1960-63.
Box 8 Folder 17
J: 1940-65. Includes Judy Bond reports.
Box 9 Folder 1
Jaffe, Irwin: 1945-62. Includes correspondence as organizer and asst. Mgr., Md.-Va. District; organizing leaflets for Reliance Manufacturing Co.
Box 9 Folder 2 -- 5
Joint Boards, Baltimore: 1946.
Box 9 Folder 6
Joint Boards, Baltimore, Grievance Committee: 1944, 1952. Minutes of hearings.
Box 9 Folder 7
Joint Boards, Baltimore: 1938-39. Minutes.
Box 9 Folder 8
Joint Boards, Baltimore: 1941-43. Minutes.
Box 9 Folder 9
Joint Boards, Baltimore: 1944-46. Minutes.
Box 9 Folder 10
Joint Boards, Baltimore: 1947-48. Minutes.
Box 9 Folder 11
Joint Boards, Baltimore: 1949-50. Minutes.
Box 9 Folder 12
Joint Boards, Baltimore: 1951-52. Minutes.
Box 9 Folder 13
Joint Boards, Baltimore: 1953. Minutes.
Box 10 Folder 1
Joint Boards, Baltimore: 1954-55. Minutes, some undated.
Box 10 Folder 2
Joint Boards, Baltimore: 1941-45. Sick Benefit Fund Minutes.
Box 10 Folder 3
Joint Boards, Baltimore: 1942-45. Sick Benefit Fund, Locals 4, 110, 319, 362; financial statements.
Box 10 Folder 4
Joint Boards, Cleveland; 1948-50. Correspondence, re Quality Manufacturing Co., Pt. Pleasant, W. Va.
Box 10 Folder 5
Joint Board, New York Dress: 1945-59. Includes Dressmakers' Joint Council.
Box 10 Folder 6
K: 1940-59.
Box 10 Folder 7
Kreindler, Charles: 1940-50. Correspondence and reports.
Box 10 Folder 8 -- 11
L: 1945-69.
Box 10 Folder 12
Lists: (n.d.). Officers and executive. board members of locals; workers in shops.
Box 10 Folder 13
Local 4, Baltimore, Md.: 1944-62. Includes election ballots (1944, 1947, 1950, 1962).
Box 10 Folder 14
Local 4: 1943-48. Exec. board minutes, Appeal Committee (1944).
Box 11 Folder 1
Local 4: 1945-54. Financial statements.
Box 11 Folder 2
Local 23-25, NYC: 1965-66.
Box 11 Folder 3
Local 62, NYC: 1956-64.
Box 11 Folder 4
Local 91, NYC: 1963-67.
Box 11 Folder 5
Local 106, Baltimore, Md.: 1942-50. Exec. board minutes, constitution and by-laws (n.d.).
Box 11 Folder 6
Local 106, Baltimore, Md.: 1942-50. Includes correspondence re Ruth Murray case.
Box 11 Folder 7
Local 106, Baltimore, Md.: 1942-53. Financial statements.
Box 11 Folder 8
Local 106, Baltimore, Md.: 1942. Financial statements, Sick Benefit Fund.
Box 11 Folder 9
Local 110, Baltimore, Md.: Jan. 3, 1951-Apr. 1, 1970. Minutes.
Box 11 Folder 10
Local 110, Baltimore, Md.: 1947-62. Includes minutes of executive. board (1949).
Box 11 Folder 11
Local 110, Baltimore, Md.: 1948-54. Financial statements.
Box 11 Folder 12
Local 201, Norfolk, Va.: 1942-50.
Box 11 Folder 13
Local 236, Appomattox, Va.: 1945-63. Includes minutes (1961, 1963).
Box 11 Folder 14
Local 239, Baltimore, Md.: 1942-46.
Box 11 Folder 15
Local 239, Baltimore, Md.: 1944-53. Financial statements, includes Sick Benefit Fund (1944-45).
Box 11 Folder 16
Local 239, Baltimore, Md.: 1946-47. Transcript of hearing on charges against Miriam Billings before a GEB special committee (Feb. 14, 1947); includes resolution re resignations of six organizers (1946).
Box 12 Folder 1
Local 247, Rockwood, Pa.: 1954-57, 1960. Financial statements, 1954-57.
Box 12 Folder 2
Local 248, Hebron and Sharptown, Md.: 1954-61 Includes executive. board minutes, Nov. 11, 1959-Aug. 22, 1961; financial statements, 1954-57.
Box 12 Folder 3
Local 248, Hebron and Sharptown, Md.: 1950's. Case presented to NLRB: includes workers' statements.
Box 12 Folder 4
Local 256, Thurmont, Md.: 1949-54. Includes leaflets for organizing drive, 1949.
Box 12 Folder 5
Local 260, Princeton, W. Va.: 1960. Minutes.
Box 12 Folder 6
Local 264, Grafton, W. Va.: 1957-61. Minutes, Nov. 9, 1961.
Box 12 Folder 7
Local 267, Glen Rock, Pa.: 1946-50.
Box 12 Folder 8
Local 293, Portsmouth, Va.: 1949-51.
Box 12 Folder 9
Local 312, Harrisburg, Pa.: 1942-46, 1960.
Box 12 Folder 10
Local 316, York, Pa.: 1942-56.
Box 12 Folder 11
Local 319, Baltimore, Md.: 1940-44. Exec. Board minutes.
Box 12 Folder 12
Local 319: 1942-44. Financial statements.
Box 12 Folder 13
Local 327, Baltimore, Md.: 1950.
Box 12 Folder 14
Local 420: 1945.
Box 14 Folder 3
Local 422, Pt. Pleasant, W. Va.: April 28, 1947-Feb. 3, 1954. Minutes of Local meetings.
Box 14 Folder 4
Local 422; 1945-60.
Box 14 Folder 5
Local 425, Martinsburg, W. Va.: 1942-55.
Box 14 Folder 6
Local 425: 1946, 1952. Perfection Garment Co.
Box 14 Folder 7
Local 425: 1950, 1955. Materials used in organizing work.
Box 14 Folder 8
Local 425: 1953. Newspaper clippings re strike against Perfect Garment Co.
Box 14 Folder 9
Local 430, Martinsville, W. Va.: 1945-47.
Box 14 Folder 10
Local 430: 1945-48. Circulars and leaflets, includes "The Button-Hole News," 1948.
Box 14 Folder 11
Local 430: 1946-47. Includes monthly financial statements.
Box 14 Folder 12
Local 434, Cumberland, Md.: 1946-49. Includes correspondence with David Dubinsky re unauthorized strike, 1946.
Box 14 Folder 13
Local 435, Hagerstown, Md.: 1945-49.
Box 14 Folder 14
Local 438, Winchester, Va.: 1942-51.
Box 14 Folder 15
Local 464, Buchanan, Va.: 1961. Minutes of membership meetings.
Box 14 Folder 16
Local 424, Marion, Va.: 1946-57. Includes Wilburn Steele case and GEB appeal.
Box 15 Folder 1 -- 4
Local 504, Crewe, Va.: 1950, 1961-62. Minutes of membership meetings.
Box 15 Folder 5
Local 561, Bedford, Va.: 1959. Includes records of paid strike benefits.
Box 15 Folder 6
Local 585, Cambridge, Md.: 1960, 1961. Membership meeting minutes.
Box 15 Folder 7
M: 1942-68.
Box 15 Folder 8
Medical Health Center, Baltimore, Md.: n.d. Circulars, brochures.
Box 15 Folder 9
Mental Health: 1949-51. Includes correspondence re involvement of Union in mental health needs of community.
Box 15 Folder 10
Milano, Edward: 1959-60.
Box 15 Folder 11
Miscellaneous.
Box 15 Folder 12
Myles Manufacturing Co.: 1959-60. Estate of L.V. Myles; includes correspondence re negotiations.
Box 15 Folder 13
N: 1944-50.
Box 15 Folder 14
National Labor Relations Board: 1943-62. Correspondence re cases arranged alphabetically by firm.
Box 15 Folder 15
NLRB: 1946-58. Correspondence and circulars.
Box 16 Folder 1
Northeast Department: 1944-66.
Box 16 Folder 2
0: 1943-52.
Box 16 Folder 3
Ohio-Kentucky Region: 1956-66.
Box 16 Folder 4
Organizers and Business Agents, Philip Camp: 1949-52.
Box 16 Folder 5
Organizing and Business Agents, Leon Deane: 1946.
Box 16 Folder 6
Organizing and Business Agents/ Samuel Einhorn: 1946.
Box 16 Folder 7
Organizing and Business Agents, Whiting C. Faulkner: 1942.
Box 16 Folder 8
Organizing and Business Agents, Robert Gladnick: 1946-52.
Box 16 Folder 9 -- 12
Organizing and Business Agents, Sol Goldberg: 1950-51.
Box 16 Folder 13
Organizing and Business Agents, William Goldsmith: 1946.
Box 16 Folder 14
Organizing and Business Agents/ William Kaufman: 1946-47, 1952-53. Includes correspondence as Virginia State Director.
Box 16 Folder 15-16
Organizing and Business Agents, Jessie Kozma: 1950.
Box 17 Folder 1
Organizing and Business Agents, Myrtle Lee: 1947-48.
Box 17 Folder 2
Organizing and Business Agents, Joe Lewis: 1945-49.
Box 17 Folder 3 -- 4
Organizing and Business Agents, Grace McWhorter: 1946.
Box 17 Folder 5
Organizing and Business Agents, John MacKensie: 1962.
Box 17 Folder 6
Organizing and Business Agents, Eliot Meyers: 1946.
Box 17 Folder 7
Organizing and Business Agents, Ruth Murray: 1948-49.
Box 17 Folder 8
Organizing and Business Agents,- Jean Martin Pagano: 1948-49. Includes correspondence as educational director.
Box 17 Folder 9 -- 10
Organizing and Business Agents, Jules Pagano: 1948-49.
Box 17 Folder 11
Organizing and Business Agents, Joseph E. Pearce: 1946-47.
Box 17 Folder 12
Organizing and Business Agents, Carrie Riggs: 1944-46.
Box 17 Folder 13
Organizing and Business Agents, Mabel Roten: 1947.
Box 17 Folder 14
Organizing and Business Agents, Abe Safir: 1946-49.
Box 17 Folder 15
Organizing and Business Agents, Charles Tillman: 1946-47.
Box 17 Folder 16
Organizing and Business Agents, Mildred Volz: 1945-46.
Box 18 Folder 1 -- 2
Organizing and Business Agents, Saul Zivian: 1946-49.
Box 18 Folder 3 -- 6
Organizing. Leaflets and circulars.
Box 18 Folder 7 -- 9
Organizing. Leaflets and circulars; includes Rutledge organizing drive (1952).
Box 18 Folder 10
Our Kids: 1948-49. Pub. on adoption of children.
Box 18 Folder 11
P: 1942-65. Includes correspondence with Abraham Plotkin re Reliance negotiations.
Box 18 Folder 12
Political Department, Upper South: 1950-59. Includes correspondence with Gus Tyler.
Box 19 Folder 1
Political Department, Upper South: n.d. Leaflets and lists of members for political purposes.
Box 19 Folder 2
Politics, Campaigns: 1940-60. Correspondence, leaflets and circulars during presidential elections.
Box 19 Folder 3
Politics, Campaigns: 1950-69. Correspondence, leaflets and circulars during state and local elections.
Box 19 Folder 4
Politics, Congressional and Senatorial Letters: 1940-47.
Box 19 Folder 5 -- 7
Price Settlements: 1940s.
Box 19 Folder 8 -- 9
R: 1946-65.
Box 19 Folder 10
Radio Scripts: 1941-64.
Box 19 Folder 11 -- 13
Resignations: July 1946. Resignations of six organizers; includes correspondence with David Dubinsky.
Box 20 Folder 1
Resignations: 1946. Signed resolutions protesting resignations sent out by Miriam Billings, Local 239.
Box 20 Folder 2
Resignations: 1946. Letters from Union members re resignations.
Box 20 Folder 3
Retirement Fund, Baltimore Joint Board and Upper South Department: 1950-51. Correspondence and agreements with employers re establishment of Retirement Fund; data on employees.
Box 20 Folder 4
S: 1942-63.
Box 20 Folder 5
St. Paul, Va.: 1941-42. Correspondence re organizing Jacobs Plant.
Box 20 Folder 6 -- 7
Shane, Joe: 1961-68. Asst. mgr., Upper South Department; includes correspondence with Maida Springer re Southern Rhodesia.
Box 20 Folder 8 -- 10
Southeastern Region: 1942-66.
Box 21 Folder 1 -- 2
Strikes: 1961. Farmville Dress strike.
Box 21 Folder 3
Strikes: June 1965. Classic Uniform, Keyes Baker, Barclay Uniform.
Box 21 Folder 4 -- 5
Stulberg, Louis: 1945-71.
Box 21 Folder 6 -- 8
T: 1945-59.
Box 21 Folder 9
Tyler, Gus: 1963-66.
Box 21 Folder 10
U: 1942-51.
Box 21 Folder 11
Unions, non-ILGWU: 1945-58. Includes correspondence re inter-union disputes with District 50, United MineWorkers.
Box 21 Folder 12
Upper South Department: 1944-47. Conferences.
Box 22 Folder 1
Upper South Department: 1948. Conferences.
Box 22 Folder 2
Upper South Department: 1949. Conferences.
Box 22 Folder 3
Upper South Department: 1950. Conferences.
Box 22 Folder 4
Upper South Department: 1951. Conferences.
Box 22 Folder 5
Upper South Department: 1952. Conferences.
Box 22 Folder 6
Upper South Department: 1958. Conferences.
Box 22 Folder 7
Upper South Department: 1960. Conferences.
Box 22 Folder 8
Upper South Department: 1963. Conferences.
Box 22 Folder 9
Upper South Department : n.d. Conferences; resolutions.
Box 22 Folder 10
V-W: 1945-69.
Box 22 Folder 11
Women's Day: 1956.
Box 22 Folder 12
World War II: 1942-45. Correspondence with Union members in military service.
Box 22 Folder 13
X-Y-Z: 1940-51.
Box 22 Folder 14