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Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 Fax: (607) 255-9641 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel |
Compiled by:
Robert E. Lazar
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Date completed:
March 1980
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EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, September 16, 2002
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© 2002 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
| I. Correspondence, 1918-1962. | Boxes 1 - 6A |
| II. Subject files, 1920-1959. | Boxes 6A - 11 |
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Description
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Container
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I. Correspondence, 1918-1962.
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Primarily letters between Cohn and various individuals
pertaining to trade union matters in general and the ILGWU in particular.
Included in the series are programs for lectures, concerts, museum visits and
tours of New York City that were offered to ILGWU members and others as part of
the Education Department's activities.
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A: 1921-59.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
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Agricultural Department, U.S.: 1938.
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Box I | Folder 2 |
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Includes correspondence with Resettlement and Farm
Security Administrations with Arch A. Mercey.
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American Federation of Labor: 1918-54.
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Box 1 | Folder 3A |
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Includes correspondence with Samuel Gompers and C.
Thorne.
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American Labor Education Service, Inc. (formerly the
Affiliated School for Workers): 1936-41.
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Box 1 | Folder 3B |
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B: 1921-57.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
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Balabanoff, Angelica: 1938, 1943.
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
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Barnum, Gertz 1913, 1945.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
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Beard, Charles A.: 1920-48.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
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Beard, Mary: 1924-28.
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
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Brameld, Theodore: 1940-41.
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
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Brookwood Labor Colleges 1921-35.
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
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C: 1921-60.
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
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Chicago Joint 1923, 1947.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
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Columbia University 1926, 1942-59.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
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Includes correspondence with Harry J. Carman (dean) and
William F. Russell.
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D: 1936-58.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
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Dubinsky, David: 1926-50.
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
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E: 1922, 1939-53.
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
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Education: 1934-45.
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
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Including Liaison for International Education and
Conference on the Educational and Cultural Organization of the United
Nations.
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Education Committee, ILGWU: 1954.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
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Fannia Cohn to Julius Hochman (chairman) outlining
educational activities of Union.
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England: 1924-54.
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
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Includes correspondence with The Labour Party, Ellen
Wilkinson, Ernest Bevin and Morgan Phillips and letter from H.G. Wells.
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F: 1921-57.
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
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Includes correspondence with Mollie Friedman.
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Form Letters: 1935-36, 1941-51,
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
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Forsberg, Allen B.: 1922.
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
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Frey, John P.: 1922-28, 1942.
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
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Frish, Evelyn: 1930-31.
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
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G: 1922-56.
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
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Greetings 1950's.
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
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H: 1921-59.
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Box 2 | Folder 8A |
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History of the ILGWU, partial manuscript, no author, no
date.
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Box 2 | Folder 8B |
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I: 1939-52.
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
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Including Isaacs, Stanley M., 1939, 1943.
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J: 1921, 1940-60.
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
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Justice: 1937-59.
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
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Announcements of programs and related
articles.
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K: 1926, 1940-57.
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
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L: 1921-57.
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
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Includes correspondence with Lewis Lorwin (Louis
Levine).
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Labor Department, U.S.: 1921, 1933-53.
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
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Life and Labor: 1921.
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
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(Published by Women's Trade Union League)
Correspondence
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Locals and Union Affiliates: 1922-59.
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
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Local 25: 1919-25.
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Box 2 | Folder 17 |
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Includes correspondence with Elsie Gluck (education
director).
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Local 38, N.Y.C.: 1930-31.
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
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Strike. Including correspondence of the Citizens'
Emergency Committee is behalf of the striking ladies' Tailors and custom
dressmakers of the Fifth Avenue Shops.
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Local 91, N.Y.C.: 1924-30's.
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
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Local 178: May-June 1937.
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Box 2 | Folder 20 |
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Education Department program.
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M: 1933-60.
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
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Miller, Jr, Spencer: 1926-27, 1941-55.
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
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Miscellaneous Correspondence: 1920's-50's.
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
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Miscellaneous Items. (Union and non-Union)
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
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N: 1922-58.
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
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O: 1946-60.
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
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Organization of American States. Pan American Union:
1949-50.
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
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P: 1922-47.
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
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Includes correspondence with Rose Pesotta.
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Panel discussions.
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Symposiums and weekly discussions. Conducted by Education
Department beginning in 1939. Dealing with social, economic, industrial, as
well as literary and art problems and world affairs.
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General matters: 1940's-50's.
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
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1942-46.
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Box 3 | Folder 10 |
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1947-48.
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Box 3 | Folder 11 |
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1949-52.
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Box 3 | Folder 12 |
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1943.
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Box 3 | Folder 13 |
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1953 - 55.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
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Perlman, Selig: 1929-59.
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Box 3 | Folder 15 |
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Photographs.
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Box 3 | Folder 16 |
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Pioneer Youth of America: 1926-33.
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
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Pioneer Youth of America: 1934-38.
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
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Pioneer Youth of America: 1939-60.
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
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Programs.
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Box 4 | Folder 3 |
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Education programs from various locals.
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Programs: 1930's.
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Box 4 | Folder 4A - 4B |
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Education Department announcement of coming events and
programs.
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Programs: 1940-42.
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Box 4 | Folder 5 |
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Programs: 1943-46.
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
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Programs: 1948.
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Box 4 | Folder 7 |
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Programs: 1949.
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
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Programs: 1950-51.
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Box 4 | Folder 9 |
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Programs: 1953-61.
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Box 4 | Folder 10 |
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R: 1921, 1937-59.
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Box 4 | Folder 11 |
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Rand School of Social Science: 1930, 1953.
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Box 4 | Folder 12 |
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Reports and articles on Education: 1940's-50's.
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Box 5 | Folder 1 |
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Rutgers University: 1941, 1947-50.
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Box 5 | Folder 2 |
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S: 1924-59.
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Box 5 | Folder 3 |
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Sigman, Morris: 1924.
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Box 5 | Folder 4 |
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Strikes: 1924, 1930, 1932.
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Box 5 | Folder 5 |
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T: 1921, 1935-59.
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Box 5 | Folder 6 |
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Training Institute: 1958.
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Box 5 | Folder 7 |
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U: 1939-54.
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Box 5 | Folder 8 |
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Unemployment Insurance: 1932.
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Box 5 | Folder 9 |
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United Nations: 1949-62.
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Box 5 | Folder 10 |
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Visits of Union members to UN.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organizations (UNESCO): 1945-52.
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Box 5 | Folder 11 |
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Unity Centers: 1920-22.
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Box 5 | Folder 12 |
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Unity House: 1921-33.
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Box 5 | Folder 13 |
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Including correspondence re lectures held at Unity
House.
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Unity House: 1937-38.
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Box 5 | Folder 14 |
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V: 1918, 1934-53.
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Box 5 | Folder 15 |
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Wisconsin University at Madison, School for Workers:
1938-59.
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Box 5 | Folder 17 |
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Wolfson, Theresa: 1922-31.
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Box 5 | Folder 18 |
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Women's Trade Union League: 1921-49, Workers' Defense
League: 1921.
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Box 5 | Folder 19 |
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Workers Education Bureau of America: 1921, 1923, 1925,
1929, 1938-43.
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Box 5 | Folder 20 |
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Including correspondence, minutes and reports.
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Workers Education Bureau of America: 1943 - 58.
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Box 6A | Folder 1 |
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Works Progress Administration. Federal Theatre Projects
1936-39.
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Box 6A | Folder 2 |
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Y-Z: 1943, 1947, 1953.
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Box 6A | Folder 3 |
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II. Subject files, 1920-1959.
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Consists of bulletins, articles, lectures and course
outlines. Most of these materials were written by Cohn herself or were prepared
under her direction for use at the union's Unity Centers and at the Workers'
University. A number of articles are by Mark Starr. There are also lectures by
Charles A. Beard; Robert Bruère; Babette Deutsch; Paul H. Douglas; Harry
Laidler; A.J. Muste; Grace Scribner; Alexander Trachtenberg; Carl Van Doren;
and Theresa Wolfson, among others.
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At Your Service: 1946-49.
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Box 6A | Folder 4 |
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Bulletin.
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Cohn, Fannia M. Notes.
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Box 6A | Folder 5 - 10 |
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Notes for speeches, statements, articles and
letters.
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Cohn, Fannia M. Articles.
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Box 6B | Folder 1 - 11 |
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Cohn, Fannia M. Convention speeches, 1937-59.
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Box 6B | Folder 12 |
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"In Union There Is Strength" (a play): 1937.
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Box 7 | Folder 1 |
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One-act play by Fannia M. Cohn and Irwin Swerdlow, 3rd
ed.
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Lecture series, 1918-1929.
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Lecture Series, arranged by Education Department,
1918-29. Course outlines given at Unity Center, a place for popular lectures
and courses; also for meetings and social gatherings. Workers' University
conducted at Washington Irving High School, a curriculum in more systematic and
specialized studies in labor problems, industrial economics, American
government and history.
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Announcement of Courses given at Workers University,
1921-25.
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Box 7 | Folder 2 |
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1921-22. Attendance records.
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Box 7 | Folder 3 |
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1921 - 26.
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Box 7 | Folder 4A-4B |
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Lecture series.
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Course outlines, arranged alphabetically by lecturer.
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Ardzrooni, Leon and (Albrecht, Arthur E.).
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Box 7 | Folder 5 |
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Ayres, C.E.
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Box 7 | Folder 6 |
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Bauer, Marian.
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Box 7 | Folder 7 |
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Beard, Charles A.
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Box 7 | Folder 8 |
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Boone, Gladys.
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Box 7 | Folder 9 |
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Branham, Lucy.
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Box 7 | Folder 10 |
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Brissenden, Paul F.
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Box 7 | Folder 11 |
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Bruere, Robert.
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Box 7 | Folder 12 |
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Calhoun, A. W.
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Box 7 | Folder 13 |
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Carman, Harry J.
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Box 7 | Folder 14,15 |
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Carr, Michael.
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Box 7 | Folder 16 |
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Daniels, Margaret.
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Box 7 | Folder 17 |
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Deutsch, Babette.
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Box 7 | Folder 18 |
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Douglas, Paul H.
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Box 7 | Folder 19 |
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Fichandler, Alexander.
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Box 7 | Folder 20 |
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Gadsby, Margaret; Glassberg, Benjamin; Goodrich,
Carter L.
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Box 7 | Folder 21 |
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Holloway, Emory.
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Box 7 | Folder 22 |
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Kennan, Ellen A.
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Box 7 | Folder 23 |
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Kopland, Sylvia.
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Box 8 | Folder 1 |
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Kornhauser, Arthur W.
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Box 8 | Folder 2 |
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Laidler, Harry W.
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Box 8 | Folder 3 |
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Lehrer, Leib.
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Box > | Folder 4 |
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Levin, Max.
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Box 8 | Folder 5 |
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Lieberman, Elias.
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Box 8 | Folder 6 |
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Lyon, John H.
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Box 8 | Folder 7 |
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Marx, Olga.
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Box 8 | Folder 8 |
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Mautner, B.H.
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Box 8 | Folder 9 |
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Melvin, F.J.
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Box 8 | Folder 10 |
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Meyers, J.
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Box 8 | Folder 11 |
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Miller (jr.), Spencer.
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Box 8 | Folder 12 |
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Muste, A.J.
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Box 8 | Folder 13 |
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Overstreet, Harry.
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Box 8 | Folder 14 |
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Saposs, David J.
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Box 8 | Folder 15 |
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Scribner, Grace.
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Box 8 | Folder 16 |
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Selikman, Benjamin; Soule, George.
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Box 8 | Folder 17 |
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Sherry, Harry.
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Box 8 | Folder 18 |
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Stair, Bird.
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Box 8 | Folder 19 |
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Stolberg, Benjamin.
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Box 8 | Folder 20 |
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Stopler, B.J.R.
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Box 8 | Folder 21 |
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Trachtenberg, Alexander.
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Box 8 | Folder 22 |
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Van Doren, Carl.
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Box 8 | Folder 23 |
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Weinzweig, Max.
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Box 8 | Folder 24 |
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Wilbert, A.L.
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Box 8 | Folder 25 |
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Wolfson, Theresa.
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Box 9 | Folder 1 |
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Wolman, Leo.
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Box 9 | Folder 2 |
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Zimand Savel.
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Box 9 | Folder 3 |
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Misc. course outlines.
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Box 9 | Folder 4 |
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Misc. course outlines.
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Box 9 | Folder 5 |
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Programs, 1920-26.
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Box 9 | Folder 6 |
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New Members' Classes. Lessons II and III.
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Box 9 | Folder 7 |
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Officers Qualification Course: 1952.
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Box 9 | Folder 8 |
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Syllabus for the six lessons.
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Plays, Union.
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Box 9 | Folder 9 |
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Plays, Union.
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Box 9 | Folder 10 |
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Printed Material from Education Department Misc.
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Box 9 | Folder 11 |
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Printed Material from Education Department Misc.
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Box 9 | Folder 12 |
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Reports of Education Department: 1922-40.
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Box 10 | Folder 1 |
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Reports of Education Department: 1941-56.
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Box 10 | Folder 2 |
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Songs. Union and local affiliates.
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Box 10 | Folder 3 - 6 |
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Starr, Mark: 1942-43.
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Box 10 | Folder 7 |
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Correspondence
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Starr, Mark. Articles, arranged alphabetically by
title.
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Box 10 | Folder 8 - 9 |
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Structure and government of the ILGWU: 1934. Article.
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Box 10 | Folder 10 |
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Studies. Union and Government
Efforts to Regulate Wages and Hours in the Illinois Women's Cotton Garment
Industry, 1939. Garment Workers of Other
Lands by Abe S. Weiss, 1941.
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Box 11 | Folder 1 |
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Training-for-Trade-Union-Service: 1935-41.
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
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Training-For-Trade-Union-Service: 1946-47.
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Box 11 | Folder 3 - 4 |
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Trends and Prospects in the Women's Garment Industry:
1940-56.
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Box 11 | Folder 5 |
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GEB Reports to Convention.
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Workers' Education: 1926, 1929, 1935, 1941.
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Box 11 | Folder 6 |
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A quarterly journal of American Workers'
Education.
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Workers Education Bureau of America: 1940-53.
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Box 11 | Folder 7 |
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Including newsletters.
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Photographs; 1920's-50's.
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Box 11 | Folder 8 - 11 |