Guide to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union Local 22 Education Department Records,
1933-1975, [bulk 1950-1970].

Collection Number: 5780/057

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

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Compiled by:
Kheel Center staff
Date completed:
2000
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, October 30, 2002

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Local 22. Education Department records, 1933-1975 [bulk 1950-1970].
Collection Number:
5780/057
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.Local 22 (New York, N.Y.). Education Dept.
Quantity:
2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, photographs, speeches.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The records of the Education Department of Local 22, New York City are made up of correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, photographs, and speeches documenting the activities of the Department from the 1930s to the 1970s.

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Education Department of the Dressmakers' Union of New York City, Local 22, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was developed to further the educational and cultural development of the Local's membership. It routinely sponsored lectures and courses on a variety of labor and other topics; it also offered musical and dramatic performances on a regular basis, either for or featuring its membership.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

In addition to documentation of the Department's activities, there is material on the local's political involvement with the Liberal Party of New York State and some items about aid to the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War. There are also some materials dealing with international labor cooperation, civil rights, and communism in the U.S. Correspondents include Joseph Mazur and Saby Nehama.
SUBJECTS

Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Mazur, Joseph.
Nehama, Saby.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 22 (New York, N.Y.). Education Dept.
Liberal Party of New York State.

Subjects:
Civil rights--United States.
Communism--United States.
International labor activities.
Labor unions and education--New York (State)--New York.
Working class--Education--New York (State)--New York.

Places:
New York (State)--Politics and government--1865-1950.
New York (State)--Politics and government--1951- .
Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939.

Form and Genre Terms:
Clippings
Correspondence
Newsletters
Photographs
Speeches

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Local 22. Education Department records, 1933-1975 [bulk 1950-1970]. #5780/057. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIAL

5780. International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
5780/014. Local 22. Dressmaker's Union. Charles S. Zimmerman. Secretary-Manager's papers, 1919-1958 [bulk 1920-1945].
5780/015. Local 22. Dressmaker's Union. Papers, 1920-1933.
5780/036. Local 22. Dressmakers' Union. Minutes, 1934-1972.
5780/067. Local 22. Dressmaker's Union. Israel Breslow. Manager's records.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
I. Subject files.
Civil Rights, 1963. Robert Kennedy letter w. enclosed report on the progress in the field of civil rights.
Box 1 Folder 1
Club 22: 1948-57. Announcements, programs, printed material and related corres.
Box 1 Folder 2
Club 22: 1958-63.
Box 1 Folder 3
Club 22: 1962 and undated material.
Box 1 Folder 4
Communism, U.S.A.: 1946-51.
Box 1 Folder 5
Contributions: 1948-73.
Box 1 Folder 6
Convention: 1950. Newspaper clippings.
Box 1 Folder 7
The Dressmaker. 1962-63.
Box 1 Folder 8
Economic Cooperation Administration: 1948-1950. Incl. text of conversation between James B. Carey (CIO) and Giuseppe Di Vittorio (Italian Confederation of Labor).
Box 1 Folder 9
Education Department: 1933-70's. Announcements and programs.
Box 1 Folder 10
Education Department: Live and Let Learn. Local newsletter.
Box 2 Folder 1
Education Department: Report 1962. Financial data, 1961,1971.
Box 2 Folder 2
Entertainment: 1936-57.
Box 2 Folder 3
Excursions, Outings, Trips: 1949-68.
Box 2 Folder 4-7
Excursions, Outings, Trips: 1950-66. Wilson Line Contracts.
Box 2 Folder 8
Is Economy Wealth? The Dressmakers' Struggle With the I.L.G.W.U. (1920's) by Grace Palladino. Thesis for B.A. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. 1975, 116 pp.
Box 2 Folder 9
Lena's Boy. a play in three acts by Luby Miller, 1940.
Box 3 Folder 1
Photograph Collection.
Box 3 Folder 2-7
Politics: 1952-71. General.
Box 3 Folder 8
Politics: Dressmakers Liberal Party Club, 1947-60. Call to meetings.
Box 3 Folder 9-10
Politics: Dressmakers Liberal Party Club. District lists, 1961-70.
Box 3 Folder 11
Politics: Dressmakers Liberal Party Club. Membership lists, 1951-63.
Box 3 Folder 12
Politics: Dressmakers Liberal Party Club, & Liberal Party material, 1948-61.
Box 4 Folder 1
Politics: Liberal Party (& Dressmakers Liberal Party Club) 1965-74.
Box 4 Folder 2
Resolutions: 1934, '50's.
Box 4 Folder 3
Seminar (Local 22): Croton-on-Hudson. June 1964.
Box 4 Folder 4
Spain: Trade Union Relief for Spain, 1937.
Box 4 Folder 5
Spanish Dressmakers (Local 22): Includes Left-wing material during the 1930's.
Box 4 Folder 6
Speeches: 1950 's
Box 4 Folder 7
Taft-Hartley Act: 1949-57.
Box 4 Folder 8
II. Saby Nehama correspondence.
Bartoli, Jose (artist in Mexico): 1949-68
Box 4 Folder 9
Calera, Marie (business agent): 9/1/54-7/3/57.
Box 4 Folder 10
Correspondence during leave of absence in Spain & Mexico.
Inter-American Federation of Textile Garment & Leather Workers Union: 1962-69
Box 4 Folder 11
Correspondence with trade unions in Central & South America.
Spain: letters from Spanish Republican militiamen who came to U.S. for aid. Subsequent letters from these visitors. 1937-52.
Box 4 Folder 12
United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Internal Affairs: 1955-68.
Box 4 Folder 13