Guide to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Education Department. Jasper Peyton. Files,
1963-1982

Collection Number: 5780/086

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

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Education Department. Jasper Peyton. Files, 1963-1982.
Collection Number:
5780/086
Creator:
Jasper Peyton.
Quantity:
13 linear feet.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, memoranda, news releases, pamphlets, photographs, reports.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
Collection consists of the correspondence and files of Jasper Peyton. Also included are General Executive Board reports.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection consists of the correspondence and files of Jasper Peyton. Also included are General Executive Board reports.

SUBJECTS

Names:
International Ladies' Garment Worker's Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Educational Dept.


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Cite As:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Education Department. Jasper Peyton. Files, 1963-1982. 5780/086. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.

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5780. International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
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5780/138. Education Department. Kitty Krupat files, 1990-1995.
5780/166. Education Department. Files, 1920-1979.

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Administrative files are arranged alphabetically by subject. General Executive Board reports are arranged chronologically.

SERIES LIST

I. Administrative Files. boxes 1-10
II. General Executive Board Reports. boxes 11-13

CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
I. Administrative Files.
This series contains subject files including correspondence, memorandums, news releases, pamphlets and notices, and routine paperwork. Some odd photos dispersed throughout collection.
Adult Education 1971-73.
Box 1 Folder 1
Affiliate Activities n.d.
Box 1 Folder 2
Bicentennial Activities; Classes and Conferences; Trips, Tours, and Outings; Community Affairs; Performing Arts, Theatre, Movies, and Sports.
AFL-CIO 1969-79.
Box 1 Folder 3-8
Legislative Department Fact Sheets; "Program to Build America's Jobs and Trade in the Seventies"; AFL-CIO Labor Studies Center; correspondence with AFL-CIO Labor Studies Center - Working Americans Bicentennial Projects; re teaching kit; Meany's press release - 11/10/76 Executive Council Meeting; Statement by William E. Pollard, Director AFL-CIO Department of Civil Rights to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, November 1, 1976; AFL-CIO Film Discussion Guide; correspondence and statement re Multilateral Trade Agreements; Proceedings - Annual AFL-CIO Education Conference 1979; The Full Employment News Reporter; routine.
American Folklife Festival 1972.
Box 1 Folder 9-10
"Smithsonian Institute - 1972 Festival of American Life"; financial papers; routine.
American Issues Forum 1975.
Box 1 Folder 11
"American Society in the Making"; National Bicentennial program
American Red Cross - First Aid Instructor Training 1978-79.
Box 1 Folder 12
Minutes - First Aid project; routine.
A. Phillip Randolph Institute 1974-82.
Box 1 Folder 13-15
News Releases; 1976 Key List; Educational Fund; routine.
Black Expo '72 1972.
Box 1 Folder 16
Black Heritage Association 1972-73.
Box 1 Folder 17
Urban Task Force; New Directions in Affirmative Action; routine.
Black Trade Unionists 1971-80
Box 1 Folder 18-22
Black Trade Unionists 1971-80
Box 2 Folder 1
correspondence with Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union; with New York City Central Labor Council AFL-CIO Job Placement Program; Proposals for a Relationship between A. Phillip Randolph Institute and Black Trade Unionists; routine.
Blood Bank Drive Program 1974-79.
Box 2 Folder 2-5
New York Blood Center; "The Donor"; "Handy Info for Donor Groups"; routine.
Blood Release Forms 1974-79.
Box 2 Folder 6-7
Bowling 1974-80.
Box 2 Folder 8-12
Bowling - Forms 1977-78.
Box 2 Folder 13
Bowling - National ILGWU Bowling Tournament 1977-81.
Box 2 Folder 14-16
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Program (CPR) 1979.
Box 2 Folder 17
Chorus (Chorale) 1973-77.
Box 2 Folder 18-19
Chorus - 1977 Convention 1977.
Box 2 Folder 20
Circus - Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey Circus 1975.
Box 2 Folder 21
College University File 1972-81.
Box 2 Folder 22
University of Missouri-Columbia; Rutgers University; University of Wisconsin; New York University; Labor Education Center - University of Connecticut; City College of New York; routine.
Commission on Human Rights 1975-76.
Box 3 Folder 1
News Releases
Community Relations 1972-76.
Box 3 Folder 2-4
Manhood Foundation, Inc.; Community Church of New York; Council of Churches of City of New York; Center for a Voluntary Society; Regional Plan Association; Seventh Annual New York Consumer Assembly; pamphlets; routine.
Community Service Committee - Performing Arts 1971-77.
Box 3 Folder 5
Congressional District Committee 1977.
Box 3 Folder 6
Correspondence - General 1976-82.
Box 3 Folder 7-14
Correspondence - Affiliates 1971-76.
Box 3 Folder 15-17
Correspondence - Education Directors/Managers 1977-78.
Box 3 Folder 18
Correspondence - Inter-Office Memorandums 1972-79.
Box 3 Folder 18a-d
Correspondence - Financial 1977-78.
Box 3 Folder 19
Directory Listing Changes 1977-78.
Box 3 Folder 20
Education Directors/Managers - General 1972-79.
Box 3 Folder 21-24
General Mailings and Material Sent; "Wages, Prices, and Profits" by Leon H. Keyserling; routine.
Education Directors/Managers - Meetings 1972-80.
Box 3 Folder 25-27
Lists; Attendance sheets; correspondence; routine.
Education Directors/Managers - Meetings (cont) 1972-80.
Box 4 Folder 1a-3
Education Report Convention 1974.
Box 4 Folder 4
Surveys; histories; statements; political and educational reports; routine.
Exhibit 1975.
Box 4 Folder 5
Fashion Festival 1972.
Box 4 Folder 6
newspaper clippings; routine.
Fashion Institute of Technology 1972-73.
Box 4 Folder 7
Productivity Report (FIT); "Partnership For Progress" -Urban Affairs at FIT; Urban Affairs Award Banquet; routine.
Finance 1972-79.
Box 4 Folder 8-20
Checks; receipts; invoices; routine.
Finance - Insurance, bills, etc. 1972-74.
Box 4 Folder 21-22
Checks; receipts; routine.
Finance - Jasper Peyton 1972-78.
Box 4 Folder 23
Checks; receipts; routine.
First-Aid 1975-79.
Box 5 Folder 1-12
correspondence; session worksheets; Photos; routine.
Food Stamp Program 1976-77.
Box 5 Folder 13-14
correspondence; checks; receipts; purchase order receipts; "Myths About the Food Stamp Program"; "Nutrition: A Neglected Goal"; routine.
Foreign Visitors 1972-79.
Box 5 Folder 15-23
correspondence with African-American Institute; Asian-American Free Labor Institute; Nagoya Regional Team; American Institute for Free Labor Development; Governmental Affairs Institute; Visitor Program Service; Observation Team on Worker's Education to Canada and America; Foreign Press Center; "The American Worker and His Union"; routine.
Freedom Leadership Foundation n.d.
Box 5 Folder 24
Grand Music Hall of Israel 1972.
Box 6 Folder 1
High School Equivalency 1973-74.
Box 6 Folder 2
High School of Fashion Industries 1976.
Box 6 Folder 3
History 1975.
Box 6 Folder 4
Legislative Acts; Firsts Events; ILGWU Events; routine
Imports 1971-72, 1976.
Box 6 Folder 5-8
Newspaper clippings; ILGWU National Legislative Conference - Action on Imports
Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations - Twentieth Century Trade Union Women 1978.
Box 6 Folder 9
Insurance 1964, 1971.
Box 6 Folder 10
Justice 1973-75.
Box 6 Folder 11
Labor Theatre File 1973-76.
Box 6 Folder 12-14
The Now Drug Scene; routine.
La Voz Latina 1975.
Box 6 Folder 15
Minutes - General n.d.
Box 6 Folder 16
Mural - 75th Anniversary 1975.
Box 6 Folder 17
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 1975-79.
Box 6 Folder 18-21
National Congress of Neighborhood Women 1976.
Box 6 Folder 22
National Council of Negro Women n.d.
Box 6 Folder 22a
National Manpower Institute 1976-77.
Box 6 Folder 23
Invitational Conference on continuing Education, Manpower Policy and Lifelong Learning National Advisory Panel; routine.
Newspaper Clippings. 1977-78.
Box 6 Folder 24-25
New York Central Labor Council 1971-77.
Box 6 Folder 26
New York State File 1972-75.
Box 6 Folder 27
Spanish High School Equivalency Guidelines (NYS); Budget Summary; Profile of People, Jobs, and Housing; Business Trends in New York State; Business Statistics of New York State; routine.
New York State File (cont) 1971-77.
Box 7 Folder 1-3
Parliament Procedure Class 1974-75.
Box 7 Folder 4
"The ABC of Parliamentary Law"; routine.
Pins and Needles Production 1978-79.
Box 7 Folder 5
Political Department 1972-75.
Box 7 Folder 6-8
Legislative newsletter; Minimum Wage Legislation; routine.
Political - Education Directors' Conference 1978-79.
Box 7 Folder 9-10
Price Watch 1971-73.
Box 7 Folder 11
General Information - Economic Stabilization Program; Price Watch Activities; routine.
Research Department 1968-74.
Box 7 Folder 12
Learner Regulations in the Apparel Industries; routine.
Safer Cities File (National Alliance For Safer Cities) 1972-78.
Box 7 Folder 13-18
Minutes; brochures; newsletters; "Laws, Licenses and the Offender's Right To Work"; "The Employment Problems of Ex-Offenders"; routine.
S.T.E.P. - Scholarship Training Education Political 1971-74.
Box 7 Folder 19-26
S.T.E.P. - Scholarship Training Education Political 1971-74.
Box 8 Folder 1-9
Newsletters; general news releases; reports and information; correspondence; S.T.E.P. - pre-public proofs; Photos; routine.
School for Organizers 1976.
Box 8 Folder 10-12
Attendance and participants lists; correspondence; "Conditions In The Women's Garment Industry"; routine.
School for Organizers - Essays 1976
Box 8 Folder 13
Applicant Essays
School for Organizers - Finance 1976.
Box 8 Folder 14
Payroll Change Notices; check copies; routine.
School for Organizers - Resumes 1976.
Box 8 Folder 15-16
Spanish Class 1970-81.
Box 8 Folder 17-18
Class attendance lists; correspondence; routine.
Tours 1971-76.
Box 8 Folder 19-21
Tours (cont) 1971-76.
Box 9 Folder 1-7
Tour Information; routine.
Training Institute - General 1963-75.
Box 9 Folder 8-16
Attendance lists; programs and class schedules; correspondence; candidate applications; correspondence with Saul Nesselroth; organizing information; photos; routine.
Training Institute - Advanced Staff 1978-79.
Box 9 Folder 17
Training Institute - Central States region Institute 1975.
Box 9 Folder 18
Training Institute - Instructors 1963-65.
Box 9 Folder 19-20
Training Institute - Rutgers: Labor Program Institute of Management and Labor Relations sponsored by South Jersey-Philadelphia Joint Board 1964-66.
Box 9 Folder 21
Training Institute - Summer ILGWU Training Institute 1963-65.
Box 9 Folder 22-23
Training Institute - Upper South Institute 1971.
Box 9 Folder 24
United Italian American Labor Council 1972.
Box 10 Folder 1
Four Freedoms Award to Louis Stulberg
Unity House 1975.
Box 10 Folder 2
Vermont Weekend 1973-74.
Box 10 Folder 3
Trip Information; routine
Visitors - Foreign 1974-75.
Box 10 Folder 4
"Why Education Is A Must In The ILGWU" 1977.
Box 10 Folder 5
pamphlet; routine
Window Display 1972.
Box 10 Folder 6
"Signature of 450,000"
Women 1973-74.
Box 10 Folder 7
Miscellaneous 1976-82.
Box 10 Folder 8-13
Photos
Box 10 Folder 14
II. General Executive Board Reports.
This series includes Educational Reports to the G.E.B., Educational Activities Reports, Correspondence, questionnaires, and routine paperwork.
G.E.B. 1967.
Box 11 Folder 1
G.E.B. 1970.
Box Folder 2-7
G.E.B. 1971.
Box Folder 8-11
G.E.B. 1972.
Box Folder 12-18
G.E.B. 1973.
Box Folder 19-23
G.E.B. 1973. (cont)
Box 12 Folder 1-5
G.E.B. 1974.
Box Folder 6-18
G.E.B. 1975.
Box Folder 19-21
G.E.B. 1976.
Box 13 Folder 1-11