ILGWU Photographs and ad boards, 1968-1977
Collection Number: 5780/125 G

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
ILGWU Photographs and ad boards, 1968-1977
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/125 G
Abstract:
This collection consists of fliers, posters, and broadsides produced and distributed by the ILGWU. Some of these materials announce meetings, rallies, and other events; others more generally relate to the garment industry.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
3.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English, Yiddish

Biographical / Historical

The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was once one of the largest labor unions in the United States founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing about 2,000 members in cities in the northeastern United States. It was one of the first U.S. Unions to have a membership consisting of mostly females, and it played a key role in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. The union is generally referred to as the "ILGWU" or the "ILG". The ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership size, and political influence to become one of the most powerful forces in American organized labor by mid-century. Representing workers in the women's garment industry, the ILGWU worked to improve working and living conditions of its members through collective bargaining agreements, training programs, health care facilities, cooperative housing, educational opportunities, and other efforts. The ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union in 1995 to form the Union of Needle trades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE). UNITE merged with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) in 2004 to create a new union known as UNITE HERE. The two unions that formed UNITE in 1995 represented only 250,000 workers between them, down from the ILGWU's peak membership of 450,000 in 1969.

This collection consists of fliers, posters, and broadsides produced and distributed by the ILGWU. Some of these materials announce meetings, rallies, and other events; others more generally relate to the garment industry.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

ILGWU Photographs and ad boards #5780/125 G. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 5780: ILGWU records 5780/125: ILGWU Newspapers

SUBJECTS

Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry--New York (State) -- New York
Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York (State) -- New York
Clothing trade--New York (State) -- New York
Industrial relations--New York (State) -- New York

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
I wish Ma could vote
Box 1 Folder 2
The First Lady's First Choice
Box 1 Folder 3
That's my union
Box 1 Folder 4
They're labeling more and more labels
Box 1 Folder 5
The Union Label is in fashion
Box 1 Folder 6
"Union Label" (lyrics)
Box 1 Folder 7
The walk to the registrar's office
Box 1 Folder 8
We want our members
Box 1 Folder 9
What do French women?
Box 1 Folder 10
Why is this Union singing?
Box 1 Folder 11
Shopping bag
Box 1 Folder 12
TV
Box 1 Folder 13
TV
Box 1 Folder 14
Spring Union Label
Box 1 Folder 15
Pamela wore a mini-skirt
Box 1 Folder 16
100 years ago big girls played w/dolls
Box 1 Folder 17
No more pencils
Box 1 Folder 18
Now isn't it a pity
Box 1 Folder 19
1900-1970
Box 1 Folder 20
Murals
Box 1 Folder 21
Mother's Day
Box 1 Folder 22
Misc. Union Label
Box 1 Folder 23
Misc. Newsprint
Box 1 Folder 24
Misc. long sheets
Box 1 Folder 25
Mail-ins for books
Box 1 Folder 26
Label
Box 1 Folder 27
ILGWU Quarterly Report
Box 1 Folder 28
ILGWU Union Label Exhibit
Box 1 Folder 29
Imports
Box 1 Folder 30
He knew how to listen (FDR)
Box 1 Folder 31
The Great American Look
Box 1 Folder 32
Fashion is more than a look
Box 1 Folder 33
FDR
Box 1 Folder 34
From Sweatshop to Stokowski
Box 1 Folder 35
Dear Mr. Editor
Box 1 Folder 36
C. 1968
1968
Box 1 Folder 37
College Co-Ed
Box 2 Folder 1
Newspaper mock ups and diagrams
Box 3 Folder 1
Broadsides
Box 3 Folder 2
Photographs - cropped for advertising
Scope and Contents
9 photographs, some matted, some mounted
Box 3 Folder 3
News paper mock ups
Box 3 Folder 4
Broadside and News clippings
Scope and Contents
1 broadside ; 2 Yiddish news clippings
Box 4 Folder 1
Photos
Scope and Contents
16 photographs
Box 4 Folder 2
Broadsides
Box 5 Folder 1
We're inviting you, NY
Box 5 Folder 2
Photo: Pauline Newman
Box 5 Folder 3
Invite - 1/9/1977
1977
Box 5 Folder 4
Thanksgiving
Box 5 Folder 5
Tennis Cartoon
Box 5 Folder 6
She's holding her family together
Box 5 Folder 7
Once she's finished
Box 5 Folder 8
Mrs. Roosevelt 1930s
Box 5 Folder 9
Misc. Mother's Day
Box 5 Folder 10
Labor Press
Box 5 Folder 11
Misc. Imports
Box 5 Folder 12
Misc.
Box 5 Folder 13
Love is
Box 5 Folder 14
Local 142 WWII
Box 5 Folder 15
The Fashion
Box 5 Folder 16
Easter
Box 5 Folder 17
Do you know what can happen if?
Box 5 Folder 18
As she sews, America reaps
Box 5 Folder 19
After Hurricane Agnes
Box 5 Folder 20
Labor creates all wealth
Box 5 Folder 21
Her sewing keeps the country
Box 5 Folder 22
Eleanor Roosevelt had faith in people
Box 5 Folder 23
Empire Builders
Box 5 Folder 24
Child Labor
Box 5 Folder 25
d Cual De Estos Hermosos Bebes Es Mio?
Box 5 Folder 26
Art Young Cartoon
Box 5 Folder 27
Buy Apples 5 cents
Box 5 Folder 28
Baseball - The Great Un-American Game
Box 5 Folder 29
From Babyhood on
Box 5 Folder 30
If you don't come in Sunday
Box 5 Folder 31
If Union families don't look
Box 5 Folder 32
One small step for mankind
Box 5 Folder 33
Mr. Husband always believed
Box 5 Folder 34
Mr. Voter Vote No
Box 5 Folder 35
Misc. Xmas
Box 5 Folder 36
35 Years ago, Social Security replaced the tin cup
Box 5 Folder 37
Unicef
Box 5 Folder 38
There is only one child in the world
Box 5 Folder 39
These hands can speak
Box 5 Folder 40
What's this younger generation coming to?
Box 5 Folder 41
Women Arrested
Box 5 Folder 42
The Woman Who Cares
Box 5 Folder 43
Mother Jones
Box 5 Folder 44
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Box 5 Folder 45
Jobless Men Keep Going
Box 5 Folder 46
In the good old summertime
Box 5 Folder 47
The High cost of low wages
Box 5 Folder 48
The Greatest Creed