ILGWU. Scrapbooks,, 1910-1958.
Collection Number: 5780/160
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU. Scrapbooks, 1910-1958.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/160
Abstract:
This collection contains scrapbooks assembled by officers and members of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. The scrapbooks primarily contain news clippings.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
22.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English and Yiddish.
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was founded in New York City in 1900
by mostly Socialist immigrant workers who sought to unite the various crafts in the
growing women's garment industry. The union soon reflected changes in the sector and
rapidly organized thousands of unskilled and semi-skilled women, mostly Jewish and
Italian young immigrants. Exemplifying the "new unionism," the ILGWU led two of the
most widespread and best-known industrial strikes of the early Twentieth Century:
the shirtwaist makers' strike of 1909 in New York City and the cloak makers' strike
of 1910 in Chicago. The union also tried to adapt to the fragmented and unstable nature
of the industry. It adopted the "protocol of peace," a system of industrial relations
that attempted to ensure stability and limit strikes and production disruption by
providing for an arbitration system to resolve disputes.
The ILGWU exemplified the European-style social unionism of its founding members.
They pursued bread and butter issues but provided educational opportunities, benefits,
and social programs to union members as well. In 1919, the ILGWU became the first
American union to negotiate an unemployment compensation fund that was contributed
to by its employers. The ILGWU also pioneered in the establishment of an extremely
progressive health care program for its members which included not only regional Union
Health Centers but also a resort for union workers, known as Unity House. The Union
also had an imaginative and pioneering Education Department which not only trained
workers in traditional union techniques, but provided courses in citizenship and the
English language.
David Dubinsky, an immigrant from Belarus who came to the US in 1911, provided strong
leadership that led to unprecedented growth in the union during his presidency from
1932 to 1966. He led the union through successful internal anti-communist struggles,
built on the ascendancy of industrial unionism by encouraging the formation of the
Committee for Industrial Organization, and helped the union become an important political
force in New York City and state politics, and in the national Democratic Party and
Liberal Party as well.
In the period following the Second World War, the union suffered a decline in membership
as manufacturers avoided unionization and took advantage of less expensive labor by
moving shops from the urban centers in the northeast to the south, and later abroad.
The ethnic and racial character of the ILGWU also changed as European immigrants were
supplanted by Asians, Latin Americans, African- Americans, and immigrants from the
Caribbean.
In July 1995 the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
(ACTWU) at a joint convention, forming UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and
Textile Employees). At the time the new union had a membership of about 250,000 in
the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
This collection contains scrapbooks assembled by officers and members of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. The scrapbooks primarily contain news clippings.
The ILGWU Records, except for publications and materials produced for publication,
are restricted. Materials created prior to twenty years from the current date are
open to researchers only with prior written permission from the Director of the Kheel
Center; materials created during the past twenty-years are closed; the minutes of
the General Executive Board are closed. For more information contact the Kheel Center.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
ILGWU. Scrapbooks. 5780/160. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
5780. ILGWU records
5780/127. ILGWU. America's Next Great Designer Award. Scrapbooks
5780/128. ILGWU. Women's Wear Daily. Scrapbooks
5780/160mf. ILGWU. American Labor Party news article scrapbook
5780/170. ILGWU. People v. Benedict Macri. Legal Transcript and Scrapbook
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry -- United States
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States
Clothing workers -- United States
Industrial relations -- United States
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Loose Newspaper Scrapbook pages.
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1922-1924 |
Scope and Contents
February 1922 - April 1924. Yiddish.
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Loose Newspaper Scrapbook pages.
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1924 |
Scope and Contents
April 1924 - May 1924. Includes press releases
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Loose Newspaper Scrapbook pages.
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1924-1925 |
Scope and Contents
Photocopies.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Memorandum in Behalf of the Union
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1925 |
Scope and Contents
April, 1925
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1924-1925 |
Scope and Contents
July 1924 - April 1925
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1925-1926 |
Scope and Contents
May 1925 - February 1926
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1926 |
Scope and Contents
February 1926 - August 1926
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Out Of Town Newspaper Scrapbook
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1925-1926 |
Scope and Contents
October 1925 - October 1926
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Box 1a | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1911-1915 |
Scope and Contents
Oversized scrapbook 1911-1915
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1926 |
Scope and Contents
August 1926 - December 1926
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1926-1927 |
Scope and Contents
December 1926 - March 1927
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1927 |
Scope and Contents
March 1927 - September 1927
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1927-1928 |
Scope and Contents
September 1927 - May 1928
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1928-1929 |
Scope and Contents
May 1928 - March 1929
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1929 |
Scope and Contents
April 1929 - July 1929
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1929 |
Scope and Contents
July 1929 - September 1929
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1929-1930 |
Scope and Contents
September 1929 - January 1930
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1930 |
Scope and Contents
January 1930 - March 1930
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1930 |
Scope and Contents
March 1930 - September 1930
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1930-1931 |
Scope and Contents
September 1930 - July 1931
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Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1931-1932 |
Scope and Contents
August 1931 - June 1932
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Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1932-1933 |
Scope and Contents
June 1932 - July 1933
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Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
August 1933 - December 1933
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Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1933-1934 |
Scope and Contents
December 1933 - April 1934
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Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
April 1934 - July 1934
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Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
April 1934 - August 1934
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Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
July 1934 - October 1934
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Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1934-1935 |
Scope and Contents
October 1934 - January 1935
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Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
January 1935 - March 1935
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Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
March 1935 - May 1935
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Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
May 1935 - July 1935
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Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
July 1935 - September 1935
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Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
September 1935 - December 1935
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Box 7 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1935-1936 |
Scope and Contents
December 1935 - February 1936
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Box 7 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
February 1936 - March 1936
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Box 7 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
March 1936 - July 1936
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Box 7 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
July 1936 - September 1936
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Box 7 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936-1937 |
Scope and Contents
August 1936 - October 1937
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Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
September, 1936
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Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
September, 1936
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Box 8 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
September 1936 - October 1936
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Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
October, 1936
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Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
October, 1936
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Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
October, 1936
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Box 9 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
October 1936 - November 1936
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Box 9 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
November, 1936
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Box 9 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
November 1936 - December 1936
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Box 9 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1936-1937 |
Scope and Contents
December 1936 - January 1937
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Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
January 1937 - March 1937
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Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
March 1937 - May 1937
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Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
May 1937 - July 1937
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Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
June 1937 - August 1937
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Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1937-1938 |
Scope and Contents
October 1937 - January 1938
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Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
January 1938 - February 1938
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Box 11 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
June 1938 - October 1938
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Box 11 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1938-1939 |
Scope and Contents
October 1938 - February 1939
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Box 11 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
February 1939 - August 1939
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Box 11 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1939-1940 |
Scope and Contents
August 1939 - January 1940
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Box 11 | Folder 6 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
January 1940 - April 1940
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Box 12 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
April 1940 - July 1940
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Box 12 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
July 1940 - September 1940
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Box 12 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
September 1940 - November 1940
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Box 12 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1940-1941 |
Scope and Contents
December 1940 - January 1941
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Box 12 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1941 |
Scope and Contents
January 1941 - February 1941
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Box 12 | Folder 6 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1941 |
Scope and Contents
August, 1941
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Box 13 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1942 |
Scope and Contents
January 1942 - March 1942
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Box 13 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1942 |
Scope and Contents
January 1942 - June 1942
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Box 13 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1943 |
Scope and Contents
May 1943 - August 1943
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Box 13 | Folder 4 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1943-1944 |
Scope and Contents
December 1943 - March 1944
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Box 13 | Folder 5 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1944-1945 |
Scope and Contents
May 1944 - March 1945
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Box 14 | Folder 1 |
American Labor Party Scrapbook
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
April 1938 - December 1938
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Box 14 | Folder 2 |
American Labor Party Scrapbook
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1939-1940 |
Scope and Contents
December 1939 - September 1940
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Box 14 | Folder 3 |
American Labor Party Scrapbook
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1944 |
Scope and Contents
May 1944 - October 1944
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Box 14 | Folder 4 |
AF of L Scrapbook
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1938-1939 |
Scope and Contents
October 1938 - June 1939
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Box 14 | Folder 5 |
AF of L Scrapbook
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
May 1940 - July 1940
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Box 14 | Folder 6 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1944-1949 |
Scope and Contents
January 1944 - March 1949
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Box 15 | Folder 1 |
C.I.O. Non-Editorial
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1937-1938 |
Scope and Contents
September 1937 - May 1938
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Box 15 | Folder 2 |
C.I.O. Conference
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1937-1938 |
Scope and Contents
October 1937 - January 1938
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Box 15 | Folder 3 |
C.I.O. Editorial
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1937-1938 |
Scope and Contents
December 1937 - December 1938
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Box 15 | Folder 4 |
C.I.O.
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
May 1938 - October 1938
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Box 15 | Folder 5 |
C.I.O. Non-Editorial
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1939-1950 |
Scope and Contents
June 1939 - November 1940
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Box 15 | Folder 6 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
November, 1940
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Box 15 | Folder 7 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1940-1956 |
Scope and Contents
November 1940 - December 1956
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Box 15 | Folder 8 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1954-1958 |
Scope and Contents
March 1954 - April 1958. Loose photocopies
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Box 15 | Folder 9 |
Newspaper Scrapbook
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1959-1960 |
Scope and Contents
September 1959 - August 1960. Loose photocopies
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Box 16 | Folder 1 |
Womens Garment Strike Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
January 1936 - March 1936
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Box 16 | Folder 2 |
Womens Garment Strike Scrapbook
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
February 1936 - March 1936
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Box 16 | Folder 3 |
Coat and Cloak Scrapbook
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
July 1933 - September 1933
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Box 16 | Folder 4 |
Press Comments Scrapbook
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1924-1927 |
Scope and Contents
March 1924 - July 1927
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Box 16 | Folder 5 |
Memorandums
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1924-1925 |
Box 16 | Folder 6 |
Briefs
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1925 |
Box 16 | Folder 7 |
Reports
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1925 |
Box 16 | Folder 8 |
Cloak Strike
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1926 |
Box 16 | Folder 9 |
Report of an Investigation
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1925 |
Box 16 | Folder 10 |
Governor's Advisory Commission. Wages and Wage Scales
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1925 |
Box 16 | Folder 11 |
Review of Constructive Publicity Campaign
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1927 |
Scope and Contents
February 1927 - May 1927
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Box 16 | Folder 12 |
Review of Constructive Publicity Campaign
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1927 |
Scope and Contents
February 1927 - May 1927. Photocopy
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Box 16 | Folder 13 |
Womens Garment Strike
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1933-1934 |
Scope and Contents
Oversized scrapbook- 10/12/33-7/34
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Box 16a | Folder 1 |
Facts About the Garment Strike
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1924 |
Box 17 | Folder 1 |
I.L.G.W.U. Drama Department Scrapbook
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1934-1937 |
Scope and Contents
December 1934 - December 1937. English and Yiddish
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Box 17 | Folder 2 |
I.L.G.W.U. Choral Department Scrapbook
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1934-1939 |
Scope and Contents
October 1934 - April 1939. English and Yiddish
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Box 17 | Folder 3 |
I.L.G.W.U. Instrumental Department scrapbook
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1935-1943 |
Scope and Contents
January 1935 - February 1943. English and Yiddish
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Box 17 | Folder 4 |
I.L.G.W.U. Drama Department "Steel" Scrapbook
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1934-1935 |
Box 17 | Folder 5 |
I.L.G.W.U. Drama Department "With These Hands" Scrapbook
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1950-1956 |
Scope and Contents
June 1950 - June 1956. English and Yiddish
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Box 17a | Folder 1 |
Drama Department "Steel" and "With These Hands"
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1939-1940 |
Scope and Contents
Oversized scrapbook-4/30/39-8/24/40
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Box 18 | Folder 1 |
Organized Crime Scrapbook
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1937-1958 |
Scope and Contents
March 1937 - January 1958
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Box 18 | Folder 2 |
Organized Crime Scrapbook
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1957 |
Scope and Contents
August, 1957
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Box 18 | Folder 3 |
Unity House. Report and Data
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1923 |
Box 18 | Folder 4 |
I.L.G.W.U. 1962 Convention Scrapbook
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1962 |
Scope and Contents
Yiddish and English
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Box 18 | Folder 5 |
Frieheit Cartoon Scrapbook
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1934-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Yiddish. October 1934 - June 1950
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Box 18a | Folder 1 |
Oversized scrapbook-U.S.Trade with Russia 1/9/20-1/12/21
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1920-1921 |
Scope and Contents
Oversized scrapbook. 1/9/20-1/12/21
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Box 19 | Folder 1 |
Oversized scrapbooks from I.L.G.W.U. Strike 1910-1911
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1910-1911 |
Box 20 | Folder 1 |
Daily News Report and Womens Wear Daily
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1931-1932 |
Scope and Contents
Oversized scrapbook-strike clips. 10/12/31-2/17/31, 10/12/31-2/17/32
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Box 20a | Folder 1 |
Oversize scrapbook. Union label news clippings, 1958-60.
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1958-1960 |