ILGWU Memorabilia Banners, 1886-1977
Collection Number: 5780/188 MB
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU Memorabilia Banners, 1886-1977
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/188 MB
Abstract:
The ILGWU Memorabilia Banners collection include banners from several ILGWU Locals
and range in dates from the late 1800's to around 1950.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
47 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
ILGWU Memorabilia Banners #5780/188 MB. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 5780: ILGWU records
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union--Collectibles
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry--Labor unions--New York (State)
Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York (State)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Ladies Garment Cutters Local 213 ILGWU of San Francisco California
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1935 |
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Scope and Contents
- maroon; metal fringe, gold
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The United Cloak Suit, Infants and Children's Coat Operators and Sample Makers Union,
Local 117 New York, ILGWU affiliated American Federation of Labor Organized March
1886
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1886 |
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Scope and Contents
- red/maroon; gold, metal trim
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Midwest Region, D.C.1, D.C.2, D.C.3
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Scope and Contents
white (1 layer cotton/linen); blue letters; red, white and blue Union label; top sleeve
for pole
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Waists, Silk Suits & Children's Dressmakers Union, Joint Board of Phila. Organized
June 1906
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1906 |
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Scope and Contents
- red; yellow/gold text with black outline; white label with green eagle; fringe on
3 edges, text on 2 sides; sleeve on one edge for pole?
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| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
S.F. Joint Board Locals 8, 101, 213, 214"; Union Label, "San Francisco, Calif.
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1940-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
- red silk; fabric fringe; gold and black decoration, possibly hand stitched text
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Knitgoods, Workers Union, Local no. 191, International Ladies Garment Workers Union,
Organized 1937
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1937 |
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Scope and Contents
- maroon with gold decoration; wool/felt; rayon acetate backing
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| Box 7 | Folder 1 |
Office & Distribution Workers Local 214, San Francisco, Cal., Union Label
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Scope and Contents
- red; fabric fringe
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| Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Local 215 International Ladies Garment Workers Union, AFL-CIO, NAPA SONOMA Counties,
Est. 12-30-1977
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1977 |
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Scope and Contents
- red; yellow fabric fringe; large eagle, handshake
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| Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Pacific Northwest District Council, Union Label, AFL CIO
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Scope and Contents
- blue with yellow fabric fringe - double sided
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| Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Pacific Northwest District Council Locals 8, 101, 213, 214, 215"; Union Label, "San
Francisco, Cal.
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Scope and Contents
- red with fabric fringe
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| Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Union Label"; Union Label, Symbol of Decency Fair Labor Standards and the American
Way of Life
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Scope and Contents
- gold; silver trim on bottom (added at a later date?), silk screen; wood dowel with
caps to thread through banner; synthetic; nylon over wood; maker's label; (same as
#25 and #26)
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| Box 12 | Folder 1 |
Dressmakers Union Local No. 101, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, San Francisco,
Cal., Org. 1933
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1933 |
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Scope and Contents
- maroon; no lining
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| Box 13 | Folder 1 |
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor, Organized June 22, 1900
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1900 |
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Scope and Contents
- red; bright yellow edging, fringe and tassels; machine stitching, 2 cornucopias
with torches
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| Box 14 | Folder 1 |
Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Dye House Workers Union, Local No. 26, Org. 1901, San Francisco,
Calif.
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1901 |
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Scope and Contents
- purple and gold; hand painted; silk?; metal fringe, gold and tassels; Union Label
- has union bug 510 hand drawn
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| Box 15 | Folder 1 |
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor, Organized June 22, 1900
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1900 |
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Scope and Contents
- very similar to #13, except no tassels; red, with gold, pink, green, purple, red,
and blue decoration; machine stitching, 2 cornucopias and 2 torches with grapes, leaves,
fruit; ribbons, fringe, hanging loops
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| Box 16 | Folder 1 |
Ladies Tailors, Custom Dressmakers, Alteration Workers, Union Local 38, ILGWU A.F.
of L. Organized Oct. 1 1909
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1909 |
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Scope and Contents
- maroon; gold text; 2 hands holding torches tan, green, red, olive; stitched down
cord; fringe along top and bottom; loops for hanging -satin
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| Box 17 | Folder 1 |
Cloakmakers Union, Local No. 8, San Francisco, California, Organized 1901; Union Label
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1901 |
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Scope and Contents
- red; silk; gold fringe on bottom; gold letters with silver or green outline; stamped/hand
painted; fringe on bottom; braided edges and top; 6 hanging loops
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| Box 19 | Folder 1 |
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Legislative Department; Union Label
"Made in U.S.A."
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Scope and Contents
- white; red, white and blue decoration
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| Box 20 | Folder 1 |
Member of ILGWU, May 1941 Day ; "Prompt 230"
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1941 |
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Scope and Contents
- blue and gold; wool/felt
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| Box 22 | Folder 1 |
British Union Jack
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1900-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
- pieced sections red, white and blue faded to purple/brown; Nylon
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| Box 23 | Folder 1 |
Flag of Canada
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Scope and Contents
- red stamped on white nylon; silk screened
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| Box 24 | Folder 1 |
ILGWU Union Label
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Scope and Contents
- white; red and blue label on bottom half "Made in the USA"
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| Box 25 | Folder 1 |
Union Label ; Union Label, "Symbol of Decency Fair Labor Standards and the American
Way of Life"
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1930-1940 |
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Scope and Contents
- gold; silver trim on bottom (added at a later date?), silk screen; wood dowel with
caps to thread through banner; synthetic; nylon over wood; maker's label; (same as
#11 and #26)
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| Box 25.1 | Folder 1 |
Banner rods: two rods from a banner, and two faded (blue/Silver) tassels
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| Box 26 | Folder 1 |
Union Label"; Union Label, "Symbol of Decency Fair Labor Standards and the American
Way of Life
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Scope and Contents
- gold; silver trim on bottom (added at a later date?), silk screen; wood dowel with
caps to thread through banner; synthetic; nylon over wood; maker's label; (same as
#11 and #25)
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| Box 29 | Folder 1 |
"Int Ladies Garment Workers Union; NE, Western PA & Ohio Dept."
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| Box 30 |
Images digitized from the collection.
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