ILGWU Glass Plate Negatives of Photographs, 0000-2999
Collection Number: 5780 PNGP
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU Glass Plate Negatives of Photographs, 0000-2999
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780 PNGP
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
2.75 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 Glass Plate Negatives of Photographs #5780 PNGP. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union--Photographs
Subjects:
Labor unions--Clothing workers--Photographs
Textile workers--Labor unions--Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 |
negative 1-78
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Scope and Contents
glass plate negatives - not identified
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Box 2 |
negatives 79-145
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Scope and Contents
glass plate negatives - not identified
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Box 3 |
negatives 146-215
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Scope and Contents
glass plate negatives - not identified
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Box 4 |
negatives 216-285
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Scope and Contents
glass plate negatives - not identified
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Box 5 |
negatives 286-346
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Scope and Contents
mixture of glass plate negatives and plain negatives - not identified
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Box 6 |
negatives 1-81
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Scope and Contents
duplicate negatives
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Box 7 |
negatives 86-155
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Scope and Contents
duplicate negatives
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Box 8 |
negatives 156-225
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Scope and Contents
duplicate negatives
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Box 9 |
negatives 226-342
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Scope and Contents
duplicate negatives
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Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Proof sheets for negatives 1-20
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Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Proof sheets for negatives 21-40
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Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Proof sheets for negatives 41-60
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Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Proof sheets for negatives 61-80
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Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Proof sheets for negatives 81-100
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Box 10 | Folder 6 |
Proof sheets for negatives 101-120
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Box 10 | Folder 7 |
Proof sheets for negatives 121-140
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Box 10 | Folder 8 |
Proof sheets for negatives 141-160
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Box 10 | Folder 9 |
Proof sheets for negatives 161-180
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Box 10 | Folder 10 |
Proof sheets for negatives 181-200
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Box 10 | Folder 11 |
Proof sheets for negatives 201-220
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Box 10 | Folder 12 |
Proof sheets for negatives 221-240
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Box 10 | Folder 13 |
Proof sheets for negatives 241-260
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Box 10 | Folder 14 |
Proof sheets for negatives 261-280
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Box 10 | Folder 15 |
Proof sheets for negatives 281-300
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Box 10 | Folder 16 |
Proof sheets for negatives 301-320
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Box 10 | Folder 17 |
Proof sheets for negatives 321-346
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