UNITE Pacific Northwest District Council Photographs, 1962-1997
Collection Number: 6000/018 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
UNITE Pacific Northwest District Council Photographs, 1962-1997
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6000/018 P
Creator:
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE)
UNITE Pacific Northwest District Council
Quanitities:
0.83 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
UNITE, the Union of Needle Trades, Industrial, and Textile Employees was formed in
1995 after a merger between the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU)
and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).
In 2004 they announced they would merge with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees
Union (HERE) which created UNITE HERE.
Jay Mazur served as president of UNITE from its beginning until his retirement in
2001. Bruce Raynor was elected president at that time and served until the HERE merger.
This is a collection of over 400 photographs, chronicling rallies, conventions, meetings,
etc. Members from the following organizations are pictured: ILGWU, Asian Pacific American
Labor Alliance, Local 317, Local No. 8 of the Cloakmakers Union, the Laundry Workers
Int'l. Union and UNITE.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
UNITE Pacific Northwest District Council Photographs #6000/018 P. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 5780/207: ILGWU Pacific Northwest District Council Records 5780/207 AV: ILGWU Pacific Northwest District Council Audio-Visual Materials 5780/207 P: ILGWU Pacific Northwest District Council Photographs 6000 G: UNITE Posters 6000/018: UNITE Pacific Northwest District Council Files 6000 AV: UNITE Audio-Visual Collection 6000 MB: UNITE Memorabilia 6000 P: UNITE Photographs
Names:
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees. Pacific Northwest District
Council
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Subjects:
Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York (State)
Clothing trade--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 |
Sawyer's Photographs
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Scope and Contents
2 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Jenny Matias
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Scope and Contents
9 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Miscellaneous photographs
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Scope and Contents
8 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Worker education, conventions, etc.
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Scope and Contents
11 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Pictures of the interior of a house
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Scope and Contents
14 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Local 317 rally
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Scope and Contents
18 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Assorted photographs - Conventions, Workers, Rallies
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Scope and Contents
12 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Photographs of Union Offices at 660 Howard Street, San Francisco
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Scope and Contents
19 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Brooks Brothers Protest
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Scope and Contents
28 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Negatives
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Rally photographs
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Scope and Contents
6 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Garment workers
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Scope and Contents
9 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Holiday Party 1997
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1997 |
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Scope and Contents
16 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
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Scope and Contents
2 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
KORET
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Scope and Contents
20 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Cloakmaker's Union Local No.8
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Scope and Contents
9 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Laundry Workers International Union
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Scope and Contents
59 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Miscellaneous photographs
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Scope and Contents
32 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
ILGWU - assorted photographs
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Scope and Contents
36 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
UNITE rallies
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Scope and Contents
97 photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Pacific Northwest District Council
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Scope and Contents
24 photographs
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| Box 2OP |
31st Convention photos (Atlantic City, NJ ; 1962)
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Convention photographs - Brittle and ripped
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1962 |
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Scope and Contents
Thirty-First Convention, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Convention
Auditorium, Atlantic City, NJ, May 23- June 1, 1962 [3 versions] - now housed in panoramic
box
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