YIVO Archives. Interviews in Amerikaner Yiddishe Geschichte Bel-Pe., 1963- 1964
Collection Number: 6036/002

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
YIVO Archives. Interviews in Amerikaner Yiddishe Geschichte Bel-Pe., 1963- 1964
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6036/002
Abstract:
Transcripts of oral history interviews conducted at the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research between 1963 and 1965.
Creator:
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Howe, Irving
Quanitities:
0.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Biographical / Historical

Founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing about 2,000 members in cities in the northeastern United States, the ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership size, 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. In 1995, the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE).
The collection contains transcripts of oral history interviews with veterans of the Jewish labor movement conducted at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research between 1963 and 1965. They were conducted in conjunction with Professor Irving Howe of the City University of New York. Howe was accumulating material and research in preparation of writing a large volume on immigrant Jews in the U.S., Yiddish culture, and the Jewish labor movement. Many of the transcripts are in Yiddish.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Preferred Citation

YIVO Archives. Interviews in Amerikaner Yiddishe Geschichte Bel-Pe. #6036/002. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Materials

Related Collections: 5780: ILGWU records 6036/003: YIVO Project. Interviews in the Irving Howe Collection conducted by Bernard Rosenberg.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Belson, Abe.
Gershin, Julius.
Goldman, Abraham.
Gutterman, Joseph.
Held, Adolph.
Lipsky, Louis.
Nelson, Louis.
Newman, Pauline.
Rabinovitch, Benjamin.
Rogoff, Hyman.
Wisotsky, Isidore.
Wolff, Ella.
Zimmerman, Charles S., -- 1896-1983.
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research -- Archives.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union -- Archives.
Subjects:
Jewish labor unions.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Pauline Newman
 1965
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 1. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on January 19 and 26 and February 2, 1965. 66 pages. [Folder 1 of 2]
Box 1 Folder 2
Pauline Newman
 1965
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 1. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on January 19 and 26 and February 2, 1965. [Folder 2 of 2]
Box 1 Folder 3
Abraham Goldman
 1964
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 2. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on January 24, 1964. Typed Yiddish. 6 pages.
Box 1 Folder 4
Louis Lipsky
 1963
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 3. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on October 20, 1963. Typed Yiddish. 23 pages.
Box 1 Folder 5
Hyman Rogoff
 1963
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 4. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on November 17, 1963. Typed Yiddish. 17 pages.
Box 1 Folder 6
Benjamin Rabinovitch
 1963
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 5. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on December 23, 1963. Typed Yiddish. 46 pages. [Folder 1 of 2]
Box 1 Folder 7
Benjamin Rabinovitch
 1963
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 5. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on December 23, 1963. Typed Yiddish. [Folder 2 of 2]
Box 1 Folder 8
Joseph Gutterman
 1963
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 6. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on December 13, 1963. Typed Yiddish. 12 pages.
Box 1 Folder 9
Julius Gershin
 1964
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 7. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on December 26 and 27, 1964. Typed Yiddish. [Folder 1 of 2]
Box 1 Folder 10
Julius Gershin
 1965
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 7. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on December 26 and 27, 1964. Typed Yiddish. [Folder 2 of 2]
Box 1 Folder 11
Ella Wolff
 1963
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 8. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on December 27, 1963. 19 pages.
Box 1 Folder 12
Abe Belson
 1963
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 9. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on December 7, 1963. Typed Yiddish. 39 pages.
Box 1 Folder 13
Charles Zimmerman
 1964
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 10. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on November 13 and 20, and December 11, 1964. 72 pages. [Folder 1 of 2]
Box 1 Folder 14
Charles Zimmerman
 1965
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 10. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on November 13 and 20, and December 11, 1964. [Folder 2 of 2]
Box 1 Folder 15
Louis Nelson
 1965
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 11. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on October 5, 1965. Typed Yiddish. 21 pages.
Box 1 Folder 16
Adolph Held
 1964
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 12. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on February 15 and 22, May 9 and 23, and June 6, 1964. Typed Yiddish and English. 113 pages. [Folder 1 of 2]
Box 1 Folder 17
Adolph Held
 1965
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 12. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on February 15 and 22, May 9 and 23, and June 6, 1964. Typed Yiddish and English. [Folder 2 of 2]
Box 1 Folder 18
Isidore Wisotsky
 1963
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 13. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on October 26, 1963. Typed Yiddish. 113 pages. [Folder 1 of 3]
Box 1 Folder 19
Isidore Wisotsky
 1964
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 13. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on October 26, 1963. Typed Yiddish. [Folder 2 of 3]
Box 1 Folder 20
Isidore Wisotsky
 1965
Scope and Contents
#2 R.I. 13. Interviewed at YIVO Institute on October 26, 1963. Typed Yiddish. [Folder 3 of 3]