Meany, George. Center for Labor Studies Interviews., 1979-1986
Collection Number: 6036/026
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Meany, George. Center for Labor Studies Interviews., 1979-1986
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6036/026
Abstract:
This collection contains full and partial transcripts of oral history interviews conducted
by the George Meany Center for Labor Studies. Included are interviews with ILGWU staff
and officers.
Creator:
George Meany Center for Labor Studies Oral History Project
Quanitities:
0.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
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 interviews conducted in 1979 and 1980 for the George Meany
Center for Labor Studies Oral History Project. The oral history projects main focus
is on the AFL and CIO merger. Not all of the transcripts reproduced for this collection
include the complete interview, but only select pages in which the interviewees mention
or discuss the garment industry, the ILGWU and its members or officers, and particularly
David Dubinsky. Individuals interviewed are: Jack Barbash, Andrew Biemiller, Harry
Block, Jack Conway, Nelson Cruikshank, Joseph Curran, Evelyn Dubrow, Katherine Pollak
Ellickson, Harry Fleisher, Douglas Fraser, Arthur Goldberg, Patrick E. Gorman, Hilton
Hanna, A.J. Hayes, Henry Kaiser, Joseph Keenan, John W. Livingston, David J. McDonald,
Lee Webb Minton, Robert Oliver, James C. Petrillo, Leon Stein, Abe Raskin, George
Weaver, and Charles Zimmerman.
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
Meany, George. Center for Labor Studies Interviews. #6036/026. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 5780: ILGWU records
Names:
Barbash, Jack.
Biemiller, Andrew J. -- (Andrew John), -- 1906-1982.
Aronoson, Irwin.
Conway, Jack T.
Cruikshank, Nelson.
Curran, Joseph.
Dubrow, Evelyn.
Ellickson, Katherine Pollak, -- 1905-
Hoffman, Alice M., -- 1929-
Walsh, Joan.
Fleisher, Henry.
Kennedy, Don.
Fraser, Douglas.
Conn, Dick.
Goldberg, Arthur.
Gorman, Patrick Emmet, -- 1892-1980.
Adelman, William.
Hayes, Albert J. -- (Albert John), -- 1900-1981.
Kaiser, Henry J., -- 1892-
McDonald, David J. -- (David John), -- 1902-1979.
Lucheck, Anthony.
Minton, Lee Webb.
Remington, John.
Stein, Leon, -- 1912-
Raskin, Abe.
Weaver, George L. P.
Addis, Paul.
Zimmerman, Charles S., -- 1896-1983.
George Meany Center for Labor Studies.
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 |
Jack Barbash
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 1. Interviewed by James Cavanaugh on February 2 and 9, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Andrew Biemiller
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 2. Interviewed by Alice Hoffman on May 22, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Harry Block
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 3. Interviewed by Irwin Aronson on April 11, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Jack Conway
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 4. Interviewed by Alice Hoffman on May 23, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Nelson Cruikshank
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 5. Interviewed by James Cavanaugh on August 21, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Joseph Curran
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 6. Interviewed by Richard Conn on February 2, 1980. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Evelyn Dubrow
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 7. Interviewed by Alice Hoffman on March 20, 1979. 22 pages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Katherine Pollak Ellickson
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 8. Interviewed by Joan Walsh Goldman on May 4, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Henry Fleisher
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 9. Interviewed by Don Kennedy on May 4, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Douglas Fraser
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 10. Interviewed by Dick Conn on January 14, 1980. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Arthur Goldberg
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 11. Interviewed by Alice Hoffman on October 9, 1979. 21 pages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Patrick Gorman and Hilton Hanna
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 12. Interviewed by William Adelman on May 25, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
A.J. Hayes
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 13. Interviewed by James Cavanaugh on May 4, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
A.J. Hayes
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 14. Interviewed by Gordon Cole on December 13, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Henry Kaiser
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 15. Interviewed by William Adelman on August 10, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Joseph Keenan
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 16. Interviewed by Miles Galvin on July 23, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
John W. Livingston
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 17. Interviewed by Paul Addis on September 28, 1978. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
David J. McDonald
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 18. Interviewed by Anthony Luchek on February 7, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Lee Webb Minton
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 19. Interviewed by John Remington on September 6, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Robert Oliver
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 20. Interviewed by Frank Fernbach on September 17, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
James Petrillo
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 21. Interviewed by William Adelman on August 23, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Leon Stein
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 22. Interviewed by Jon Bloom on March 8, 1979. 18 pages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Abe Raskin
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 23. Interviewed by Jon Bloom on April 18, 1979. 28 pages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
George L.P. Weaver
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 24. Interviewed by Paul Addis on May 18, 1979. Excerpts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Charles Zimmerman
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 25. Interviewed by Miles Galvin on May 8, 1979. 21 pages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Charles Zimmerman
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
#26 R.I. 26. Interviewed by Miles Galvin on May 8, 1979. 7 pages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Letters from Katherine Vogel of the George Meany Memorial Archives
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1985-1986 |