UNITE HERE Sidney Hillman Foundation Awards, 2007-2008
Collection Number: 6200/004

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
UNITE HERE Sidney Hillman Foundation Awards, 2007-2008
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6200/004
Creator:
UNITE HERE
Sidney Hillman Foundation
Quanitities:
1.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

The Sidney Hillman Foundation was named for the labor leader, Sidney Hillman (1887-1946), who was the first president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). Immediately after his death, his union wished to honor him with a memorial that would carry on his commitments to the lives of working people. On November 17, 1946, the General Executive Board of the ACWA voted to establish the Sidney Hillman Foundation. ACWA contributed the first $100,000 and then raised one million dollars from other organizations. In 1947, the Board of Directors issued the first grants for scholarships, research and lectures on college campuses, and for medical research at the Sidney Hillman Health Centers.
In 1950, the Foundation launched the Hillman Prize in order to promote socially-responsible journalism. Starting with awards in Book, Magazine, Newspaper, and Broadcast, the prize is now also offered in the categories of Photojournalism, Web, and Opinion and Analysis. One important note is that the Hillman Foundation changed its dating system for prizes in 1999/ 2000. The Foundation decided to name the prize for the year it was given rather than the year the work was produced, changing the pattern of the previous fifty years. This new system continues to the present. This means that in effect there are no prizes for the year 1999, but a year was not skipped in the granting of awards.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

UNITE HERE Sidney Hillman Foundation Awards #6200/004. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Sidney Hillman Foundation
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees.
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Subjects:
Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York (State)
Textile workers--Labor unions--New York (State)

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
57th Annual Awards Presentation Program
2007
Scope and Contents
May 22, 2007. Award winners: David Montgomery; Thomas E. Ricks; Rukmini Maria Callimachi; Mike Stocker; Joe Amon; Douglas McGray; Spike Lee; Sam Pollard; Sam Rosenfeld; Ann Friedman; Garance Franke-Ruta; Ezra Klein; Matthew Yglesias; Harry Belafonte. 2 copies.
Box 1
58th Annual Awards Presentation Program
2008
Scope and Contents
May 27, 2008. Award winners: Faiz Shakir; Amanda Terkel; Robert Kuttner; Bill Moyers; Kathleen Hughes; Ray Ring; Charles Duhigg; Luis Sinco; David Brody; Writers Guild of America
Box 1
"The Marlboro Marine" by Luis Sinco scrapbook
2007
Box 1
Los Angeles Times November 11, 2007
2007
Box 2
The Marlboro Marine
Box 3
2008 Sidney Hillman, Foundation Awards
Box 4
2008 Sidney Hillman, Foundation Awards
Box 5
Buying the war Clip
Box 6
Bill Moyers' Thank you
Box 7
Thinkprogress.org Video