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Labor Leader Biographies

Collection Number: 5211

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

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Container		Description	Date
Box 1		Biographies of Prominent Individuals in Labor Unions since 1910
Box 1	Folder 1	Abbot, William L. United Rubber Workers, Education Director
Box 1	Folder 2	Abel, Gorwith Wilbur, United Steelworkers, President
Box 1	Folder 3	Allen, Walter M., International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union, Service Bureau Director	1914
		(b. 1914 - d. )
Box 1	Folder 4	Antonini, Luigi, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Vice President
Box 1	Folder 5	Baldanzi, George, United Textile Workers of America, President	1907
		(b. 1907)
Box 1	Folder 6	Barkan, Alexander E., American Federation of Labor - Congress of industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Committee on Political Education, Director
Box 1	Folder 7	Bates, Harry C. Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America, President
Box 1	Folder 8	Beck, David, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, President	1894
		(b. 1894)
Box 1	Folder 9	Beirne, Joseph A., Communication Workers of America, International President
Box 1	Folder 10	Birthright, William C., Journeyman Barbers, Hairdressers and Cosmetologists International Union, General President	1887
		(b. 1887)
Box 1	Folder 11	Brady, Joseph E.
Box 1	Folder 12	Brewster, Frank W., Western Conference of Teamsters, Vice President
Box 1	Folder 13	Brown, Elmer, International Typographical Union, President
Box 1	Folder 14	Buckmaster, L.S., United Rubber Workers, President
Box 1	Folder 15	Burdon, George, United Rubber Workers International Union, President	1909
		(b. 1909)
Box 1	Folder 16	Burke, John P., International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers (IBPSPMW), President	1884
		(b. 1884)
Box 1	Folder 17	Burnell, William H., IBPSMW, President	1892
		(b. 1892)
Box 1	Folder 18	Campbell, James, American Federation of Government Employees, President
Box 1	Folder 19	Carey, James B., AFL-CIO, Vice President	1911
		(b 1911)
Box 1	Folder 20	Clay, John G., Laundry and Dye House Drivers Union #712, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Secretary-Treasurer	1928
		(d. 1928)
Box 1	Folder 21	Corbett, Raymond R., New York State AFL-CIO, President	1915
		(b. 1915)
Box 1	Folder 22	Crotty, Harold C., Brotherhood of Maintenance Way Employees, President	1911
		(b. 1911)
Box 1	Folder 23	Curran, Joseph, National Maintenance Union, President	1906
		(b. 1906)
Box 1	Folder 24	Dalton, Howard R., International Union of Operating Engineers, President
Box 1	Folder 25	De Andrade, Anthony J., International Printing, Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America, President
Box 1	Folder 26	Doherty, William C., National Association of Letter Carriers, President	1902
		(b. 1902)
Box 1	Folder 27	Dubinsky, David, ILGWU, President	1892
		(b. 1892)
Box 1	Folder 28	Elliot, John M., Amalgamated Transit Union, International President	1913
		(b. 1913)
Box 1	Folder 29	Feller, Karl F., International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers, President	1914
		(b. 1914)
Box 1	Folder 30	Freeman, Gordon M., International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International President
Box 1	Folder 31	Furuseth, Andrew, International Seaman's Union of America, President
Box 1	Folder 32	Gianini, Mildred, International Union of Cleaning and Dye Workers, Secretary Treasurer	1899
		(b. 1899)
Box 1	Folder 33	Gilbert, H.E., Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, President	1906
		(b. 1906)
Box 1	Folder 34	Gildea, Arthur P., AFL-CIO, Secretary Treasurer
Box 1	Folder 35	Gill, William A, Flight Engineers International Association, President
Box 1	Folder 36	Hampton, M.W., Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Assistant President	1980
		(b. 1980)
Box 1	Folder 37	Harrison, George M., AFL-CIO, Vice President	1895
		(b. 1895)
Box 1	Folder 38	Hayes, Albert J., International Association of Machinists, Vice President	1900
		(b. 1900)
Box 1	Folder 39	Heath, Perry S., Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Grand Chief Engineer	1899
		(b. 1899)
Box 1	Folder 40	Hillman, Sidney, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, President	1887-1946
		(b. 1887, d. 1946)
Box 1	Folder 41	Hoffa, James, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, President
Box 1	Folder 42	Hollander, Louis, New York State Council of the CIO, President	1893
		(b. 1893)
Box 1	Folder 43	Hutcheson, Maurice A., United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, General President	1897
		(b. 1897)
Box 1	Folder 44	Jodoin, Claude, Canadian Labor Congress, President	1913
		(b. 1913)
Box 1	Folder 45	Keenan, Joseph C., IBEW, International Secretary	1896
		(b. 1896)
Box 1	Folder 46	Kennedy, Thomas, United Mine Workers of America, Vice President	1887
		(b. 1887)
Box 1	Folder 47	Knight, O.A., Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union, President
Box 1	Folder 48	Kralshein, Max, Bakery, Confectionary Workers, President
Box 1	Folder 49	Meany, George, AFL-CIO, President	1894-1980
		(b. 1894, d. 1980)
Box 1	Folder 50	McFetridge, William L. Building Service Employees International Union, President
Box 1	Folder 51	Minton, Lee W., Glass and Bottle Blowers Association, International President	1911
		(b. 1911)
Box 1	Folder 52	Mischo, O.J., Amalgamated Transit Union, International Secretary Treasurer	1904
		(b. 1904)
Box 1	Folder 53	Mollin, P.J., Iron Workers International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, President	1879-1951
Box 1	Folder 54	MacGowan, Charles, AFLCIO, Vice President	1887
		(b. 1887)
Box 1	Folder 55	McDonald, David J., United Steelworkers of America, President	1902
		(b. 1902)
Box 1	Folder 56	O'Brien, Harry, Flight Engineers International Association, Executive Vice President	1919
		(b. 1919)
Box 1	Folder 57	Olander, Victor, Sailors Union of the Great Lakes, General Secretary	1874-1949
Box 1	Folder 58	Oliver, Edward M., Amalgamated Transit Union, General Executive Board Member	1914
		(b. 1914)
Box 1	Folder 59	Owens, John, United Mine Workers, Secretary-Treasurer
Box 1	Folder 60	Ozpeitia, Mario, Cigar Makers International Union, President
Box 1	Folder 61	Perlis, Leo, AFL-CIO, Community Services Activity, National Director
Box 1	Folder 62	Petrillo, James C., American Federation of Musicians, President	1892
		(b. 1892)
Box 1	Folder 63	Phillips, Paul L., United Papermakers and Paperworker, International President
		(b. 1904)
Box 1	Folder 64	Pollock, William, Textile Workers Union of America, President
Box 1	Folder 65	Potofsky, Jacob S., Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, General President	1894
		(b. 1894)
Box 1	Folder 66	Powers, Bertram, International Typographical Union, Local 6, President
Box 1	Folder 67	Raferty, L.M., AFL-CIO, Building Trades Department, Vice President	1895
		(b. 1895)
Box 1	Folder 68	Randolph, Phillip A., International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, President	1899
		(b. 1899)
Box 1	Folder 69	Randolph, Woodruff, Typographical Union, Chicago #16, President
Box 1	Folder 70	Reuther, Walter P.,United Auto Workers, President	1907
		(b. 1907)
Box 1	Folder 71	Rieve, Emil, Textile Workers Union of America, General President	1892
		(b. 1892)
Box 1	Folder 72	Rosenlum, Frank, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, General Secretary Treasurer	1888
		(b. 1888)
Box 1	Folder 73	Rusch, Thomas, Brewery Workers, General Secretary-Treasurer
Box 1	Folder 74	Ryan, Joseph P., Long Shoremans Union, International President	1884-1963
Box 1	Folder 75	Schnitzler, William P., Bakery and Confectionary Workers International Union, President	1904
		(b. 1904)
Box 1	Folder 76	Schoemann, Peter T., United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, President	1893
		(b. 1893)
Box 1	Folder 77	Smith, Thomas W., Specialty Worker Paper, Printing Specialities, and Paper Products Local 612, Editor and Manager	1906
		(b. 1906)
Box 1	Folder 78	Speirs, Neil P., Switchmens Union of North America, President	1912
		(b. 1912)
Box 1	Folder 79	Starr, Mark, ILGWU, Education Director
Box 1	Folder 80	Suffridge, James A. AFL-CIO, Vice President
Box 1	Folder 81	Sullivan, David, Building Service Employees International Union, President
Box 1	Folder 82	Townsend, William S., United Transport Service Employees, President	1900
		(b. 1900)
Box 1	Folder 83	Whitney, Alexander, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, President	1873
		(b. 1873)
Box 1	Folder 84	Winter, Herman, Bakery and Confectionary Workers of America, President	1884
		(b. 1884)
Box 1	Folder 85	Woll, Matthew, AFL-CIO, Vice President	1880
		(b. 1880)
Box 1	Folder 86	Zumach, Gilbert, Technicians Engineers Association, President
Box 1	Folder 87	Kheel, Theodore W.	1989-2010