Theresa Wolfson Papers

Collection Number: 5216

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Theresa Wolfson Papers, 1880-1970
Collection Number:
5216
Creator:
Wolfson, Theresa
Quantity:
35.6 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
First drafts, manuscripts for publication, papers (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection is a portion of Wolfson's papers contain manuscripts and research materials for a project (1947-48) interviewing labor leaders for "Philosophy and Labor." Interviewees included leaders from the following unions: San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco Labor Research Bureau, ILGWU's San Francisco Joint Board, California State Council of Retail Clerks, and Bay District Joint Council of Building Service Employees.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Theresa Wolfson was a professor of economics and industrial relations, arbitrator and mediator.
Chronology
1897: Born July 19, 1897
1917: A.B. Adelphi College
1923: A.M. Columbia University
1921-27: Teacher of workers classes for Educational Department of ILGWU and lecturer at Brookwood Labor College
1924: PhD. Brookings Graduate School
1926: Teacher of Economics at Bryn Mawr Summer School
1928-30: Instructor of Economics, Hunter College, Brooklyn Branch
1931-32: Teacher of Economics at Summer School for Office Workers, Oberlin College
1936: Teacher of Economics at Summer School for Office Workers, Northwestern University
1946: Lecturer on Labor Problems, Encampment for Citizenship, Riverdale, NY
1949: Lecturer on Labor Problems, Summer School for Office Workers, Columbus, Ohio
1949-50: Lecturer at NYC Graduate School on International Labor
1950: Lectured at Haverford College, Pa., Labor Education Association
1952: Lecturer, Cornell University, NYSSILR
1959-72: Professor of Economics and Labor Relations, Brooklyn College
1972: Died on June 3, 1972

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The papers of Theresa Wolfson consist of correspondence (1919-1970) documenting professional and personal involvements with students, colleagues, and friends; Brooklyn College materials (1924-1970) documenting her teaching experience and involvement with various College committees; arbitration and mediation files for cases handled by Wolfson (1942-1969), particularly in the chemical, machinery, and newspaper industries; drafts and manuscripts by Wolfson and her colleagues (1925-1960); book and article reviews by Wolfson (1936-1951); materials relating to Wolfson's labor leader project (1947-1948); research materials and correspondence (1746-1967) for a book on Frances Wright, which Wolfson co-authored with A.J.G. Perkins, transferred to Cornell's Rare and Manuscript Collection, as collection no.6934; materials on schools and organizations involved in workers' education (1920-1961); and subject files relating chiefly to economics and labor (1880-1969).
SUBJECTS

Names:
AFSCME
Allen-Stevens Corporation
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
American Civil Liberties Union
American Federation of Labor. Central Labor Council of Alameda County.
American Federation of Labor. Committee on Education.
American Labor Education Service
Amperex Electronics Company
Barnard Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
Bay District Joint Council of Building Service Employees
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College. Department of Economics. Administration.
Brookwood Labor College (Katonah, N.Y.)
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr Summer School
California State Council of Retail Clerks
California State Federation of Labor
Civic Club (New York, N.Y.). Committee on Labor Education.
Community and Social Agency Employees Union.
International Association of Machinists
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America
International Chemical Workers Union (1944- )
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. b Educational Department
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. San Francisco Joint Board.
International Longshoremen's Association
International Typographical Union
Michigan Workers' Education Service
National League Summer School
New York (N.Y.). Board of Education.
New York (State). Temporary Commission Against Discrimination.
Office and Professional Employees International Union
Oil Workers International Union
Macy's (Firm)
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union
San Francisco Labor Council
San Francisco Labor Research Bureau
Southern School for Workers
Summer School for Office Workers, inc.
Textile Workers Union of America
Trade Union Educational League (U.S.)
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
United Packinghouse Workers of America
United States. National Recovery Administration.
United Steelworkers of America
Workers' Defense League
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.
Alexis, Marcus
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832
Chamberlain, Neil W. (Neil Wolverton), 1915-
Cohn, Fannia M. (Fannia May), 1888-1962.
Coit, Eleanor G.
D'Arusmont, Phiquepal, (William Phiquepal)
D'Arusmont, Sylvie
Draper, Theodore, 1912-
Epstein, Abraham, 1892-1942
Epstein, Irving
Flower, George, 1788-1862
Forgang, Isak
Fretageot, Marie Louise Duclos, d. 1833
Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924
Jones, Brownie Lee
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 1757-1834
Millar, Mrs. Craig
Milne, James
Neufeld, Maurice F.
Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877
Pope, Helen
Pope, William
Richardson, James
Roscoe, William
Starr, Mark, 1894-
Wilkes, Charles
Wolfson, Theresa, 1897-1972
Wright, Camilla
Wright, Frances, 1795-1852
Wright, Richard, b. 1794

Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial--United States--Cases.
Arbitration, Industrial. Chemical industry. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Machine industry. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Newspaper publishing. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Paper industry. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Retail trade. New York (N.Y.)
Arbitration, Industrial. Social workers. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Teachers. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Textile industry. United States.
Arbitrators, Industrial.
Collective bargaining. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
College teachers.
Employee fringe benefits. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Employees, Dismissal of. Arbitration, Industrial. New York (N.Y.)
Employees, Dismissal of. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Hours of labor. Arbitration, Industrial. New York (N.Y.)
Insurance, Health. Arbitration, Industrial. New York (N.Y.)
Labor and laboring classes. Health and hygiene. United States.
Labor economics.
Layoffs. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. United States. Cases
Position classification. Arbitration, Industrial. New York (N.Y.)
Trade-union leadership. Interviews.
Trade-union leadership. United States.
Trade-unions. Teachers. United States.
Wages. Arbitration, Industrial. New York (N.Y.)
Wages. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Wages. Retail trade. New York (N.Y.)
Wages. Women. United States.
Women in trade-unions. United States. Organizing.
Workers' education. United States.
Workers' education. Women. United States.
Working conditions. Arbitration, Industrial. New York (N.Y.)
World War, 1939-1945. United States. Women's work.

Form and Genre Terms:
First drafts.
Manuscripts for publication.
Papers (documents)


INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Cite As:
Theresa Wolfson Papers #5216. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST

Series I. CORRESPONDENCE, 1919-1970
Series II. BROOKLYN COLLEGE (also includes Sarah Lawrence College), 1924-1970
Sub-Series A. Minutes
Sub-Series B. Committees
Sub-Series C. Courses
Sub-Series D. Examinations
Sub-Series E. Subject Files
Sub-Series F. Sarah Lawrence College
Series III. ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION FILES, 1924-1969
Series IV. LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, 1925-1960
Sub-Series A. Drafts of books, articles, etc.
Sub-Series B. Reviews of books and articles
Series V. SUBJECT FILES
Sub-Series A. Fanny Wright
Sub-Series B. Files on workers' education, 1930-1961
Sub-Series C. Japanese Sabbatic
Sub-Series D. Miscellaneous Subject Files, 1920-1970
Series VI. Pamphlets
Sub-Series Pamphlets and Articles by Wolfson
Series VII. MISCELLANEOUS

CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Date
Consists chiefly of correspondence with former students regarding letters of recommendation; letters concerning book reviews and articles; letters concerning the scheduling of lectures and speaking engagements; and correspondence with colleagues and friends. Chief correspondents include Marcus Alexis (associate professor, DePaul University); Mae Bagwell (American Nurses' Association); Carolyn Balderidge; June Beauvais (assistant secretary of the Florida Nurses Association); Neil W. Chamberlain (Graduate School of Business, Columbia University); Fannia Cohn (International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union); Eleanor G. Coit (director, American Labor Education Service); Theodore Draper (author); Irving Epstein (Textile Workers of America); Isak Forgang (Kibbutz Chatzor, Tel Aviv, Israel); Sol Jacobson (co-ordinator of Industrial Relations, Brooklyn College); Brownie Lee Jones (program associate, American Labor Education Service); Goodman L. Klang; Maurice Neufeld (professor, Cornell University); Mary Palevsky (American Joint Distribution Committee); William and Helen Pope; and Mark Starr (educational director, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union). Also included is a letter (1923) from Abraham Epstein (executive secretary, Old Age Assistance Commission, Harrisburg); a letter (1923) from Samuel Gompers (president of the American Federation of Labor) regarding Wolfson's thesis "Women in Trade Unions"; numerous reactions and criticisms fromWolfson's colleagues regarding her thesis; and letters concerning the Summer School for Women Workers in Industry at Bryn Mawr College (1931).
Box 1 Folder 1-3 1919-1923
Box 1 Folder 4 1924
3/11/24; re plan on "Women in Industry," discusses appointments of women for Executive Secretary position
Box 1 Folder 5-10 1925-1930
Box 1 Folder 11 1931
3/17, 3/21/31; re general situation and confusion in the ILGWU Education Department mentioning Rose Schniederman, Mable Leslie, Elsie Gluck, Hilda Smith, and Rose Wortis
Box 1 Folder 12 1932
with the LID in Charleston, W.Va. Describing discrimination against union people in mines in Gallagher County
Box 1 Folder 13-14 1933-1934
Box 1 Folder 15 1935
describing 11 hours of interviewing with Mr. Strasser of the Cigar Makers Union
Box 1 Folder 16-30 1936-1949
Box 2 Folder 1-6 1950-1951
Box 3 Folder 1-13 1952-1954
Box 4 Folder 1-12 1955-1956
Box 5 Folder 1-11 1958
Box 6 Folder 1-9 1959-1960
Box 7 Folder 1-10 1961-1964
Box 8 Folder 1-8 1965-1970
Box 8 Folder 9
Includes course materials as well as committee and departmental files from Wolfson's teaching career at Brooklyn College and Sarah Lawrence College. Includes minutes of the Brooklyn College Department of Economics (1950-1955) and minutes of the Brooklyn College Faculty Council (1941-1964). Also files on several Brooklyn College faculty committees on which Wolfson served (1942-1965) and course materials and lecture notes for courses taught in economics and labor relations (1932-1966). Professor Wolfson also maintained a file, included herein, for Sarah Lawrence College during the period she taught there (1967-1970).
Box 9 Folder 1 1950-1955
Box 9 Folder 2-5 1941-1964
also includes memos, agendas, reports, and lists of graduates
Box 9 Folder 6 1949-1960
Box 9 Folder 7 1957-1959
Box 9 Folder 8 1965-1967
Box 9 Folder 9 1950
Box 10 Folder 1-3 1964-1965
Box 10 Folder 4-6 1954-1956
Box 10 Folder 7 1950-1952
Box 10 Folder 8 1955
Box 10 Folder 9 1942-1944
Box 10 Folder 10 1960
Box 10 Folder 11 1952-1954
Box 10 Folder 12 1948-1952
Box 11 Folder 1 1945-1947
Box 11 Folder 2 1965
Box 11 Folder 3 1944-1947
Box 11 Folder 4-5 1951-1952
Box 11 Folder 6 1942-1946
Box 11 Folder 7-8 1955-1957
Box 11 Folder 9 1954
Box 11 Folder 10 1966
Box 11 Folder 11-12 1946-1949
Box 12 Folder 1-3 1950-1956
Box 12 Folder 4 1950-1953
Box 12 Folder 5-6 1953-1965
Box 12 Folder 7 1958-1961
Box 12 Folder 8-9 1954-1964
Box 12 Folder 10 1950-1953
Box 12 Folder 11 1957
Arranged alphabetically by title. Includes course outlines, mimeos, lecture notes, bibliographies, teaching aids, and reading lists.
Box 13 Folder 1
Box 13 Folder 2
Box 13 Folder 3-11
Box 14 Folder 1
Box 14 Folder 2-10
Box 15 Folder 1-4
Box 15 Folder 5
Box 15 Folder 6
Box 15 Folder 7
Box 15 Folder 8
Box 15 Folder 9-10
Box 16 Folder 1-2
Box 16 Folder 3
Box 16 Folder 4
Box 16 Folder 5
Box 16 Folder 6
Box 16 Folder 7
Box 16 Folder 8-10
Box 17 Folder 1-3
Box 17 Folder 4-5
Box 17 Folder 6
Includes copies of examination papers given by Professor Wofson in courses which she taught.
Box 17 Folder 7-8
Box 18 Folder 1-4
Box 18 Folder 5-7
Includes miscellaneous Brooklyn College-related materials: memos, reports, students' files, and conference information.
Box 19 Folder 1
Box 19 Folder 2
Box 19 Folder 3
Box 19 Folder 4
Box 19 Folder 5
Box 19 Folder 6
Box 19 Folder 7
Box 19 Folder 8
Box 19 Folder 9
Box 19 Folder 10
Box 19 Folder 11
Box 19 Folder 12
Box 19 Folder 13
Box 19 Folder 14
Box 19 Folder 15
Box 19 Folder 16
Box 19 Folder 17
Box 19 Folder 18
Box 19 Folder 19
Box 20 Folder 1
Box 20 Folder 2
Box 20 Folder 3-4
Box 20 Folder 5-8
Box 20 Folder 9
Box 20 Folder 10
Box 20 Folder 11
Box 21 Folder 1
Box 21 Folder 2
Box 21 Folder 3
Box 21 Folder 4
Box 21 Folder 5
Box 21 Folder 6
Box 21 Folder 7
Box 21 Folder 8
Box 21 Folder 9
Box 21 Folder 10
Box 21 Folder 11
Box 21 Folder 12
Box 21 Folder 13
Box 21 Folder 14
Box 21 Folder 15
Papers collected while teaching economics on a half-time basis at Sarah Lawrence College, 1967-1970. Includes inter-office memos, correspondence, course outlines and school publications.
Box 22 Folder 1
Box 22 Folder 2 1936
Box 22 Folder 3 1965
Box 22 Folder 4-8 1967-1970
Box 22 Folder 9
Box 22 Folder 10
Box 22 Folder 11
Includes correspondence, mss. notes, awards, statements, clippings, and papers on arbitration and mediation cases handled by Wolfson, 1942-1969. Wolfson arbitrated in the chemical, machinery, and newspaper industries, among others. Major cases include Allen-Stevens Corporation vs. International Association of Machinists (IAM) (1960) regarding discharge; Amperek Electronics Company vs. IAM (1958) regarding discharge and sick leave; Community and Social Agency Employees vs. Professional Employees (1962) regarding contract interpretation on dismissals; DeWald Radio Manufacturing Company vs. United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (1943) regarding contract renewal; Eastern Bias Manufacturing Company vs. Textile Workers of America (1958) regarding wage increase and backpay; Eaton Manufacturing Company Incorporated vs. IAM (1954) regarding sick leave; H.M. Storms Company vs. United Paperworkers (1957) regarding layoff; R.H. Macy and Company vs. United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employees (1944) regarding wage increase; Manhattan News Company vs. International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) (1954) regarding layoff; Mobilization for Youth vs. IBT (l966) regarding discharge; New York City Board of Education vs. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (1967, 1969) regarding discharge and transfer; Reilly Tar and Chemical Corporation vs. Chemical Workers Union (1944) regarding wages and retroactive pay, night shift bonuses, vacations, paid holidays, and reporting pay.
Box 23 Folder 1 1960
Box 23 Folder 2 1953
Box 23 Folder 3 1968
Box 23 Folder 4 1958
Box 23 Folder 5 1952
Box 23 Folder 6 1962
Box 23 Folder 7 1943
Box 23 Folder 8 1958
Box 23 Folder 9 1954
Box 23 Folder 10 1958
Box 23 Folder 11 1959
Box 23 Folder 12 1954
Box 23 Folder 13 1949
Box 23 Folder 14 1944
Box 23 Folder 15 1954
Box 23 Folder 16 1954
Box 23 Folder 17 1966
Box 23 Folder 18 1954
Box 23 Folder 19 1968-1969
Box 24 Folder 1 1944
Box 24 Folder 2 1954
Box 24 Folder 3-4 1945-1950
Box 24 Folder 5 1948-1966
Box 24 Folder 6 1950-1962
Drafts and manuscripts of books and articles by Wolfson and her colleagues dealing with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, American labor, unemployment, Jewish women in the American labor movement, the National Recovery Administration, economic security, socialism, Soviet unemployment insurance, the Trade Union Educational League, wages, women, workers' health, industrial conflict, industrial unionism, the Rifton Strike, and Samuel Gompers. Also includes project outline, manuscript chapter drafts, and interview notes for a project by Wolfson (1947-1948) of interviewing labor leaders for "Philosophy and Labor". The project involved interviewing 100 individuals in the American Federation of Labor (A.F.of L.), the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), and independent unions to explore matters of concern to organized labor. Leaders from the following unions were interviewed: A.F.of L. Central Labor Council, United Automobile Workers, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, International Longshoremen's Union, International Association of Machinists, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, Michigan Workers' Education Service, Oil Workers' International Union, United Packinghouse Workers of America, International Typographical Union, California State Council of Retail Clerks, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, United Rubber Workers, Bay District Joint Council of Building Service Employees, San Francisco Labor Council, Labor Research Bureau and California State Federation of Labor, United Steelworkers of America, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and Textile Workers' Union of North America.
Box 25 Folder 1
Box 25 Folder 2-3
Box 25 Folder 4
Box 25 Folder 5
Box 25 Folder 6
Box 25 Folder 7
Box 25 Folder 8
Box 25 Folder 9
Box 25 Folder 10
Box 26 Folder 1
Box 26 Folder 2
Box 26 Folder 3
Box 26 Folder 4
Box 26 Folder 5
Box 26 Folder 6
Box 26 Folder 7
Box 26 Folder 8-9
Box 27 Folder 1-5
Box 27 Folder 6
Box 27 Folder 7
Box 27 Folder 8-9
Box 27 Folder 10
Box 27 Folder 11
Box 27 Folder 12
Box 28 Folder 1
Box 28 Folder 2
Box 28 Folder 3
Box 28 Folder 4-5
Box 28 Folder 6
Box 28 Folder 7
Box 28 Folder 8
Box 28 Folder 9
Box 28 Folder 10
Box 28 Folder 11
Box 28 Folder 12-14
Box 28 Folder 15
Box 29 Folder 1
Box 29 Folder 2-8
Box 29 Folder 9
Box 29 Folder 10
Box 29 Folder 11
Box 29 Folder 12-13
Box 29 Folder 14
Box 29 Folder 15
Box 29 Folder 16
Box 29 Folder 17
Box 30 Folder 1-3
Box 30 Folder 4-5
Box 30 Folder 6
Box 30 Folder 7
Box 30 Folder 8
Box 30 Folder 9
Box 30 Folder 10
Box 30 Folder 11-12
Box 30 Folder 13
Box 30 Folder 14-16
Box 31 Folder 1-2
Box 31 Folder 3-10 1925-1952
Contains notes on interviews and mss. Drafts.
Box 32 Folder 1
Box 32 Folder 2
Box 32 Folder 3-4
Box 32 Folder 5
Box 32 Folder 6
Box 32 Folder 7
Box 32 Folder 8
Box 32 Folder 9
Box 32 Folder 10
Box 32 Folder 11
Box 32 Folder 12
Box 32 Folder 13
Box 32 Folder 14
Box 32 Folder 15
Box 32 Folder 16
Box 32 Folder 17
Box 32 Folder 18
Box 32 Folder 19
Box 32 Folder 20
Box 32 Folder 21
Box 32 Folder 22
Box 32 Folder 23
Box 32 Folder 24
Box 32 Folder 25
Box 32 Folder 26
Box 32 Folder 27-29
Box 32 Folder 30
Box 32 Folder 31
Arranged by name of author.
Box 33 Folder 1
Box 33 Folder 2
Box 33 Folder 3
Box 33 Folder 4
Box 33 Folder 5
Box 33 Folder 6
Box 33 Folder 7
Box 33 Folder 8
Box 33 Folder 9
Box 33 Folder 10
Box 33 Folder 11
Box 33 Folder 12
Box 33 Folder 13
Box 33 Folder 14-15
Box 33 Folder 16
Box 33 Folder 17
Box 33 Folder 18
Box 33 Folder 19-20
Box 33 Folder 21
Box 33 Folder 22
Box 33 Folder 23
All Frances Wright materials in boxes 34-43 were transferred to Krock Library Rare and Manuscripts as collection Archives 6934. The transferred materials include: Research materials and manuscripts collected by Wolfson for the book Frances Wright, Free Inquirer, published in 1939, which Wolfson co-authored with A.J.G. (Alice Gray) Perkins. Include correspondence (1909-1967) chiefly between Wolfson and Perkins, researchers, and various research institutions seeking biographical, genealogical and publication data on Frances Wright; drafts (mss. typewritten) of the book chapters, index, and bibliography; biographical data on Wright consisting of mss. notes; excerpts and drafts. The excerpts (mss.) were copied chiefly by Perkins from letters of Wright and from the newspapers Nnew Harmony Gazette (1825- 1828) and Free Inquirer (1828-1831). Wright's correspondents include Richard Wright, Mrs. Craig Millar, Charles Wilkes, James Milne, the Marquis de Lafayette, William Roscoe, B. Flower, Jeremy Bentham, Robert Dale Owen, Camilla Wright, Phiquepal D'Arusmont, and Marie Louise Duclos Fretageot. Also excerpts from the poetry of Wright, Wright's Commonplace Book, Owen's diary, and the Book of Nashoba kept by James Richardson and Sylvie D'Arusmont's diary (child of Wright and Phiquepal D'Arusmont). Includes the original ms. of Frances Wright's Last Will and Testament (1852); photocopies of Wright's correspondence with Robert Dale Owen and the Marquis de Lafayette; mss. maps of Nashoba Territory in West Tennessee; printed deeds of the lands of Nashoba (1827); ms. address by Wright (1827) on the nature and object of the institution at Nashoba and its founding principles; mss. deeds and agreements (1746-1834). Also original mss. speeches and lectures of Wright: The Six Ephochs of Human History (history of human civilization: its beginning in India, Egypt, Greece, and Rome and its later phases in medieval and modern Europe); View of the Political Horizon (1838); Free Public Speech: the Clarion of Popular Liberty (1838); an account of Wright's ideal America (1839); a lecture on religion (n.d.); a lecture (no title) delivered at the Masonic Hall in New York (1839); 4 other untitled lectures; and 16 volumes of lectures. Also, the published writings of Wright, photocopies of lithographs, and clippings.
Box 34-43
Documents Wolfson's activities in the area of continuing education for workers. Include minutes, form letters, routine correspondence, course outlines, publications, reports, papers, agenda, reprints, programs, news releases, syllabi, and manuscript notes on the following schools and organizations involved in workers' education: Affiliated Schools for Workers (1931-1938); American Federation of Labor Committee on Education (n.d.); American Labor Education Service (ALES) (formerly the Affiliated Schools for Workers (1941-1961); Barnard Summer School (1925-1930); Brookwood Labor College (1921-1931); Bryn Mawr Summer School (1924-1938); Civic Club Committee on Labor Education (1921); International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Education Department (1920-1954); International Labor Office (1958-1959); National League Summer School (1925, 1927), Southern Summer School (1933-1936); Summer School for Office Workers (1927-1950); and Workers Defense League (1931, 1937, 1959).
Box 44 Folder 1-5
Box 44 Folder 6
Box 45 Folder 1
Box 45 Folder 2
Box 45 Folder 3
Box 45 Folder 4
Box 45 Folder 5
Box 45 Folder 6-10 1943-1962
Box 45 Folder 11
Box 45 Folder 12
Box 45 Folder 13
Box 45 Folder 14
Box 46 Folder 1-6 1943-1962
Box 46 Folder 7
Box 46 Folder 8
Box 46 Folder 9
Box 46 Folder 10
Box 47 Folder 1
Box 47 Folder 2
Box 47 Folder 3-4
Box 47 Folder 5
Box 47 Folder 6
Box 48 Folder 1
Box 48 Folder 2-11
Box 48 Folder 12
Box 49 Folder 1-5
Box 49 Folder 6
Box 50 Folder 1
Box 50 Folder 2-5
Box 50 Folder 6-12
Box 51 Folder 1-7
Box 51 Folder 8
Box 52 Folder 1-5
Box 52 Folder 6
Box 52 Folder 7
Box 52 Folder 8
Box 53 Folder 1
Box 53 Folder 2
Box 53 Folder 3-8
Box 54 Folder 1
Box 54 Folder 2
Box 54 Folder 3-6
Box 54 Folder 7
Box 54 Folder 8
Box 54 Folder 9
Box 54 Folder 10-15
Box 54 Folder 16
Box 54 Folder 17
Box 55-56 Folder All 1962-1963
Includes notes, publications, clippings collected during Professor Wolfson's sabbatical leave in Japan
Arranged alphabetically. Consists of materials collected by Wolfson on a variety of subjects, including civil liberties, research in industrial relations, international labor, labor legislation, unemployment, teachers, white collar workers, and women. Includes publications, form letters, agenda, news releases, correspondence, articles, and manuscript notes collected by Wolfson on the following subjects: American Civil Liberties Union (1941-1969); Columbia University, Seminar on Labor (1953-1967); Industrial Relations Research Association (1951-1962); international labor (1930-1969) in Africa, Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latin America, New Zealand, Scandinavia, United States, and USSR; Wolfson's sabbatical leave in Japan (1962-1963); National Labor Relations Act (1920-1936); National Labor Relations Board (1936-1937); National Industrial Recovery Act (1933-1934); New York State Temporary Commission Against Discrimination (1944-1957); Social Security (1935-1955); Teachers Union (1938-1968); unemployment (1928-1933); unemployment insurance (1932-1954); unemployment remedies (1929-1933); wages (1928-1941); War Labor Board (1937-1955); white collar workers (1958); and women (1880-1961). Materials on women are divided into the following categories: bibliographies, discrimination, education, general, hours of work, in defense, Knights of Labor, legislation, organizing, personal objectives, trade unions, unemployment, wages, war workers, workers, YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association), Centennial Congress, International League, and women's rights.
Box 57 Folder 1-5 1941-1969
Box 57 Folder 6 1920
Box 57 Folder 7 1969
Box 57 Folder 8 1931
Box 57 Folder 9 1965
Box 57 Folder 10 1955-1956
Box 57 Folder 11-12 1942-1950
Box 58 Folder 1 1946-1948
Box 58 Folder 2 1960
Box 58 Folder 3 1937-1939
Box 58 Folder 4 1926-1929
Box 58 Folder 5 1936-1955
Box 58 Folder 6 1964
Box 58 Folder 7 1964-1970
Box 58 Folder 8-9 1953-1967
Box 59-61 Folder All 1953-1967
Box 62 Folder 1 1935
Box 62 Folder 2
Box 62 Folder 3 1935-1945
Box 62 Folder 4 1949-1951
Box 62 Folder 5 1946-1947
Box 62 Folder 6
Box 62 Folder 7
Box 62 Folder 8 1955-1963
Box 62 Folder 9-11 1952-1955
Box 63 Folder 1-4 1951-1962
Box 63 Folder 5
Box 63 Folder 6 1929-1934
Box 63 Folder 7 1960
Box 63 Folder 8 1960
Box 63 Folder 9
no date
Box 63 Folder 10
no date
Box 63 Folder 11
no date
Box 63 Folder 12-15 1930-1955
Box 64 Folder 1
no date
Box 64 Folder 2-3 1956-1957
Box 64 Folder 4 1952-1956
Box 64 Folder 5 1944
Box 64 Folder 6 1933-1956
Box 64 Folder 7
no date
Box 64 Folder 8
Box 65 Folder 1-4
Box 65 Folder 5
no date
Box 65 Folder 6
no date
Box 65 Folder 7 1958
Box 65 Folder 8
no date
Box 65 Folder 9 1935-1969
Box 65 Folder 10 1944-1946
Box 65 Folder 11
Box 65 Folder 12 1948-1951
Box 65 Folder 13 1938
Box 65 Folder 14 1934
Box 65 Folder 15 1965-1968
Box 65 Folder 16 1953-1954
Box 65 Folder 17 1947-1948
Box 65 Folder 18
no date
Box 66 Folder 1
no date
Box 66 Folder 2 1964
Box 66 Folder 3 1935-1940
Box 66 Folder 4 1919-1920
Box 66 Folder 5 1957-1958
Box 66 Folder 6 1933-1935
Box 66 Folder 7 1920-1936
Box 66 Folder 8-10 1936-1937
Box 66 Folder 11-13 1933-1934
Box 66 Folder 14 1945
Box 67 Folder 1 1955
Box 67 Folder 2-5 1944-1957
Box 68 Folder 1 1942
Box 68 Folder 2 1959
Box 68 Folder 3 1949
Box 68 Folder 4 1952
Box 68 Folder 5 1931-1938
Box 68 Folder 6 1951
Box 68 Folder 7 1939-1940
Box 68 Folder 8-10 1935-1955
Box 68 Folder 11 1937-1939
Box 68 Folder 12 1939
Box 68 Folder 13 1950
Box 69 Folder 1 1953-1961
Box 69 Folder 2 1938
Box 69 Folder 3 1940-1952
Box 69 Folder 4 1950
Box 69 Folder 5-7 1938-1968
Box 69 Folder 8 1958-1961
Box 69 Folder 9 1947
Box 69 Folder 10 1949
Box 69 Folder 11-13 1928-1933
Box 70 Folder 1-3 1932-1954
Box 70 Folder 4 1935-1936
Box 70 Folder 5-6 1929-1933
Box 70 Folder 7 1954
Box 70 Folder 8 1920
Box 70 Folder 9 1950-1953
Box 70 Folder 10 1947-1948
Box 71 Folder 1 1951
Box 71 Folder 2-3 1928-1941
Box 71 Folder 4-7 1937-1955
Box 71 Folder 8 1938
Box 71 Folder 9 1947-1954
Box 72 Folder 1-3 1958
Box 72 Folder 4
no date
Box 72 Folder 5
no date
Box 72 Folder 6 1949-1951
Box 72 Folder 7
no date
Box 72 Folder 8 1920-1930
Box 72 Folder 9 1929
Box 72 Folder 10 1941-1943
Box 72 Folder 11 1880-1890
Box 73 Folder 1 1937-1948
Box 73 Folder 2 1927
Box 73 Folder 3 1958
Box 73 Folder 4 1926
Box 73 Folder 5
no date
Box 73 Folder 6 1933
Box 73 Folder 7 1943-1944
Box 73 Folder 8 1924-1961
Box 73 Folder 9
no date
Box 73 Folder 10 1937-1945
Box 73 Folder 11 1932
Box 73 Folder 12-13 1940
Box 73 Folder 14 1937
Box 73 Folder 15 1929-1946
Box 73 Folder 16 1966
Box 74 Folder 1
Box 74 Folder 2
Box 74 Folder 3
Box 74 Folder 4
Box 74 Folder 5
Box 74 Folder 6
Box 74 Folder 7
Box 74 Folder 8
Box 74 Folder 9
Box 74 Folder 10
Box 74 Folder 11
Box 74 Folder 12
Box 74 Folder 13
Box 74 Folder 14
Box 74 Folder 15
Box 74 Folder 16
Box 74 Folder 17
Box 74 Folder 18
Box 74
Box 74 Folder 19 1945-1966
Box 74 Folder 19 1949
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 19 1945
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 19 1951
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 19 1958
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 19 1958
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 19 1966
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 19 1962
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 20 1941-1956
Box 74 Folder 20 1956
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 20 1955
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 20 1941
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 21 1928-1949
Box 74 Folder 21 1928
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 21 1949
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 22 1961-1967
Box 74 Folder 22 1961
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 22 1967
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 22 1963
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 23 1946-1968
Box 74 Folder 23 1949
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 23 1950
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 23 1968
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 23 1949
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 23 1950
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 23
Format: Pamphlet
no date
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 23 1946
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 23
Format: Pamphlet
no date
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 24 1948-1966
Box 74 Folder 24 1964
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 24 1966
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 24 1948
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 24 1954
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 24 1959
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 25 1939-1958
Box 74 Folder 25 1939
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 25 1946
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 25 1953
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 25 1955
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 25 1956
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 25 1958
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 26 1947-1956
Box 74 Folder 26
Format: Pamphlet
no date
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 26 1952
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 26
Format: Pamphlet
no date
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 26
Format: Pamphlet
no date
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 26 1956
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 26 1951
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 26 1947
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 27 1925-1963
Box 74 Folder 27 1930
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 27 1928
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 27 1925
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 27 1952
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 27 1949
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 27 1950
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 27 1943
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 27 1957
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 27 1963
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 27 1945
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 27 1953
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1935-1969
Box 74 Folder 28 1945
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1936
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1935
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1952
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1942
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1943
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1942
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1942
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1941
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1969
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1966
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28 1952
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 28
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 29 1937-1962
Box 74 Folder 29 1962
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 29 1938
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 29 1938
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 29 1947
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 29 1937
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 74 Folder 29 1951
Format: Pamphlet
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 75-78 Folder All
Format: Pamphlet
Box 79
Format: Pamphlet