George Humphreys Tichenor III Personal Papers
Collection Number: 5239
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
George Humphreys Tichenor III Personal Papers, 1938-1961
Collection Number:
5239
Creator:
Tichenor, George Humphreys, III
Quantity:
2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts), drafts (documents), reprints .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The collection consists of part of his personal papers. The union publications he edited will be found in the ILR Library
and the Cooperator in Mann Library.
Language:
Collection material in English
George Tichenor III was born in New Orleans, La., on December 17, 1906, to George Humphreys Tichenor, Jr., a doctor and Gertrude
Belknap. He was educated at Tulane University in New Orleans. He served as a cub reporter on the Picayune and later
became a free lance writer and photographer.
He was the author of two popular novels, "Gibson" and "Manhattan Prodigal." As a free lance writer he contributed travel articles
to the New York Times and many other publications. Two of his photographs appeared in the Saturday Evening Post
series, "Face of America." He used pen names Gilbert Tolman, Ted Gilbert son and George Thompson as well as his own.
He was interested in the cooperative movement in the United States and served as editor of the Co-operator published by the
Eastern Cooperation League from 1939-1948. He also edited Co-op Highlights and was active in the cooperative housing
movement in New York City. During the second World War, he was a special consultant to the O.P.A. on consumer needs.
He was an accomplished labor Journalist, editing "The Hat Worker" of the United Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers and the "Spotlight"
for the United Wire, Metal and Machine Health and Welfare Fund, Local l6l4 of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers and Local 8lO of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The Hat Worker says of him "George Tichenor contributed scores of memorable feature articles to our publication on every phase
of union activities, the labor-movement, social issues and topics of general reader interest. In 1951, under his
editorship, The Hat Worker was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Eastern Labor Press Conference "for excellency in
form and content." In 1953, his story about organizational activities in Medfield, Mass., titled "When the Union Came To
Town," received the top award of the International Labor Press Association."
Mr. Tichenor also served on the state executive, committee of the Liberal Party of New York State.
Includes routine correspondence, reprints of articles, and newspaper clippings relating to the following issues: consumer
and housing cooperatives; the role of labor unions in the cooperative movement; prospective new housing cooperatives to be
built in New York City; support of the cooperative movement for the Tennessee Valley Authority; the financial condition
of the Cooperator, organ of the Eastern Cooperative League; the economic condition of the hat and cap industry; the problems
of small, economically marginal operations in the hat industry; the use of polls for discerning trends in consumer buying
habits and public opinion in local elections; the role of labor in politics; the impact of tariffs on foreign imports of
hats; the Taft-Hartley Act; support for the Liberal Party in New York; the impact of inflation on the cooperative movement;
the American Labor Health Association; competition in the insurance industry; the contributions of Edward A. Filene to
the credit union movement; the League of Nations; the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; consumer cooperatives; significant innovations
in the retail distribution field; costs of medical care; anti-Semitism; and communism.
Also contains numerous reprints, rough drafts, newspaper clippings, and routine correspondence relating to Tichenor's various
journalistic efforts.
The collection consists of part of his personal papers. The union publications he edited will be found in the ILR Library
and the Cooperator in Mann Library.
Names:
Filene, Edward Albert, 1860-1937
Tichenor, George, 1906-1959.
American Labor Health Association
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Eastern Cooperatives, inc.
League of Nations
Liberal Party of New York State
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947.
Subjects:
Anti-communist movements--United States.
Antisemitism--United States.
Consumer cooperatives--United States.
Credit unions--United States.
Hat trade--Economic aspects--United States.
Housing, Cooperative--United States.
Labor unions--United States--Political activity.
Journalists.
Labor and laboring classes. United States. Medical care.
Form and Genre Terms:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Drafts (documents)
Reprints.
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
George Humphreys Tichenor III Personal Papers #5239. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell
University Library.
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Container
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1952 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1952-1958 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1956-1957 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1950-1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1938 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1957-1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1949-1958 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1951-1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1958-1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1956-1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1951-1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1952 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1958 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1951-1958 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | 1957 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | 1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | 1958 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | 1958 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | 1951-1958 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | 1958-1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | 1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | 1958-1960 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | 1958 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | 1957 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | 1957 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | 1955-1956 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | 1961 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 | 1957 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 | 1952 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 | 1956 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 | 1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 | 1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 | 1957 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 | 1956-1957 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 | 1951-1952 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 | 1951 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 41 | 1956 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 42 | 1952 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 | 1949 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 | 1955-1958 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 | 1959 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 | 1951 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 | 1936-1958 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 | 1957-1958 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | ||