Adolph Germer Papers
Collection Number: 5256
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Adolph Germer Papers, 1945-1947
Collection Number:
5256
Creator:
Germer, Adolph
Quantity:
1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection consists of the papers Adolph Germer collected on his trip to the W.F.T.U. meeting and his membersip of the
W.F.T.U. Committee for German Affairs.
Language:
Collection material in English
Mr. Germer was born in Welan, Germany In 1881 and came to the United States in 1888. His father was a miner, and Adolph went
to work in the coal mines of Staunton, Illinois, when he was eleven years old. He joined the United Mine Workers of
America in 1894 and held various offices; among them the United Mine Workers representative to the World Miners Congress
in Amsterdam in 1912. He participated in the Colorado strike in 1913.
He joined the Socialist Party in 1900, and was its national secretary from 1916 to 1919. He was arrested, tried and convicted
of subversion in the famous trial of 1918. With Eugene V. Debs and Victor L. Berger he wrote the Socialist Party report
on the West Virginia Coal Strike in 1913.
In 1933 he joined the Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers and became an international organizer He participated in the
formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and was on its staff as an organizer. He was its delegate to the
World Federation of Trade Unions meeting in Prague in 1947.
Names:
Germer, Adolph
World Federation of Trade Unions
Subjects:
Labor unions -- Organizing -- United States
Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- United States
Coal miners -- Labor unions -- United States
Collective bargaining -- Coal mining industry -- United States
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
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:
Adolph Germer Papers #5256. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1945 | |
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Feb. 5th-7th in Washington
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1946 | |
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September
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1946 | |
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October
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1946 | |
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December 10th in Paris
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1947 | |
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June in Prague
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1947 | |
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June in Prague
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1947 | |
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June in Prague
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1947 | |
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April 10th-13th
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1947 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1947 | |
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January to February
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1947 | |
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February 12th-May 5th
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | 1947 | |
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Collected by Mr. Germer during the W.F.T.U. Council Meeting in June
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