ILGWU Local 48 Records, 1926-1977
Collection Number: 5780/040
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU Local 48 Records, 1926-1977
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/040
Abstract:
The collection contains records of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Local 48, Italian Cloakmakers Union, including minutes of membership and Executive
Board meetings, files on elections, notes, and correspondence.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Local 48
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
2.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English, Italian
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was once one of the largest labor
unions in the United States founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing
about 2,000 members in cities in the northeastern United States. It was one of the
first U.S. Unions to have a membership consisting of mostly females, and it played
a key role in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. The union is generally referred
to as the "ILGWU" or the "ILG". The ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership size,
and political influence to become one of the most powerful forces in American organized
labor by mid-century. Representing workers in the women's garment industry, the ILGWU
worked to improve working and living conditions of its members through collective
bargaining agreements, training programs, health care facilities, cooperative housing,
educational opportunities, and other efforts. The ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers Union in 1995 to form the Union of Needle trades, Industrial
and Textile Employees (UNITE). UNITE merged with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant
Employees Union (HERE) in 2004 to create a new union known as UNITE HERE. The two
unions that formed UNITE in 1995 represented only 250,000 workers between them, down
from the ILGWU's peak membership of 450,000 in 1969.
Local 48 of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), also known as
the Italian Cloakmakers' Union, was chartered by members of Local 1 and Local 35 in
1916 and based in New York, New York. As membership and industry declined in the 1970s,
the local became Local 48 United Coat, Suit and Allied Garment Workers' Union of Brooklyn,
Queens and Staten Island (coat and suit workers in all crafts in Brooklyn, Queens
and Staten Island), and later Local 48 Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied Workers
Union of North Brooklyn. In late 1981, the Joint Board approved a measure to dissolve
Local 48, and Local 89 was renamed Local 89-48 to honor the historic significance
of the Italian cloakmakers.
Much of the collection is composed of minutes of the Executive Board. There are also
minutes of the Membership meetings. All of the meeting minutes are in Italian.
Material appearing in English includes cases before the Appeal Committee, notes and
correspondence. There is substantial information on local elections, including lists
of candidates for upcoming elections, nominations, and rejection notices to candidates
informing them they are not qualified to run. The Examination and Objection Committee
was to consider the qualifications of officers who were 65 and candidates in upcoming
elections to determine their health and if they could perform their job.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
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This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
ILGWU Local 48 Records #5780/040. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 5780: ILGWU records 5780/041: ILGWU New York Cloak Joint Board Payroll Analysis 5780/040 mf: ILGWU Local 48 Executive Board Minutes on Microfilm 6036/102 P: Fabio Schettini ILGWU Photographs 6036/102 MB: Fabio Schettini ILGWU Memorabilia 6036/102m: Fabio Schettini ILGWU Files 6036/102 PUBS: Fabio Schettini ILGWU Publications
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 48 (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry -- United States
Women's clothing industry--New York (State)--New York.
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States
Labor unions--Clothing workers--New York (State)--New York.
Clothing workers -- United States
Clothing workers--New York (State)--New York.
Industrial relations -- United States
Industrial relations--New York (State)--New York.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Cases
|
1960-1963 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Certificates
|
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Dinner in Honor of Molisani
|
1951-1956 |
Scope and Contents
English and Italian
|
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Elections
|
1940-1942 |
Scope and Contents
English and Italian
|
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Elections
|
1944 |
Scope and Contents
English and Italian
|
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Elections
|
1947 |
Scope and Contents
English and Italian
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Election- Examination and Objection Committee
|
1950 |
Scope and Contents
English and Italian
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Election- Examination and Objection Committee
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1953 |
Scope and Contents
English and Italian
|
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Italian Labor Center
|
1926-1944 |
Scope and Contents
English and Italian
|
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Monteodorisio
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Scope and Contents
English and Italian
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Trip to Italy
|
1949 |
Scope and Contents
English and Italian
|
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Local 48 Notes and Correspondence [folder 1 of 2]
|
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Scope and Contents
English and Italian
|
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Local 48 Notes and Correspondence [folder 2 of 2]
|
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Scope and Contents
English and Italian
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Fourth Section Minutes
|
1932-1940 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 3]
|
1932-1937 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 3]
|
1932-1937 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 3 of 3]
|
1932-1937 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 2]
|
1939-1941 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 2]
|
1939-1941 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 3]
|
1941-1945 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 3]
|
1941-1945 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 3 of 3]
|
1941-1945 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 2]
|
1947-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 2]
|
1947-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Misc. Administrative Documents [Italian]
|
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 2]
|
1950-1952 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 2]
|
1950-1952 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 3]
|
1953-1956 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 3]
|
1953-1956 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 3 of 3]
|
1953-1956 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 2]
|
1956-1959 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 2]
|
1956-1959 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Primo Distretto Sessione
|
1929-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Membership Minutes [folder 1 of 2]
|
1956-1959 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Membership Minutes [folder 2 of 2]
|
1956-1959 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 4]
|
1959-1962 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 4]
|
1959-1962 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 3 of 4]
|
1959-1962 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 4 of 4]
|
1959-1962 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 3]
|
1962-1965 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 3]
|
1962-1965 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 3 of 3]
|
1962-1965 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 3]
|
1965-1968 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
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Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 3]
|
1965-1968 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 3 of 3]
|
1965-1968 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 2]
|
1968-1971 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 2]
|
1968-1971 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 1 of 2]
|
1973-1977 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Executive Board Minutes [folder 2 of 2]
|
1973-1977 |
Scope and Contents
Italian
|
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Executive Board Minutes and Membership
|
1971-1974 |