ILGWU Miscellany, 1903-1982
Collection Number: 5780/061
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU Miscellany, 1903-1982
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/061
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
3 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English, Yiddish
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.
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.
This collection consists of letters, printed material, and case files from various
departments and individuals within the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Included are files of John A. Dyche, Harry Greenberg, Herman Grossman, Louis Hyman,
Charles Jacobson, Edward Kramer, Charles Kreindler, Charles Baker, Rose Pesotta and
Harry Uviller.
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Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
ILGWU Miscellany #5780/061. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 5780: ILGWU records 5780/200: ILGWU Miscellany
Names:
Baker, Charles.
Dyche, John A.(John Alexander), 1867-1938.
Greenberg, Harry.
Grossman, Herman.
Hyman, Louis.
Jacobson, Charles.
Kramer, Edward.
Kreindler, Charles.
Pesotta, Rose.
Uville, Harry.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry -- United States
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States
Clothing workers -- United States
Industrial relations -- United States
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Research Department.
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1907 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Research Department.
|
1921-1930 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Research Department.
|
1908-1910 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Research Department.
|
1910-1913 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence.
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1928-1929 |
Scope and Contents
English and Yiddish
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence.
|
1930 |
Scope and Contents
English and Yiddish
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Materials from Josephine Stern.
|
1903-1934 |
Scope and Contents
English and Yiddish
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Research Department.
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1920-1929 |
Scope and Contents
English and Yiddish
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Research Department.
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1924 |
Box 1 | Folder 10a |
NY Coat and Suit Association.
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1952-1960 |
Box 1 | Folder 10b |
NY Coat and Suit Association.
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1948-1956 |
Box 1 | Folder 10c |
NY Coat and Suit Association.
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1935-1950 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
NY Coat and Suit Association.
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1958-1961 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
NY Coat and Suit Association. Membership Information.
|
1935-1939 |
Box 1 | Folder 13a |
Research Department.
|
1908-1909 |
Box 1 | Folder 13b |
Research Department.
|
1911-1924 |
Scope and Contents
English and Yiddish
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Research Department. "Justice".
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1938 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Kramer, Edward. Correspondence.
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1968-1980 |
Box 2 | Folder 2a |
Research Department.
|
1911-1924 |
Box 2 | Folder 2b |
Research Department.
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1911-1920 |
Box 2 | Folder 3a |
Local 117.
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1932-1933 |
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
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Box 2 | Folder 3b |
Local 117.
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1945-1960 |
Scope and Contents
English and Yiddish
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Minkoff, N.M. Correspondence.
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1931 |
Scope and Contents
English and Yiddish
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Box 2 | Folder 5a |
Research Department.
|
1926 |
Scope and Contents
Yiddish
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Box 2 | Folder 5b |
Research Department.
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1922 |
Box 2 | Folder 6a |
Miscellaneous Materials.
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1905-1953 |
Scope and Contents
English and Yiddish
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Box 2 | Folder 6b |
Bank Books.
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Box 2 | Folder 7a |
Infant and Childrens' Coat Association.
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1937-1938 |
Box 2 | Folder 7b |
Infant and Childrens' Coat Association.
|
1939-1945 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Newspaper Clippings.
|
1913 |
Box 3 | Folder 1a |
Miscellaneous.
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1933-1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 1b |
Miscellaneous.
|
1937-1940 |
Box 3 | Folder 1c |
Miscellaneous.
|
1941-1944 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Miscellaneous.
|
1933-1938 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Miscellaneous.
|
1940-1942 |
Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Miscellaneous.
|
1940-1941 |
Box 3 | Folder 5a |
Postcards.
|
1913-1916 |
Box 3 | Folder 5b |
Photographs
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1914 |
Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Miscellaneous.
|
1936 |
Scope and Contents
English and Yiddish
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Box 3 | Folder 7a |
Office of the Impartial Chairman of the Dress Industry.
|
1936-1959 |
Box 3 | Folder 7b |
Office of the Impartial Chairman of the Dress Industry
|
1952-1957 |
Box 3 | Folder 7c |
Miscellaneous.
|
1937 |
Box 3 | Folder 7d |
Meeting of the Administering Board of the Dress Industry.
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 7e |
Miscellaneous.
|
1959-1971 |
Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Registration of Trademark. "Nothing Suits Us Like Our Union Suits".
|
1982 |
Box 4 | Folder 1 |
ILGWU Workers University. Syllabi and Reports. [folder 1 of 3]
|
1919-1921 |
Box 4 | Folder 2 |
ILGWU Workers University. Syllabi and Reports. [folder 2 of 3]
|
1920 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU Workers University. Syllabi and Reports. [folder 3 of 3]
|
1920-1921 |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
ILGWU Workers University. Vol. II. Syllabi and Reports. [folder 1 of 3]
|
1920-1922 |
Box 5 | Folder 1 |
ILGWU Workers University. Vol. II. Syllabi and Reports. [folder 2 of 3]
|
1922-1925 |
Box 5 | Folder 2 |
ILGWU Workers University. Vol. II. Syllabi and Reports. [folder 3 of 3]
|
1925-1930 |
Box 5 | Folder 3 |
ILGWU Workers University. Index of Lectures.
|
1919-1920 |
Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Lectures on Practical Psychology by Dr. Samuel A. Tannenbaum. [folder 1 of 3]
|
1920 |
Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Lectures on Practical Psychology By Dr. Samuel A. Tannenbaum. [folder 2 of 3]
|
1920 |
Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Lectures on Practical Psychology By Samuel A. Tannenbaum [folder 3 of 3]
|
1920 |
Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Lectures on Labor and Management by Leo Wolman.
|
1919-1920 |
Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Lectures on Trade Unionism by Leo Wolman.
|
1920 |
Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Miscellaneous Lectures. [folder 1 of 3]
|
1919-1920 |
Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Miscellaneous Lectures. [folder 2 of 3]
|
1919-1920 |
Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Miscellaneous Lectures. [folder 3 of 3]
|
1919-1920 |
Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Early Correspondence
|
1907-1911 |
Scope and Contents
Open Shot discharge letter, Boston 1911; Strike Disbursements, 1907
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Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Wanted Poster
|
1930 |
Scope and Contents
New York City Police Department wanted John Giusto in relation to the William Lurye
homicide
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