ILGWU Paintings, Photographs, and Memorabilia
Collection Number: 5780/098 MB
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Paintings, Photographs, and
Memorabilia, 1965-1975
Collection Number:
5780/098 MB
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), memorabilia.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, and
reports relating to the Political Department's lobbying activities in Washington,
D.C. Also contained in this collection are letters and receipts documenting campaign
contributions, alphabetical files on states, as well as files on local unions, joint
boards, and regional departments. The records of the Political Department also
contain ephemeral printed material relating to political campaigns, including
pamphlets, posters, and fliers.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
Names:
Carey, Hugh L.
Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982.
Dubrow, Evelyn
Fiene, Ernest, 1894-1966
Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924
Green, William, 1872-1952
Loeb, Mitchell
Schlesinger, Benjamin, 1876-1932
Sigman, Morris, 1880-1931
Stulberg, Louis, 1901-1977
Wells, David
AFL-CIO
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
--Collectibles
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.)
Labor Federation of Jewish Workers
National Coat and Suit Industry Recovery Board
(U.S.)
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry--United States.
Clothing workers--Labor unions--United States.
Clothing workers--United States.
Industrial relations--United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
Memorabilia.
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:
ILGWU Paintings, Photographs, and Memorabilia #5780/098 MB. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections:
All 5780 Collections
All 5780 Collections
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | ||
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Morris Sigman painting ; Benjamin Sclesinger painting ; David Dubinsky, black
and white drawing ; President Louis Stulberg painting
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | ||
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Black and white drawing of President David Dubinsky
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 | ||
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(formerly box 8) -- Presented to David Dubinsky in Deep Appreciation of his
role in creating and sustaining the Jewish Labor Committee, November 16,
1973 ; Resolution of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations on David Dubinsky…February 16, 1970 ;
United-Italian American Labor Council, Inc. Four Freedoms Award…December 21,
1961 ; Proclamation, State of New York, Executive Chamber…October 9th, 1979
; The General Assembly of the Citizens gathered in extraordinary session
unanimously deliberated to confer the title of Honorary Founder… ; David
Dubinsky is recognized by Gov. Silvio Ascari of the Federazione Unitaria
Italiana Lavoratori Abbigliamento (FUILA) for 25 years as President of the
ILGWU. June 13, 1957. [In Italian]
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| Box 4 | Folder 2 | ||
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formerly in box 4
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| Box 4 | Folder 3 | 1952 | |
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formerly box 6 - Likeness of David Dubinsky's face from ILGWU, Local 60,
Dress Pressers, by Arturo Sofo, Feb. 22, 1952
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| Box 4 | Folder 4 | 1961 | |
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formerly box 7
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| Box 9 | Folder 1 | 1975 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 | 1956 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 | ||
| Box 9 | Folder 4 | 1965 | |
| Box 14 | Folder 1 | ||