ILGWU. Mid-West Region audio-visual materials
Collection Number: 5780/101 AV
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU. Mid-West Region audio-visual
materials, 1988-1996
Collection Number:
5780/101 AV
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union
Quantity:
1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Audio-visual material.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection contains audio-visual material that was either
produced by or featured the ILGWU. Included are videos from ILGWU conventions and videos about
the garment industry in the United States.
Language:
Collection material in English
Founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing about 2,000 members in cities in the
northeastern United States, the ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership size, 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. In
1995, the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) to form
the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE).
From its earliest years, the ILGWU was involved in organizing women's garment workers in
Chicago, and efforts to gain members in the city and throughout the Midwest continued throughout
the union's existence. The Midwest Region represented workers in Chicago and much of Illinois,
Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa.
Morris Bialis was the ILGWU's longtime representative in the Midwest, Manager of the Chicago
Joint Board, and the Midwest Region Director from 1922 to 1976. Harold Schwartz served as
regional director from 1976 to 1978. Schwartz was succeeded by Lou Montenegro, who held the post
until his retirement in 1990. Stanley Gross was Midwest Region Director at the time of the
ILGWU's merger with ACTWU in 1995.
The collection consists of VHS tapes produced or featuring the ILGWU. Many of the video
recordings contain newscast segments, particularly when the ILGWU or someone from the union
appeared on the nightly news. There are also political videos and recordings of conventions,
union appeared on the nightly news.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. -- Midwest
Region.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry -- United States.
Labor unions -- Clothing workers -- United States.
Clothing workers -- United States.
Industrial relations -- United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Audio-visual material.
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. Mid-West Region audio-visual materials #5780/101 AV. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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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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VHS. 2 copies. Running time: 10:30.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1991 | |
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VHS. Running time: 3:25. November 24, 1991.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1995 | |
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VHS
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1992 | |
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VHS. Ruth Glanz Productions, ILGWU. August 1992.
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1993 | |
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VHS
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1988 | |
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VHS
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 | ||
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VHS. Includes note from Burt King to Stanley Crap
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1993 | |
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VHS
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 | ||
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VHS
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1988 | |
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VHS. Running time: 8:00. December 19, 1988.
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1990 | |
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VHS. Running time: 10:08. September 21, 1990.
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
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VHS. 2 copies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
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VHS. Running time: 16:00
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 | ||
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VHS. Coffee Video. Running time: 13:30
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 | ||
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VHS. Running time: 20:34
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 | 1995 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | 1994 | |
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VHS. Paula Green Advertising, ILGWU, YGWO186: 30. March 18, 1994.
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 | ||
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VHS. September 27, 1992.
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 | 1996 | |
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VHS. Running time: :60. January 25, 1996.
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 | 1992 | |
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VHS
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 | ||
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Side A- No Description; Side B- InJu: Julio Cesar Guevrero & Jose Santos MTZ.
Audiocassette
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 | ||
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Audiocassette
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