ILGWU Broadside Collection

Collection Number: 5780/109

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

ILGWU Broadside Collection, 1907-1980

Collection Number:

5780/109

Creator:

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)

Quantity:

5 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Records (documents), broadsides.

Repository:

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

This collection consists of broadsides created or collected by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

Language:

Collection material in English

ILGWU ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

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.

SUBJECTS

Names:

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

Subjects:

Women's clothing industry--New York (State)--New York

Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York (State)--New York

Clothing trade--New York (State)--New York

Industrial relations--New York (State)--New York

Form and Genre Terms:

Records (documents)

Broadsides.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:

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Restrictions on Use:

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Cite As:

ILGWU Broadside Collection #5780/109. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

Related Collections:
All 5780 Collections

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1	Folder 1	Action Committee, ILGWU. Action Committee for week work and one (fighting) union	1933
Box 1	Folder 2	American Federation of Labor	1914-1925
		1914, 1925
Box 1	Folder 3	American Cloak and Manufacturers Association
		Undated.
Box 1	Folder 4	Anarchist Workers Group,	1922-1928
		1922, 1925, 1927-28
Box 1	Folder 5	Anti-Nazi and Fascist Committee of Twenty-Five of the ILGWU.
		Undated.
Box 1	Folder 6	Baltimore Area
		Undated.
Box 1	Folder 7	Boston Joint Board. affiliated bodies	1939
Box 1	Folder 8	Boston Joint Board. affiliated bodies	1939
Box 1	Folder 9	Buffalo, N.Y.	1935-1936
Box 1	Folder 10	Campaign Committee. ILGWU	1976
Box 1	Folder 11	Campaign Committee (Finishers Trade Union Club) Local 9	1931
Box 1	Folder 12	Centerist Groups	1929-1930
Box 1	Folder 13	Central Committee (of all) Left Wing Groups in the ILGWU	1933
Box 1	Folder 14	Chicago Joint Board and affiliated bodies	1924
Box 1	Folder 15	Cincinnati
		Undated.
Box 1	Folder 16	Cleveland Joint Board. Local 195 and affiliated bodies	1937
Box 1	Folder 17	Cloak Committee of 100. Cloak Department of the Industrial Union	1933
Box 1	Folder 18	Cloak and Dress Pressers Left Wing Local 35, ILGWU	1931
Box 1	Folder 19	Cloak and Dressmakers Misc. Group	1916-1933
		1916, 1925-27, 1933
Box 1	Folder 20	Cloak and Dress Pressers Social Aid League, Local. 35	1926
Box 1	Folder 21	Cloak and Dress Shop Chairmens Council	1927
Box 1	Folder 22	Cloak and Dressmakers Left Wing Groups of the ILGWU	1931-1933
		1931, 1933
Box 1	Folder 23	Cloak and Dressmakers (United) Progressive League	1932
Box 1	Folder 23a	Cloak, Dress, Rain Coat Makers and Ladies Tailors (Madison, Wisconsin)	1926
Box 1	Folder 24	Cloak Operators Mutual Aid Club	1930-1933
		1930-31, 1933
Box 1	Folder 25	Cloakmakers Left Wing Groups of Local 1, ILGWU	1931
Box 1	Folder 26	Cloak Shop Chairmens Committee	1934-1935
Box 1	Folder 27	Cloak, Suit and Manufacturers of New York, United	1913
Box 1	Folder 28	Cloakmakers Center	1930
Box 1	Folder 29	Cloakmakers Left Wing Groups	1933
Box 1	Folder 30	Cloakmakers Shop Delegates League	1922-1923
Box 1	Folder 31	Cloakmakers Unemployment Council, Cloakmakers United Action Committee	1932
Box 1	Folder 32	Cloakmakers United Front Committee	1931
Box 1	Folder 33	Committee for Preservation of the Trade Unions	1926
Box 1	Folder 34	Committee of Action Elected at the Conference for Week Work and One Class Struggle Union in the Cloak Trade	1933
Box 1	Folder 35	Committee of Fifty	1924-1932
		1924, 1927-28, 1932
Box 1	Folder 36	Committee of Ten and Twenty-Five	1929-1932
		1929, 1932
Box 1	Folder 37	Communist Party, General	1923-1953
		1923, 1925-27, 1930, 1933-34, 1936, 1938-40, 1943-44, 1953
Box 1	Folder 38	Communist Party (War Effort)	1938-1943
		1938, 1941-43
Box 1	Folder 39	Communist Party (Front Organizations)	1938-1946
		1938, 1940-46
Box 1	Folder 40	Concert Programs	1938-1974
Box 1	Folder 41	Connecticut
		Undated.
Box 1	Folder 42	Conventions	1928-1950
		1928, 1940, 1947, 1950
Box 1	Folder 43	Cotton Garment Workers	1940
Box 1	Folder 44	Decatur, Illinois
		Undated.
Box 1	Folder 45	Dress and Waist Manufacturers Assn., NY	1916
Box 1	Folder 46	Expelled Members
		Undated.
Box 1	Folder 47	David Dubinsky,	1939-1976
		1939, 1949, 1957, 1976
Box 1	Folder 48	Education Dept., ILGWU	1925-1946
		1925-26, 1928, 1935, 1939-40, 1944-46
Box 1	Folder 48	Education Dept., ILGWU	1925-1941
		1925-29, 1940-41
Box 1	Folder 50	Firms (literature from workers, Union and firm)	1915-1959
		1915, 1925, 1928, 1933, 1938, 1959
Box 1	Folder 51	Furriers Union	1927-1947
		1927, 1935-38, 1940-41, 1946-47
Box 1	Folder 52	Furriers Union	1920-1939
		1920, 1936-39
Box 2	Folder 1	General Executives Board and Presidents Office	1926-1935
		1926-29, 1933-35
Box 2	Folder 2	General Strike Committee of the ILGWU of Locals 2, 3, 9,10, 23, 48, 64 and 82	1926
Box 2	Folder 3	Hourwich, Isaac A.
		Undated.
Box 2	Folder 4	Infants and Childrens Wear Association, Inc., United,	1933
Box 2	Folder 5	ILGWU General	1912-1980
		1912, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1935, 1938, 1949, 1951, 1970, 1977, 1980
Box 2	Folder 6	Italian-American Labor Council	1942
Box 2	Folder 7	Italian Dressmakers, Italian Progressive Comm. L. 48 and 89, Italian Trade Union Progressive Committee	1934
Box 2	Folder 8	Joint Action Committee, Locals 2, 9, and 22.
		Undated. Joint Committee of Action, Locals 2,9, & 22
Box 2	Folder 9	Joint Defense (and Relief Committees)	1927
Box 2	Folder 10	Justice	1965
Box 2	Folder 11	Labor Stage	1937-1938
Box 2	Folder 12	Left Wing Groups. General	1934
Box 2	Folder 13	Left Wing Groups. ILGWU	1931-1933
Box 2	Folder 14	Left Wing Groups of the Cloak Locals, ILGWU	1932
Box 2	Folder 15	Left Wing Group Cloak Operators Local 1	1931-1932
Box 2	Folder 16	Left Wing Group, Local 1, 9..., 22... and 35	1932-1933
Box 2	Folder 17	Left Wing Group, Local 9	1931-1937
		1931-32, 1934-35, 1937
Box 2	Folder 18	Left Wing Group, Local 35	1932-1933
Box 2	Folder 19	Left Wing Group of Local 1	1932-1935
Box 2	Folder 20	Local Elections
		Undated.
Box 2	Folder 21	Local 1, Election Ballots (and Slates) from all local groups	1922-1934
		1922, 1930-31, 1933-34
Box 2	Folder 22	Local 1, Cloak and Suit Operators Union	1922-1935
		1922-24, 1931-35
Box 2	Folder 23	Local 2, Cloak, Suit and Reefer Operators	1914-1929
		1914, 1924-25, 1927-28, 1929
Box 2	Folder 24	Local 2, Election Ballots (and Slates) from all local groups	1925-1928
		1925-26, 1928
Box 2	Folder 25	Local 2, United Cloak and Skirt Makers Union, Philadelphia, Pa.
		Undated.
Box 2	Folder 26	Local 3, Sample Makers, Ladies Tailors	1922
Box 2	Folder 27	Local 9, Committees for Week Work and One Fighting Union (Action Comm., Comm. of 50)	1932-1933
Box 2	Folder 28	Local 9, Cloak and Suit Finishers, and general groups in Local 9	1912-1934
		1912, 1925, 1928, 1930-34
Box 2	Folder 29	Local 9, Trade Union Groups (Progressive and United)	1930-1937
		1930-32, 1934, 1937
Box 2	Folder 30	Local 10, all groups and factions. [folder 1 of 2]	1924-1949
		1924-25, 1927-28, 1933-35, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1949
Box 2	Folder 31	Local 10, all groups and factions. [folder 2 of 2]	1924-1949
		1924-25, 1927-28, 1933-35, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1949
Box 2	Folder 32	Local 11, Cloakmakers Union
		Undated.
Box 2	Folder 33	Local 17, Reefer Makers Union	1924-1929
		1924-25, 1929
Box 2	Folder 34	Local 22, all groups and factions	1931-1942
		1931-33, 1934-35, 1937, 1942
Box 2	Folder 35	Local 22, Dressmakers Union	1925-1965
		1925, 1927, 1931, 1933-35, 1937, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1956, 1965
Box 2	Folder 36	Local 22, all groups and factions	1932-1948
		1932-34, 1937, 1944, 1947, 1948
Box 3	Folder 1	Local 33 and 34, Corset Workers & Corset Cutters, Los Angeles, California	1923
Box 3	Folder 2	Local 22, Dressmakers-Programs	1935-1957
		1935, 1943-44, 1947-48, 1957
Box 3	Folder 3	Local 22, all groups and factions. [folder 1 of 2]	1934-1942
		1934-37, 1939-40, 1942
Box 3	Folder 4	Local 22, all groups and factions. [folder 2 of 2]	1934-1942
		1934-37, 1939-40, 1942
Box 3	Folder 5	Local 23-25	1959-1975
		1959-62, 1975
Box 3	Folder 6	Local 35, Pressers Union, and other Local 35 groups	1922-1933
		1922, 1925-31, 1933
Box 3	Folder 7	Local 38, Ladies Tailors, Theatrical Costume and Alteration Workers	1929-1930
Box 3	Folder 8	Local 48, Italian Cloakmakers	1949-1966
		1949, 1966
Box 3	Folder 9	Local 49, Ladies Waist and Dressmakers Union, Boston
		Undated.
Box 3	Folder 10	Local 50, Waist and Dressmakers, Philadelphia
		Undated.
Box 3	Folder 11	Local 60, Dress Pressers and other Local 60 Groups	1939-1963
		1939, 1949, 1953-54, 1959, 1963
Box 3	Folder 12	Local 62, White Goods Workers Union. [folder 1 of 2]	1921-1949
		1921, 1923-35, 1941, 1949
Box 3	Folder 13	Local 62, White Goods Workers Union. [folder 2 of 2]	1921-1949
		1921, 1923-35, 1941, 1949
Box 3	Folder 14	Local 65, Cloak and Dressmakers, Los Angeles
		Undated.
Box 3	Folder 15	Local 66, Bonnaz Embroidery Workers	1908-1940
		1908, 1932-33, 1940
Box 3	Folder 16	Local 72, Dressmakers Union, Toronto
		Undated.
Box 3	Folder 17	Local 76, White Goods Workers Union	1934
Box 3	Folder 18	Local 89, Italian Dressmakers	1936-1965
		1936-37, 1947-50, 1953, 1965
Box 3	Folder 19	Local 91, Childrens Dress	1925-1938
		1925, 1933, 1937-38
Box 3	Folder 20	Local 102, Cloak and Dress Drivers & Helpers Union	1939
Box 3	Folder 21	Local 117, Cloak, Suit, Infants and Childrens Coat OperatorUnion. [folder 1 of 3]	1922-1950
		1922, 1931, 1936-40, 1943-44, 1946- 50
Box 3	Folder 22	Local 117, Cloak, Suit, Infants and Childrens Coat OperatorUnion. [folder 2 of 3]	1922-1950
		1922, 1931, 1936-40, 1943-44, 1946- 50
Box 3	Folder 23	Local 117, Cloak, Suit, Infants and Childrens Coat OperatorUnion. [folder 3 of 3]	1922-1950
		1922, 1931, 1936-40, 1943-44, 1946- 50
Box 3	Folder 24	Local 130, Coat and Suit Workers Union, New Jersey	1949-1965
		1949, 1965
Box 3	Folder 25	Local 132, Plastic, Metal and Novelty Workers Union
		Undated.
Box 3	Folder 26	Local 134, Coat and Suit Workers Union, Paterson, New Jersey	1951
Box 3	Folder 27	Local 135, Coat and Suit Workers Union, Newark, New Jersey	1950
Box 3	Folder 28	Ladies Neckwear Workers Union	1934-1936
Box 3	Folder 29	Local 144, Dressmakers Union, Newark, New Jersey	1948
Box 3	Folder 30	Local 155, Knitgoods Workers Union	1934-1948
		1934, 1940, 1944, 1948
Box 3	Folder 31	Local 165, Cloakmakers Union, Newburgh, New York	1951
Box 4	Folder 1	Local 184, Dressmakers Union, Seattle, Washington	1935
Box 4	Folder 2	Local 266, Los Angeles, California
		Undated.
Box 4	Folder 3	Local 328, Kokomo, Indiana	1943
Box 4	Folder 4	Local 384, McAlester, Oklahoma	1956
Box 4	Folder 5	Local 385, Salt Lake City, Utah
		Undated.
Box 4	Folder 6	Los Angeles Joint Board and affiliated bodies	1920-1942
		1920, 1940-42
Box 4	Folder 7	Los Angeles	1920-1950
		1920, 1939, 1950
Box 4	Folder 8	May Day Committee	1932-1939
		1932-33, 1939
Box 4	Folder 9	Merchant Ladies Garment Association, Inc.	1933
Box 4	Folder 10	Montreal (affiliated bodies)	1937-1942
		1937, 1940-42
Box 4	Folder 11	Mooney, Tom and Warren K. Billings	1939
Box 4	Folder 12	Mutual Aid Club	1931
Box 4	Folder 13	National Organization Committee, Cloak and Dressmakers Joint Board	1927-1928
Box 4	Folder 14	Nazism, Fascism - (anti)	1948
Box 4	Folder 15	Needle Trades Workers Campaign Committee	1928
Box 4	Folder 16	Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union (Joint Board Cloak, Dress and Furriers Union)	1929-1933
Box 4	Folder 17	Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union	1924-1934
		1924, 1928-34
Box 4	Folder 18	Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union (Cloak and Dress Departments)	1930-1933
Box 4	Folder 19	Needle Trades Workers Unity League	1930-1931
Box 4	Folder 20	New Jersey	1923
Box 4	Folder 21	New York Cloak and Dressmakers Union Joint Board. [folder 1 of 3]	1921-1958
		1921, 1924-30, 1958
Box 4	Folder 22	New York Cloak and Dressmakers Union Joint Board. [folder 2 of 3]	1921-1958
		1921, 1924-30, 1958
Box 4	Folder 23	New York Cloak and Dressmakers Union Joint Board. [folder 3 of 3]	1921-1958
		1921, 1924-30, 1958
Box 4	Folder 24	New York Cloak Pressers Welfare Soc., Inc.	1933
Box 4	Folder 25	New York Cloak, Suit, Skirt and Reefer Makers Union, (Joint Board)	1907-1960
		1907-08, 1913-14, 1918, 1923, 1925-27, 1929, 1932-33, 1935-36, 1940, 1947, 1960
Box 4	Folder 26	New York Dress and Waistmakers Union Joint Board,	1932-1958
		1932-33, 1935-36, 1947, 1958
Box 4	Folder 27	New York Dress and Waistmakers Union, 1921 Strike	1921
Box 4	Folder 28	Northeast Department	1953-1956
		1953, 1956
Box 4	Folder 29	Organizing Committee, ILGWU	1921-1927
		1921, 1927
Box 4	Folder 30	Organizing Leaflets. [folder 1 of 2]	1916-1964
		1916, 1925, 1927-28, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1941, 1964
Box 4	Folder 31	Organizing Leaflets. [folder 2 of 2]	1916-1964
		1916, 1925, 1927-28, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1941, 1964
Box 4	Folder 32	Pennsylvania	1946-1956
		1946, 1949, 1956
Box 4	Folder 33	Philadelphia Joint Board and affiliated bodies	1925-1935
		1925, 1927, 1935
Box 4	Folder 34	Political Leaflets	1938
Box 4	Folder 35	Progressive Club, Local 17	1933-1935
		1933, 1935
Box 5	Folder 1	Progressive Cutters, Local 10	1925-1937
		1925, 1937
Box 5	Folder 2	Progressive Groups, Local 10 and 35	1925
Box 5	Folder 3	Progressive League of Local 1	1934-1935
Box 5	Folder 4	Progressive Pressers of Local 35	1924-1925
Box 5	Folder 5	Puerto Rico
		Undated.
Box 5	Folder 6	Pure and Simple Trade Union League	1922
Box 5	Folder 7	Radio Broadcast union and non-union literature	1949
Box 5	Folder 8	Rank and File, ILGWU	1932
Box 5	Folder 9	Rank and File Committee, Local 10	1931-1956
Box 5	Folder 10	Rank and File Committee of ACW, ILGWU and Hat Cap and Millinery Workers
		Undated.
Box 5	Folder 11	St. Louis Joint Board	1956
Box 5	Folder 12	San Francisco Joint Board and affiliated bodies	1934-1938
		1934-35, 1938
Box 5	Folder 13	Shop Chairmen Council (Cloak and Dressmakers)	1927
Box 5	Folder 14	Shop Delegate Propaganda Committee	1921
Box 5	Folder 15	Shop Delegates League	1921-1922
Box 5	Folder 16	Social Friends Club (Local 9) and the Committee of 25	1931
Box 5	Folder 17	Socialist Party
		Undated.
Box 5	Folder 18	Socialist Workers Party
		Undated.
Box 5	Folder 19	Southeastern Region	1951
Box 5	Folder 20	Southwestern Region	1936-1942
		1936, 1942
Box 5	Folder 21	Tolerance ( and Solidarity) Groups	1927-1928
Box 5	Folder 22	Toronto Joint Board and affiliated locals	1928-1976
Box 5	Folder 23	Trade Union Center Groups (Local 1)	1930-1934
		1930-32, 1934
Box 5	Folder 24	Trade Union Committee to Manufacture Clothing for Spain
		Undated.
Box 5	Folder 25	Trade Union Educational League	1922-1929
		1922-1926, 1929
Box 5	Folder 26	Trade Unionist Groups (Locals 2, 9, 22, 35)	1930
Box 5	Folder 27	Training Institute, ILGWU	1957
Box 5	Folder 28	Unemployment Committee of the Left Wing Groups, ILGWU
		Undated.
Box 5	Folder 29	Union Label Department	1967-1976
		1967-68, 1970-72, 1976
Box 5	Folder 30	Union Label Department	1960-1969
		1960-61, 1969
Box 5	Folder 31	Unions (and general labor matters)	1933-1950
		1933-37, 1940, 1945-46, 1949-50
Box 5	Folder 32	United Active and Progressive Trade Union Center	1937
Box 5	Folder 33	United Campaign Committee of All the Progressive Elements, Locals of Cloakmakers Union	1922
Box 5	Folder 34	United Dressmakers Committee, Left Wing and Active Members Groups, Local 22	1925-1935
		1925, 1935
Box 5	Folder 35	United Front Committees	1930-1932
		Cloakmakers, Conference, & 100
Box 5	Folder 36	United Progressive League	1930-1933
		1930-31, 1933. Incl. Cloakmakers & Dressmakers
Box 5	Folder 37	United Progressive League. Local 1	1931-1934
Box 5	Folder 38	United Progressive Trade Union Center, (Local 1)	1933-1934
Box 5	Folder 39	United Trade Unionist	1926
Box 5	Folder 40	Unity Committee. Joint Board Cloak and Dressmakers Union, Joint Board, Furriers Union	1927
Box 5	Folder 41	Unity House	1918-1968
		1918, 1927, 1929-30, 1935-36, 1948, 1952-53, 1956, 1962, 1968
Box 5	Folder 42	WEVD (Union Assembly)
		Undated.
Box 5	Folder 43	With These Hands
		Undated.
Box 5	Folder 44	Womens Trade Union League
		Undated.
Box 6		Loose materials.
		Dates unknown.
Box 7	Folder 1	Broadsides
Box 8	Folder 1	Heckers Flour - advertisements, broadsides, ad ideas
Box 8	Folder 2	American Cancer Society - Advertisements, Broadsides, Photos, negatives
Box 8	Folder 3	ILGWU advertisement
Box 8	Folder 4	Assorted advertisements for ILGWU
Box 8	Folder 5	ILGWU Mother's Day Advertisement
Box 8	Folder 6	ILGWU Advertisement
Box 8	Folder 7	ILGWU Advertisement
Box 8	Folder 8	Assorted ILGWU Advertisements
Box 8	Folder 9	Labor Day Advertisement for ILGWU
Box 8	Folder 10	Labor Day Advertisements for ILGWU
Box 8	Folder 11	Broadsides
Box 10		ILGWU broadsides
Box 10	Folder 1	A Mass=Meeting for the Ladies Tailors of Brooklyn will be given by the Ladies Branch, Loc. 16, U.G.W. of A.: ILGWU Broadside	1897
Box 10	Folder 2	By Order of the General Executive Board, International Ladies Garment Workers Union; Ladies Waist and Dressmakers!: ILGWU Broadside	1911
Box 10	Folder 3	The New Post / Issued by the Joint Board of the Cloak and Shirt Makers Union of New York: ILGWU Broadside	1916
Box 10	Folder 4	The General Strike Periodical / Issued by the Cloak & Shirt Makers Union of Phila.	1914
Box 11		Strike declared poster
Box 11	Folder 1	Strike declared poster
Box 12		ILGWU posters
Box 12	Folder 1	ILGWU union label posters
Box 13		Text digitized from the collection.

Contents

ILGWU Broadside Collection

Collection Number: 5780/109

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library