ILGWU. Newspapers, [1913-1980]
Collection Number: 5780/125
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Cornell
University Library
Title:
ILGWU. Newspapers, 1913-1980
Collection Number:
5780/125
Creator:
International Ladies'
Garment Workers' Union.
Quantity:
3 linear feet
Forms of Material:
Publications
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection consists of publications either produced or
collected by the ILGWU. It includes periodicals of local unions, joint boards, and
the international periodicals, as well as publications from other
organizations.
Language:
Collection material in English and Yiddish.
The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was founded in New York City in 1900
by mostly Socialist immigrant workers who sought to unite the various crafts in the
growing women’s garment industry. The union soon reflected changes in the sector and
rapidly organized thousands of unskilled and semi-skilled women, mostly Jewish and
Italian young immigrants. Exemplifying the “new unionism,” the ILGWU led two of the
most widespread and best-known industrial strikes of the early Twentieth Century:
the shirtwaist makers’ strike of 1909 in New York City and the cloak makers’ strike
of 1910 in Chicago. The union also tried to adapt to the fragmented and unstable
nature of the industry. It adopted the “protocol of peace,” a system of industrial
relations that attempted to ensure stability and limit strikes and production
disruption by providing for an arbitration system to resolve disputes.
The ILGWU exemplified the European-style social unionism of its founding members.
They pursued bread and butter issues but provided educational opportunities,
benefits, and social programs to union members as well. In 1919, the ILGWU became
the first American union to negotiate an unemployment compensation fund that was
contributed to by its employers. The ILGWU also pioneered in the establishment of an
extremely progressive health care program for its members which included not only
regional Union Health Centers but also a resort for union workers, known as Unity
House. The Union also had an imaginative and pioneering Education Department which
not only trained workers in traditional union techniques, but provided courses in
citizenship and the English language.
David Dubinsky, an immigrant from Belarus who came to the US in 1911, provided strong
leadership that led to unprecedented growth in the union during his presidency from
1932 to 1966. He led the union through successful internal anti-communist struggles,
built on the ascendancy of industrial unionism by encouraging the formation of the
Committee for Industrial Organization, and helped the union become an important
political force in New York City and state politics, and in the national Democratic
Party and Liberal Party as well.
In the period following the Second World War, the union suffered a decline in
membership as manufacturers avoided unionization and took advantage of less
expensive labor by moving shops from the urban centers in the northeast to the
south, and later abroad. The ethnic and racial character of the ILGWU also changed
as European immigrants were supplanted by Asians, Latin Americans, African-
Americans, and immigrants from the Caribbean.
In July 1995 the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
(ACTWU) at a joint convention, forming UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and
Textile Employees). At the time the new union had a membership of about 250,000 in
the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
This collection consists of publications either produced or collected by the ILGWU.
It includes periodicals of local unions, joint boards, and the international
periodicals, as well as publications from other organizations.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
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.
Access Restrictions:
The ILGWU Records, except for publications and materials produced for
publication, are restricted. Materials created prior to twenty years from the
current date are open to researchers only with prior written permission from the
Director of the Kheel Center; materials created during the past twenty-years are
closed; the minutes of the General Executive Board are closed. For more
information contact the Kheel Center.
Cite As:
ILGWU. Newspapers. 5780/125. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
5780. ILGWU records
5780 PUBS. ILGWU publications
5780/125 G. ILGWU. Photographs and ad boards
"Permanent deposit"
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Der Arbeter Kamf
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1930-1933 |
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Yiddish; The Workers' Struggle; published by the Communist Party of the
United States
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Bulletin
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English and Yiddish. Issued by the Progressive Group of the ILGWU
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Calling All Shops
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1936 |
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Dressmakers' General Strike Bulletin no.1 (1936:Feb. 7)
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Dress Bulletin
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1932 |
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v.1:no.2 (1932:July). Official Organ of the Allied Dress Manufacturers
Association.
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Dos Freie Wort
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1926-1941 |
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Yiddish; The Free Word; published by the Group of Cloakmakers, ILGWU
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
The I.L.G.er
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1946-1960 |
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v.2:no.7 (1946:Aug./Sep.); v.14:no.3 (1960:Summer).
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
In Kampf
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1926 |
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Yiddish; In Struggle; v.1:no.3 (1926:Dec.); published by the New York Joint
Board Furriers Union
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
The Ladies' Garment Cutter
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1913-1917 |
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v.1:no.4-5 (1913); v.2:no.12,48-49 (1914); v.3:no.4,6-7,13-15,27,29-31
(1915); v.4:no.15 (1916); v.5:no.7 (1917)
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
The Ladies' Garment Worker
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1953-1954 |
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v.5:no.2 (1953:Dec.); v.6:no.1 (1954:July).
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
The Local 22 Dressmaker
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1963 |
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English and Spanish.
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Local 23-25 News
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1980 |
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February, 1980
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Local 99 News
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1954-1966 |
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v.1:no.1-3 (1954); v.2:no.2-4 (1957); v.6:no.2 (1959); v.11:no.1,5-6 (1965);
v.12:no.1 (1966)
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Local 105 Reports
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1953-1961 |
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v.5:no.1 (1953:Mar.); v.5:no.3 (1955:Sep.); April 1961.
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Monatlakher Idisher Buletin
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1930 |
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Yiddish; Monthly Jewish Bulletin; published by the Community Party of the
United States
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
The Needle Worker
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1924-1933 |
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English and Yiddish. v.1:no.4 (1924); v.2:no.6 (1931); v.3:no.6-8 (1932);
Dressmakers Bulletin no.1 (1933)
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
The New Post
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1927-1928 |
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Yiddish. v.1:no.1-5,7-8 (1927); v.1:no.10-11 (1928).
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Nineteen Twenty-Three
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1922 |
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English and Yiddish. v.1:no.1 (1922). Jobbers Edition.
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Pennsylvania Labor Record
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1943 |
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v.11:no.33 (1943:Dec.)
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Progresiver Dresmaker
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1934-1935 |
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English and Yiddish. v.1:no.1 (No Date); v.1 (1934); v.1:no.1-2 (1935)
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Der Progresiver Kapn un Milinery Arbeter
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1927 |
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Yiddish; The Progressive Caps and Millinery Workers; published by the Caps
and Millinery Workers Section of the Trade Union Educational League
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
The Progressive Unionist
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1936 |
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English and Yiddish. v.1:no.1-4 (1936)
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Sew-Sew News
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1940 |
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v.1:no.7 (1940:May); v.1:no.8 (1940:Oct).
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
The Shipping Clerk
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1957 |
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v.5:no.2 (1957:June).
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| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Shop News
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1941 |
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English and Spanish. no.6-7,9,20-21 (1941)
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| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Treyd Yunyon Zenter
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1930 |
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Yiddish; Trade Union Center; v.1:no.1-2 (1930); published by the Trade Center
Union Group, Local 1, ILGWU
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| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
The Union Dressmaker
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1934 |
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English and Yiddish. v.1:no.1-3 (1934)
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| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Union Vanguard
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1938-1944 |
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v.1:no.1-6 (1938); v.2:no.8- 9 (1938); v.3:no.14-15 (1939); v.2:no.21
(1944)
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| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
United Dressmaker
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1935 |
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English and Yiddish. v.1:no.1 (1935). Campaign Organ of the Left Wing and
Active Members Groups.
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| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Unzer Wort
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1926-1938 |
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Yiddish; Our Word; includes Unzer Wort published in Montreal, Quebec, and
Unzer Wort, published by the Local 1, United Progressive Trade Union
Center
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| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Workers Age
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1937-1941 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Bulletin
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1944 |
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no.1 (1944:Jan. 2). The Progressive Trade Union Committee.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
The Chicago Needle Worker
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1928 |
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v.1:no.9 (1928:Apr.)
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
The Cutter
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1926-1937 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
The Dress Presser
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1942 |
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English and Yiddish. v.6:no.2 (1942:Mar.)
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Der Dresmaker
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1938-1939 |
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English and Yiddish. Communist Party. v.1:no.1 (1938:Jan.); v.2:no.1
(1939:Jan.)
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Der Dresmaker
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1932 |
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Yiddish. Dresmaker Welfeyr Klub
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Dressmakers' Bulletin
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1931 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Dressmakers! Prepare for the General Strike
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English and Italian. 2 copies
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
The Dressmakers' Voice
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1932 |
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English and Yiddish. v.1:no.2 (1934:Mar. 12)
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Einigkeit
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1927 |
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Yiddish. v.1:no.1-15 (1927:Mar.-July)
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Einigkeit
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1927-1928 |
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Yiddish. V.1:no.16-v.2:no.6 (1927:July-1928:Apr.)
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Gerechtigkeit
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1929 |
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Yiddish. Justice, v.11:no.2 (1929:Jan. 25)
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| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Hofenung
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1939-1940 |
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English and Yiddish. v.1:no.1 (1939:Dec.); v.2:no.2 (1940:Feb.)
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| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Hot Speeches and Wild Talk
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| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Justice
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1937-1940 |
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v.19:no.6 (1937:Mar. 16); v.22:no.7 (1940:Mar. 18)
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Klok Opereytors Buletin
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1939 |
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Yiddish. no.1-2 (1939)
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| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Der Klouk Finisher
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1942 |
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English and Yiddish. v.1:no1-5 (1942)
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| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Klouk-Finishers Shtime
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1942 |
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Yiddish. v.1:no.1 (1942:Jan.)
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| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Der Klouk un Dresmaker
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1931 |
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Yiddish. v.1:no.1-3 (1931)
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| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Knitgoods Workers Voice
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1966 |
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v.30:no.5 (1966:Oct.). 2 copies.
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| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Konvenshon Buletin
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1928 |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Labor Unity
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1929 |
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v.3:no.21 (1929:Aug. 17)
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
The Ladies' Garment Cutter
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1939-1940 |
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v.1:no.11 (1939:May); v.2:no.9 (1940:March); v.2:no.11 (1940:May)
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| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Let's Teach the Truth About Unions.
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1942 |
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Reprinted from American Teacher, March 1942.
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| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Mode O'Day News
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1942 |
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no.25 (1942:Feb. 18). 2 copies. V.2:no.26 (1942:Feb. 23)
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| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Di Naye Welt
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1921 |
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Yiddish. v.8:no.33 (1921:Sep. 16)
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
The Needle Worker
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1930-1931 |
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English, Yiddish, and Spanish. v.1:no.1-2 (1930:Aug.-Oct.); v.2:no.710
(1931:July-Oct.)
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
The Newsette
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1941-1942 |
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v.1:no.1 (1941:Dec.); v.1:no.4 (1942:Jan.)
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| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Nodl Arbeter
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1924-1927 |
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Yiddish. v.1:no.2/3 (1924:Feb./Mar.); v.2:no.4 (1926
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| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Di Nodl-Arbeter Shtime
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1930 |
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Yiddish
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| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
The Organizer
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English and Spanish. v.1:no.1-2,7
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| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Our Local 66
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1947 |
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v.6:no.3 (1947:Mar.)
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| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Progressive Youth
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1937 |
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June, 1937
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| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Rank and File Cutter
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1937 |
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v.3:no.3 (1937:Mar.)
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| Box 2 | Folder 35 |
The Red Needle
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1929 |
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English and Yiddish. V.1:no.1-4 (1929)
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| Box 2 | Folder 36 |
A Report to the Members: Knitgoods Workers Voice
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1942-1944 |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 |
Di Rifermaker Shtime
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Yiddish
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| Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Safeguard Your Union Against Disruption
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| Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Der Tsentrist
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1929 |
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Yiddish. v.1:no.1-2 (1929)
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| Box 2 | Folder 40 |
Undzer Yodl
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Yiddish. 2 copies
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| Box 2 | Folder 41 |
The Union Voice
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v.1:no.2
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| Box 2 | Folder 42 |
The Voice of Unity
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1928 |
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English and Yiddish. v.1:no.1-6 (1928)
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| Box 2 | Folder 43 |
The Word of the Dressmakers
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1938 |
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English and Italian. v.2:no.3 (1938:May)
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