ILGWU Abraham Rosenberg "Memoirs of a Cloak Maker, 1882-1910" on Microfilm
Collection Number: 5780/159 mf
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Abraham Rosenberg "Memoirs
of a Cloak Maker, 1882-1910" on Microfilm, 1883-1910
Collection Number:
5780/159 mf
Creator:
Rosenberg, Abraham;
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU);
Horn, Yetta
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU);
Horn, Yetta
Quantity:
1 microfilm reel
Forms of Material:
Microfilm, memoirs.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection consists of a microfilm copy of Abraham
Rosenberg's Memoirs of a Cloak Maker.
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.
Abraham Rosenberg arrived in the United States from Russia in 1883. He served as
president of the ILGWU from 1908 to 1914, and later worked as an organizer with the
union.
This collection is the microfilm version of 5780/159, and is a microfilm copy of
Abraham Rosenberg's Memoirs of a Cloak Maker, 1881-1910, translated by Yetta
Horn.
Names:
Horn, Yetta
Rosenberg, Abraham.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry -- United States.
Clothing industry -- Labor unions -- United
States.
Clothing workers -- United States.
Industrial relations -- United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Microfilm.
Memoirs.
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 Abraham Rosenberg "Memoirs of a Cloak Maker, 1882-1910" on Microfilm
#5780/159 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library.
Container
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Description
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Date
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Reel 1 | |||
Reel 1 | 1883-1910 | ||
239 pages.
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