ILGWU Legal Department Donnelly Garment Company v. ILGWU Records, 1935-1943
Collection Number: 5780/162
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU Legal Department Donnelly Garment Company v. ILGWU Records, 1935-1943
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/162
Abstract:
Contains transcripts, briefs, and other legal documents relating to Donnelly Garment
Company v. ILGWU.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Quanitities:
6 cubic feet
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.
From very early on in its existence, the ILGWU had need for legal counsel, and this
was handled in the union's main offices in cooperation with hired attorneys. As the
union grew and especially after the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947, the union
found cause to establish a Legal Department. The department provided general legal
counsel to the union and its affiliates, worked to develop collective bargaining agreement
terms, and represented the ILGWU in litigation and arbitration. After the formation
of the Master Agreements Department in 1965, the responsibilities for developing CBA
terms shifted to the new department.
The Legal Department records do not comprehensively document the ILGWU legal activities,
instead focusing on specific cases or series of cases.
Two ILGWU cases are documented in the Legal Department records. The first case involved
the Kellwood Corporation, and the second involved the Donnelly Garment Company. The
records relating to the Kellwood case (5780/107, 5780/107 AV, 5780/107 P) include
court documents, correspondence and memoranda, surveys of strikers, organizing leaflets
and newsletters (from both the union and the company), Steve Honeyman's draft accounts
of the strike, audio and transcripts of Honeyman's interviews with ILGWU members and
staff, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other printed material. The Donnelly
Garment Company's case against the ILGWU is documented primarily through transcripts
of the case, legal briefs, and related court documents.
Records on series of cases are the most general and extensive of the Legal Department
records. They include records on ILGWU cases in the U.S. courts (5780/081), records
documenting cases before the National War Labor Board (5780/085), and records relating
to a wide variety contract negotiations, arbitration proceedings, and courts cases
(5780/063).
Researchers may find complementary material in the other parts of the ILGWU records,
such as the papers of the international leadership, especially the papers of ILGWU
presidents (Series IV); the records of local unions in instances where these affiliates
were involved in litigation or arbitration (Series III); and the collective bargaining
agreements (Series VI). Related collections at the Kheel Center include decisions
of the Coat and Suit Industry's Impartial Chairman (6036/015) and decisions of the
Dress Industry's Impartial Chairman (6036/017).
This collection soley focuses on legal documents relating to the Donnelly Garment
Company, including transcripts, briefs, and cases.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
ILGWU Legal Department Donnelly Garment Company v. ILGWU Records #5780/162. Kheel
Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry -- United States
Clothing workers--Labor unions--United States.
Clothing workers -- United States
Industrial relations -- United States
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Transcript
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1937 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Transcript. Vol.1
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1-967.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Transcript. Vol.2
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 968-1835.
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Transcript. Vol.1
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1-967. Second copy
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Transcript. Vol.2
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 968-1835. Second copy
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Transcript. Vol.3
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1836-2218
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Transcript. Vol.4
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 2219-3030
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Transcript. Vol.5
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 3031-4190
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Transcript.
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1836-2791
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Transcript.
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 2792-3566
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Transcript. Vol.6
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 4191-5103.
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Transcript. Vol.7
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 5104-5752.
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Transcript. Vol.8
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 5753-6580
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Transcript. Vol.6
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 4191-5103. Second copy
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Transcript. Vol.7
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 5104-5752. Second copy
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Index.
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1939 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Plaintiff's Case. Transcript. Vol.1
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1-138(10)
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| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Plaintiff's Case. Transcript. Vol.2
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 138(11)-388
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| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Plaintiff's Case. Transcript. Vol.3
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 389-552
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| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Plaintiff's Case. Transcript. Vol.4
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 553-638
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| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Plaintiff's Case. Transcript. Vol.5
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 639-777
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| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Plaintiff's Case. Transcript. Vol.6
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 778-852
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| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Plaintiff's Case. Transcript. Vol.7
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 853-1034
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| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Intervener's Case. Transcript
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1035-1282
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| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Defendant's Case Transcript. Vol.1
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1283-1365
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| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Defendant's Case Transcript. Vol.2
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1366-1411(91-e)
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| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Defendant's Case Transcript. Vol.3
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1413-1670
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| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Defendant's Case Transcript. Vol.4
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1671-1927(1)
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| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Defendant's Case Transcript. Vol.5
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Missing
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| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Defendant's Case Transcript. Vol.6
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 2156(1)-2397
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| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Defendant's Case Transcript. Vol.7
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1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 2398-2556(1)
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| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Statement of Evidence. Vol.1
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1937 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1-340
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| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Statement of Evidence. Vol.2
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1937 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 341-659
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| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
National Labor Relations Board Case. Vol.1
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1935 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1-200
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| Box 5 | Folder 9 |
National Labor Relations Board Case. Vol.2
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1935 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 201-318
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| Box 5 | Folder 10 |
National Labor Relations Board Case. Vol.3
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1935 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 319-443
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| Box 5 | Folder 11 |
National Labor Relations Board Case. Vol.4
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1935 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 444-663
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| Box 5 | Folder 12 |
National Labor Relations Board Case. Vol.5
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1935 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 664-813
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| Box 5 | Folder 13 |
National Labor Relations Board Case. Vol.6
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1935 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 814-957
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| Box 5 | Folder 14 |
National Labor Relations Board Case. Vol.7
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1935 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 958-1053
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| Box 5 | Folder 15 |
National Labor Relations Board Case. Vol. 8
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1935 |
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Scope and Contents
Pages 1054-1115
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
David Dubinsky, et al. [Folder 1 of 4]
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 1-228
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| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
David Dubinsky, et al. [Folder 2 of 4]
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 229-495
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| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
David Dubinsky, et al. [Folder 3 of 4]
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 496-693
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| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
David Dubinsky, et al. [Folder 4 of 4]
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Pgs. 694-782
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| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Injuction Case. Vol. 1
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1938 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Injuction Case. Vol. 2
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1938 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Injuction Case. Vol. 3
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1938 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Injuction Case. Vol. 4
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1938 |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Injuction Case. Vol. 5
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1938 |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Briefs
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1938 |
| Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Labor Board Case
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1939 |