ILGWU. Research Department. United States NIRA hearing records,, 1933-1937.
Collection Number: 5780/163
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
ILGWU. Research Department. United States NIRA hearing records, 1933-1937.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5780/163
Abstract:
This collection contains reports and records of hearings held by the United States
National Industrial Recovery Administration between 1933 and 1937. Topics of these
hearings include Code of Fair Practices and Competition, Conference of Code Authorities
and Trade Association Code Committee Employment, Employment Provisions in Codes of
Fair Competition, as well as hearings on amendments, history and violations of code.
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Research Dept.
Quanitities:
5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
The Research Department of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
supported the administrative operations of the Union. The Research Department was
organized to coordinate the ILGWU's investigative operations. It provided Union leaders
with information on wages, working conditions, economic conditions, and other matters
in the women's garment industry. The Department also collected and housed documents
from Union administrative staff that were deemed substantive and of lasting value
to the Union, whether produced internally or externally. The information gathered
by the Department was of particular value during labor disputes and contract negotiations.
This collection contains reports and records of hearings held by the United States
National Industrial Recovery Administration between 1933 and 1937. Topics of these
hearings include Code of Fair Practices and Competition, Conference of Code Authorities
and Trade Association Code Committee Employment, Employment Provisions in Codes of
Fair Competition, as well as hearings on amendments, history and violations of code.
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
ILGWU. Research Department. United States NIRA hearing records. 5780/163. Kheel Center
for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell
University.
5780. ILGWU records
5780/045. ILGWU. Research Department records
5780/056. ILGWU. Research Department collected documents
5780/078. ILGWU. Research Department reports
5780/105. ILGWU. Research Department records
5780/123. ILGWU. Research Department records
5780/148. ILGWU. Research Department wages and hours files
5780/168. ILGWU. Research Department records
5780/175. ILGWU. Termination Analysis log books
5780/209. ILGWU. Research Department records
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Research Dept.
United States. National Recovery Administration
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry -- United States
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States
Clothing workers -- United States
Industrial relations -- United States
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
First Hearing on Coat and Suit Code Authority
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
July 20-21
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Code of Fair Practices
and Competition
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
September 11
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Code of Fair Practices
and Competition
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
October 3
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Code of Fair Practices
and Competition
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
November 23
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Code of Fair Practices
and Competition
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
November 24
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Code of Fair Practices
and Competition, Volume 2
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
January 29
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Conference of Code Authorities
and Trade Association Code Committee, Volume 1
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
March 5
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Conference of Code Authorities
and Trade Association Code Committee Employment, Volume 2
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
March 6
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Conference of Code Authorities
and Trade Association Code Committee, Code Administration and Improvement, Volume
1
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
March 1
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Conference of Code Authorities
and Trade Association Code Committee, Trade Practices - Production, Volume 1
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
March 5
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Conference of Code Authorities
and Trade Association Code Committee, Code Administration and Improvement, Volume
2
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
March 6
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Conference of Code Authorities
and Trade Association Code Committee, Trade Practices - Production, Volume 2
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
March 6
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Conference of Code Authorities
and Trade Association Code Committee, Code Administration and Improvement, Volume
3
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
March 7
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Conference of Code Authorities
and Trade Association Code Committee, Trade Practices - Production, Volume 3
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
March 7
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Conference of Code Authorities
and Trade Association Code Committee, Employment, Volume 3
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
March 7
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Code of Fair Practices
and Competition, Volume 1
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
August 3
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing, Cotton
Garment, and Dress Manufacturing Industry Amendments, Volume 1
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
June 18
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing, Cotton
Garment, and Dress Manufacturing Industries Amendments, Volume 2
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
June 19
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing, Cotton
Garment, and Dress Manufacturing Industries Amendments, Volume 2a
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
June 19
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing, Cotton
Garment, and Dress Manufacturing Industries Amendments, Volume 3
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
June 20
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
U.S. National Industrial Review Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing, Cotton Garment,
Dress Manufacturing Industries Amendment, Volume 3a
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
June 20
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing, Cotton
Garment, and Dress Manufacturing Industries. Supplement to Hearing, Volume 3b
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
June 20
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing, Cotton
Garment, and Dress Manufacturing Industries Amendments, Volume 4
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
June 22
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing, Cotton
Garment, and Dress Manufacturing Industries, Amendments, Volume 4a
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
June 22
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Dress Manufacturing Industry
Amendments, Volume 1
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
October 9
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
U.S. National Industrial Recover Board Hearing on Alleged Violations of the Code for
the Dress Manufacturing Industry Against Paris-Maid Dress Company, Volume 1 Part 1
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
November 27
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Alleged Violations of
the Code for the Dress Manufacturing Industry Against Paris-Maid Dress Company, Volume
1 Part 2
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
November 27
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Alleged Violations of
the Code for the Dress Manufacturing Industry Against Paris-Maid Dress Company, Volume
2
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
November 30
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Alleged Violations of
the Code for the Dress Manufacturing Hearing on Alleged Violations of the Code for
the Dress Manufacturing Industry Against Paris-Maid Dress Company, Volume 3
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
December 1
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Dress Manufacturing Industry,
Amendments to Code of Fair Competition, Volume 4
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 26
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Dress Manufacturing Industry,
Amendments to Code of Fair Competition - Jobbers Contractors, Volume 5
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 27
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Dress Manufacturing Industry,
Amendments to Code of Fair Competition - Uniform Order Blanks, Volume 6
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 28
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
U.S. NRA Division of Review, History of the Code of Fair Competition for the Dress
Industry (Appendix)
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1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 5 |
U.S. NRA Division of Review, History of the Code of Fair Competition for the Dress
Industry
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1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 6 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing Industry,
Proposed Amendments of the Code of Fair Competition, Volume 1
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 1
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing Industry,
Proposed Amendments to the Code of Fair Competition, Volume 1
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 1
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing Industry,
Proposed Amendments to the Code of Fair Competition, Volume 2
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 2
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing Industry,
Proposed Amendments to the Code of Fair Competition, Volume 2
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 3
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Box 3 | Folder 10 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Men's Clothing Industry,
Proposed Amendments of the Code of Fair Competition, Volume 3
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 4
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Employment Provisions
in Codes of Fair Competition, Volume 1 Part 1
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
January 30
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Employment Provisions
in Codes of Fair Competition, Volume 1 Part 2
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
January 30
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Box 4 | Folder 3 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Complete Index, Employment Provisions
in Codes of Fair Competition
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
January 30-February 2
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Box 4 | Folder 4 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Employment Provisions
in Codes of Fair Competition, Volume 2 Part 1
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
January 31
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Box 4 | Folder 5 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Employment Provisions
in Codes of Fair Competition, Volume 2 Part 2
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
January 31
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Employment Provisions
in Codes of Fair Competition, Volume 3 Part 1
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 1
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Box 4 | Folder 7 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Employment Provisions
in Codes of Fair Competition, Volume 3 Part 2
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 1
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Employment Provisions
in Codes of Fair Competition, Volume 3 Part 3
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 1
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Box 4 | Folder 9 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Employment Provisions
in Codes of Fire Competition, Volume 4
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
February 2
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Box 4 | Folder 10 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Dress Manufacturing Industry,
Modification Proposal, Volume 2
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
January 7
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Box 4 | Folder 11 |
U.S. National Industrial Recovery Administration Hearing on Dress Manufacturing Industry,
Modification Proposal, Volume 3
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
January 8
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Box 4 | Folder 12 |
U.S. NRA Division of Review, The Coat and Suit Industry
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1935 |
Box 5 | Folder 1 |
U.S. NRA Division of Review, the Labor Program Under the NRA and Industrial Homework
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1936 |
Box 5 | Folder 2 |
U.S. NRA Division of Review. Trade Practice Provisions in the Codes
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1936 |
Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Report of the Special Commission on Wages and Hours in the Fur Manufacturing Industry
by Paul Abelson
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1936 |
Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Wages and Hours in American Industry, NRA Source Material, by Solomon Barkin.
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Volume 1
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Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Wages and Hours in American Industry, NRA Source Material, by Solomon Barkin
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Volume 2
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Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Wages and Hours in American Industry, NRA Source Material, by Solomon Barkin
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Volume 3
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Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Report of the Commission for the Coat and Suit Industry by George Gordon Battle
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1936 |
Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Report of the Special Commission on Wage Differentials in the Cap and Cloth Hat Industry
by Paul F. Brissenden
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1936 |
Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Report of the Committee on the Economic and Social Implications of the Company Story
and Scrip System by Charles B. Fowler
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1936 |
Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Financial and Labor Data on the Women's Neckwear and Scarf Industry by W.A. Gill
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1936 |
Box 5 | Folder 11 |
National Labor Income by Months (1929-1935) by Dorothy E. Smith
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1936 |
Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Statistical Background of the NRA by Victor S. Szeliski
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1936 |
Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Some Aspects of the Women's Apparel Industry by Sherman Trowbridge
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1936 |
Box 5 | Folder 14 |
U.S. Committee of Industrial Analysis, the National Recovery Administration
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1937 |
Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Labor's Opportunity Under the Industrial Recovery Act by David Dubinsky
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