ILGWU. Ohio Kentucky Region photographs
Collection Number: 5780/183 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU. Ohio Kentucky Region photographs,
1924-1996
Collection Number:
5780/183 P
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union
Quantity:
4.9 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection consists of photographs transferred from the Ohio
Kentucky Region records. Photographs document the activities of the regional department,
including meetings, rallies, and conventions. Some photographs appear to have been used in the
Ohio Kentucky Region periodical, Ohio Kentucky News.
Language:
Collection material in English
Founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing about 2,000 members in cities in the
northeastern United States, the ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership size, 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. In
1995, the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) to form
the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE).
The ILGWU had been organizing in Cleveland since its early years, and by the 1930s, the union
was organizing in other parts of Ohio and Kentucky as well. The Cleveland Joint Board and
Cleveland Knitgoods Council represented workers in Cleveland, and Cincinnati Joint Board
represented workers in Cincinnati and parts of Kentucky. Together, these represented ILGWU
members in the Ohio-Kentucky Area.
By 1977, the Ohio-Kentucky Area, which included local unions in the Ohio-Kentucky Region,
Cleveland Joint Board and Knitgoods Council, and unaffiliated locals, claimed a total membership
of roughly 5,500 people. In 1978, the Ohio-Kentucky Regional Office was dissolved. Local unions
in Ohio became part of the Northeast and Western Pennsylvania Department to create the
Northeast, Western Pennsylvania, and Ohio Department. Kentucky locals became part of the Upper
South Department.
Abraham Katovsky was the ILGWU representative in Ohio from 1910 until his death 1945. Nathan
Solomon was appointed Manager of the Cleveland Joint Board, a position he held until his passing
in 1948. Louis Friend and Hyman Langer served short appointments, until Nicholas Kirtzman
assumed leadership of the region in 1950 and stayed in that role until his death in 1963. Sam
Janis was director of the regional office from 1963 until its dissolution in 1978.
The predominant theme of the photograph collection is union business, mainly exemplified by
individuals seated around tables for meetings. There are group photos at meetings, conferences,
and dinners, with individuals either sitting at tables or standing, and people at podiums. There
are also numerous panoramic photographs of various ILGWU conventions with the delegates from the
Ohio- Kentucky Region. The images also help to illustrate events of the union at the local
level, with numerous parties for holidays and retirement dinners, as well as members
participating in classes offered by the various locals. Several of the photographs are
identified by strike, meeting or city or local, but the majority of the images remain
unidentified, these are mainly of individuals or an unknown meeting or conference. Some of the
photos appear to have been used in publications for the region. The collection contains
different formats, such as prints and snapshots, 35mm negatives and contact sheets.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. --
Ohio-Kentucky Region.
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry -- United States.
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States.
Industrial relations -- United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
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. Ohio Kentucky Region photographs #5780/183 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | ||
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"Your Money's Worth" graphic and negatives
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | ||
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Includes: meeting, Jay Mazur, Sol Hoffman
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1963 | |
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August-September 1963
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1961 | |
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November-December 1961
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | ||
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Includes: photo from Cleveland Plain Dealer, women in line at State Probation and Parole
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 | ||
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Includes: Stephen M. Young for Senate; members; healthcare; meetings; office; Ohio-Kentucky
delegation to convention, 1959; William Corrigan; leafletting at Christmas
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1962 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1964 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | ||
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Includes: John Gilligan, Clifford Brown, Gertrude Donahey, Joseph O'Neill, Howard
Metzenbach, Richard Celeste, Frank Abbuzze [sp?], Tony Hall
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1969 | |
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Includes: [meetings of retirees?]
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | ||
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Includes: meetings, parties, protest against imports, retirees
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 | 1961 | |
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April 1961
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 | 1961 | |
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April-May 1961
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1954 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1954 | |
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Summer 1954
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1960 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1960 | |
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January 14, 1960
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | 1955 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1956 | |
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Also includes: strike at Frisch Knitting Mills, Cleveland, Ohio
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 | 1958 | |
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April 17, 1958
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | ||
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[Sol Hoffman?]
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 | 1950 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | 1962 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | 1960 | |
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March 29, 1960
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| Box 2 | Folder 19 | 1960 | |
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October 16, 1960
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| Box 2 | Folder 20 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 21 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 22 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 23 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 24 | 1957 | |
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February 1, 1957
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| Box 2 | Folder 25 | 1960 | |
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April 2, 1960
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| Box 2 | Folder 26 | 1952 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 | 1956 | |
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March 15, 1956
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 | 1956 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 29 | 1959 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 30 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 31 | 1960 | |
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August 2, 1960
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| Box 2 | Folder 32 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 33 | ||
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Includes: Earlene Duvall of Local 481, Glasgow, Kentucky, and Dorothy Rhodes of Local 545,
Woodsfield, Ohio
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| Box 2 | Folder 34 | 1971 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 35 | ||
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Includes: contact sheet
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| Box 2 | Folder 36 | 1965 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 | 1970 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 38 | ||
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Includes: contact sheets and negatives
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| Box 2 | Folder 39 | ||
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Includes: contact sheet and negatives
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| Box 2 | Folder 40 | ||
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Includes: contact sheet and negatives
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| Box 2 | Folder 41 | ||
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Includes: contact sheet and negatives
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| Box 2 | Folder 42 | ||
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Includes: meetings
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| Box 2 | Folder 43 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 44 | ||
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Includes: performance
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 | 1972 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | 1970-1971 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | ||
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Includes: meeting
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | ||
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Includes: contact sheets and negatives
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | ||
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Includes: civil rights conference, 1970; Ohio AFL-CIO Convention, 1970; ILGWU Building;
Marietta Cusano P-B retiree; import rally, 1984;
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | ||
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Includes: meetings, Nicholas Kirtzman, and Kirtzman obituary by Michael Frankel
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| Box 3 | Folder 11 | 1966 | |
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Includes: group photos with names
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| Box 3 | Folder 12 | 1971 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | ||
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Includes: Local 795, Nicholas Kirtzman with David Dubinsky (negatives), happy birthday
graphic
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 | ||
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Includes: party
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| Box 3 | Folder 15 | ||
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Includes: meetings, protest against apartheid
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| Box 3 | Folder 16 | ||
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Includes: contact sheets and negatives
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| Box 3 | Folder 17 | ||
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Includes: portraits
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| Box 3 | Folder 18 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | ||
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Includes:Gilligan supporters
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| Box 3 | Folder 20 | 1954 | |
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Los Angeles, California, September 18, 1954
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| Box 3 | Folder 21 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | ||
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Includes: contact sheet and negatives
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| Box 3 | Folder 23 | ||
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Includes: Kentucky State AFL-CIO, meetings, Union Label
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| Box 3 | Folder 24 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 25 | 1955 | |
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January 1955
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | ||
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Includes: meeting
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| Box 4 | Folder 3 | ||
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Includes: class
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| Box 4 | Folder 4 | ||
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Includes: party, people in shop
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| Box 4 | Folder 5 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | ||
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Includes: Christmas party, retiree [?] trip
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| Box 4 | Folder 7 | 1992 | |
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March 11, 1992
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| Box 4 | Folder 8 | 1992 | |
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March 14, 1992
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| Box 4 | Folder 9 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | ||
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Includes: meeting
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| Box 4 | Folder 11 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | ||
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Includes: recreation
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| Box 4 | Folder 14 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 16 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 17 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 18 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 19 | ||
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Includes: meetings and trip to Sotus Candies
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| Box 4 | Folder 20 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 21 | ||
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Includes: meeting
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| Box 4 | Folder 22 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 23 | 1979 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 24 | 1969-1970 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 25 | 1979 | |
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July 17, 1979
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| Box 4 | Folder 26 | ||
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Includes: meetings
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| Box 4 | Folder 27 | 1984 | |
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August 1984
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| Box 4 | Folder 28 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 29 | 1992 | |
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Cleveland Knitting Mills, March 24, 1992; K-Mart Apparel, March 26, 1992; Ohio Knitting
Mills, March 26, 1992
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| Box 4 | Folder 30 | ||
| Box 4 | Folder 31 | 1992 | |
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March 14, 1992
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| Box 4 | Folder 32 | ||
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Includes: portraits
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| Box 4 | Folder 33 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | 1996 | |
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Includes: leafletting, Judy Hathaway, Patty Chine, Mary Ann Gould, Joy Friend, Viola
Streight, Fran Green (Local 590, UNITE), Kevin Plank (Under Armour), Sal Fasciana (UP/Plan
Manager, Triple A in the USA)
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| Box 5 | Folder 2 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | ||
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Includes sign, "Fight Discrimination: Boycott Kmart!"
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| Box 5 | Folder 4 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | 1996 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | ||
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Includes: speaker with group
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| Box 5 | Folder 8 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | ||
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Includes: dinner
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| Box 5 | Folder 12 | ||
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Includes: meeting
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| Box 5 | Folder 13 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | ||
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Includes: meeting
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| Box 5 | Folder 17 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | ||
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Includes: various speakers at podium, meeting
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| Box 5 | Folder 19 | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 20 | 1992 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 21 | ||
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1992?
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| Box 5 | Folder 22 | ||
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Includes: swearing in, speakers against NAFTA, convention, meetings, Union Label
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| Box 5 | Folder 23 | ||
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Includes: woman cutting cake
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| Box 5 | Folder 24 | ||
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Includes: office, Christmas party
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| Box 5 | Folder 25 | ||
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Includes: Lion Knit Negotiating Team, Unity House
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 | ||
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Includes: meeting
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| Box 6 | Folder 2 | ||
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Includes: Christmas party
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| Box 6 | Folder 3 | ||
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Includes: Josephine Kucera, P.B. retiree, June 26; speaker on food stamps
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| Box 6 | Folder 4 | ||
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Includes: Barbara Janis, Coalition of Labor Union Women; letter from Mary Jung to Bill
Sullivan regarding the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
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| Box 6 | Folder 5 | ||
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Includes: election or raffle [?]
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| Box 6 | Folder 6 | 1978 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | ||
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Includes: meeting at Sheraton Hotel, Columbus, Ohio
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| Box 6 | Folder 8 | ||
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Includes: classes, office
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| Box 6 | Folder 9 | 1972 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 | ||
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Includes: party; Brownsville; meeting; Christmas party, 1970; Learning Lab, Elizabeth
Wright, Joint Board meeting, self defense class, retirees Christmas party, Kentucky December
1969 meeting, Cincinnati Christmas party, retirees
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| Box 6 | Folder 11 | ||
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Includes: class [?]
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| Box 6 | Folder 12 | ||
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Includes: party, performance
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| Box 6 | Folder 13 | 1972 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 | ||
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Includes: retiree Christmas party [?]
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| Box 6 | Folder 15 | ||
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Includes: parties
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| Box 6 | Folder 16 | 1973 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 17 | 1969 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 18 | ||
| Box 6 | Folder 19 | ||
| Box 6 | Folder 20 | 1962 | |
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Includes: Convention, 1962; Union Label; Wayne County Central Labor Union; Bobbie Brooks
building; Christmas; meetings
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| Box 6 | Folder 21 | ||
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Includes: Shirley Stevenson of New Philadelphia, Mary LeGlise of Strasburg, Joan Hutras of
Dover, and Ruth and Donna Burns both of New Philadelphia
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| Box 6 | Folder 22 | ||
| Box 6 | Folder 23 | ||
| Box 6 | Folder 24 | ||
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Includes: Al Gariula, Wilbur Daniels, Joseph Good, Buzz Rosenfeld (company)
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| Box 6 | Folder 25 | ||
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Includes: meeting, party
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| Box 7 | Folder 1 | ||
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Includes: meetings
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| Box 7 | Folder 2 | ||
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Includes: political campaigning, supporters [?]
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| Box 7 | Folder 3 | ||
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Includes: worker in shop
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| Box 7 | Folder 4 | ||
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Includes: group photographs
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| Box 7 | Folder 5 | ||
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Includes: office [?]
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| Box 7 | Folder 6 | ||
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Includes: UNITE, Columbus Cancer Clinic
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| Box 7 | Folder 7 | ||
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Includes: office
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| Box 7 | Folder 8 | ||
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Includes: panel discussion, meeting
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| Box 7 | Folder 9 | ||
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Includes: meeting
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| Box 7 | Folder 10 | ||
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Includes: recreation
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| Box 7 | Folder 11 | ||
| Box 7 | Folder 12 | ||
| Box 7 | Folder 13 | ||
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Includes: meeting
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| Box 7 | Folder 14 | ||
| Box 7 | Folder 15 | ||
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Includes: stained glass window
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| Box 7 | Folder 16 | 1976 | |
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Includes: meeting, Canada Steamship Lines poster
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| Box 7 | Folder 17 | ||
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Includes: meeting outside building, office
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| Box 7 | Folder 18 | ||
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Includes: panel discussion, group photographs
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| Box 7 | Folder 19 | ||
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Includes: recreation
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| Box 7 | Folder 20 | ||
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Includes: class, training [?]
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| Box 7 | Folder 21 | ||
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Includes: self defense class [?]
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| Box 7 | Folder 22 | ||
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Includes: speakers for Howard Metzenbaum, meetings
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| Box 7 | Folder 23 | ||
| Box 7 | Folder 24 | 1992 | |
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Includes: packing presents in shop, ILGWU "On the Move"
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| Box 7 | Folder 25 | ||
| Box 7 | Folder 26 | ||
| Box 7 | Folder 27 | ||
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Includes: meeting, group photographs
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| Box 7 | Folder 28 | ||
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Includes: office and staff
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| Box 7 | Folder 29 | ||
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Includes: meeting, office
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| Box 7 | Folder 30 | ||
| Box 7 | Folder 31 | ||
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Includes: meeting regarding NAFTA and health alliance [?], Ohio District Council
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| Box 7 | Folder 32 | ||
| Box 7 | Folder 33 | ||
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Includes: on strike at Frick Franklin Incorporated, protesting Richman Brothers
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| Box 7 | Folder 34 | ||
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Includes: Stokes supporters; meetings with Vanik, Stokes, Stanton on minimum wage, 1972
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| Box 7 | Folder 35 | ||
| Box 7 | Folder 36 | 1996 | |
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Negatives, August 20, 1996
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| Box 7 | Folder 37 | ||
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Includes: meeting at Holiday Inn, Hudson, Ohio
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| Box 7 | Folder 38 | ||
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Includes: recreation
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| Box 8 | Folder 1 | ||
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | ||
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | 1975 | |
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Strikes: "Save American Jobs," "Stop Imports"
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| Box 8 | Folder 3 | 1975 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | ||
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | 1982 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | ||
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | 1962 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | 1944-1953 | |
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Cleveland Joint Board; Committee on Officers Reports, ILGWU 28th Convention, Chicago May
18-26, 1953; Ohio and Kentucky Delegation 28th ILGWU Convention; Cleveland Delegation at the
25th ILGWU Convention, Boston June 1944
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| Box 8 | Folder 9 | 1962 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 | ||
| Box 9OP | Folder 1 | 1953 | |
| Box 9OP | Folder 2 | 1959 | |
| Box 9OP | Folder 3 | 1950 | |
| Box 9OP | Folder 4 | 1971 | |
| Box 10 | Folder 1 | 1947 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 | 1953 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 | 1956 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 | 1950 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 | 1944 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 5 | 1944 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 | 1924 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 7 | 1953 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 8 | 1953 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 9 | 1959 | |