ACWA Hyman Blumberg Photographs

Collection Number: 6015 P

Kheel Center for Labor- Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
ACWA Hyman Blumberg Photographs, 1930-1956
Collection Number:
6015 P
Creator:
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA);
Blumberg, Hyman
Quantity:
2.3 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs, memorabilia.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, led by Sidney Hillman for thirty years, was known for its support for 'social unionism' and progressive political causes. It also helped found the Congress of Industrial Organizations. In 1976 they merged with Textile Workers Union of America to form the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, which merged with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in 1995 and created the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE). Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) merged with UNITE in 2004 to create the new union UNITE HERE. A bitter internal dispute in 2009 resulted in a new union being formed, Workers United, the majority UNITE joined with some of the unhappy HERE locals. Bruce Raynor, former UNITE president oversaw the new union.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Many convention badges, lots of newspaper clippings deteriorating conditions. 1? In hebrew. Photos are in plastic covered pages of albums or rolled up due to lack of support. Many books are duplicates of library mateirals and Center rare items. Few are novel additions.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Blumberg, Hyman, 1885-1968
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America--Photographs

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Memorabilia.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

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:
ACWA Hyman Blumberg Photographs #6015 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Related Collections:
5619: ACWA Records
5619 mf: ACWA Records Parts 1-3 on Microfilm
5868 mf: Joseph Schlossberg Additional Papers on Microfilm
5110: Jacob Billikopf New York City Men's Clothing Industry Arbiration Case Files
5670: ACWA Organizer Ida Alter Diaries
5674 OHM: ACWA Master Tapes of Interviews with Retirees
5674 OHT: ACWA Transcripts of Interviews with Retirees
5744: ACTWU Newsclipping Files regarding J.P. Stevens Boycott
5743 P: ACWA Photographs
5107: Decision of the Boards Regarding Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Chicago Industrial Federation of Clothing Manufacturers
5665 mf: ACTWU Fall River Local Minute Books on Microfilm
6015: ACWA Hyman Blumberg Records
6015 MB: ACWA Hyman Blumberg Memorabilia
CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Date
Box 2 Folder 1 1914-1940
Program and Handbook ; 50 black and white photographs [contents of a photograph album]
Box 2 Folder 2 1953
16 photographs ; [photograph album contents]
Box 2 Folder 3
43 photographs ; [photograph album contents]
Box 2 Folder 4 1942
33 photographs ; [photograph album contents]
Box 2 Folder 5 1955
48 photographs ; [photograph album contents]
Box 2 Folder 6 1955
Program ; 23 photographs ; [photograph album contents]
Box 2 Folder 7 1952
69 photographs ; [contents of photograph album]
Box 3 Folder 1
27 photographs ; [photograph album contents]
Box 3 Folder 2 1948
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 3 1947
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 4 1942
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 5 1929
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 6 1936
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 7 1938
1 photograph ; [in mylar sleeve, flip side of 6015 P box 3, ff 6]
Box 3 Folder 8 1940
1 photograph ; [in mylar sleeve ; flip side of box 3, ff5]
Box 3 Folder 9 1940
1 photograph ; [in mylar sleeve, flip side of Box 3, ff4]
Box 3 Folder 10 1949
1 photograph ; [in mylar sleeve, flip side of Box 3, ff3]
Box 3 Folder 11 1933
1 photograph ; [in mylar sleeve, flip side of Box 3, ff12]
Box 3 Folder 12 1937
1 photograph ; [in mylar sleeve, flip side of Box 3, ff11]
Box 3 Folder 13
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 14
2 photographs - back to back in a mylar sleeve
Box 3 Folder 15 1956
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 16 1949
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 17 1943
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 18 1922
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 19 1922
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 20
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 21 1934
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 22 1924
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 23 1924
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 24 1919
1 photograph
Box 3 Folder 25 1943
1 photograph
Box 4 Folder 1 1956
33 photographs
Box 4 Folder 2 1949
8 photographs ; [photograph album contents]
Box 5 Folder 1
18 Bi-Annual Convention Oct-1914, Nashville, Tenn. ; Second Annual Convention, Labor's Non-Partisan League, Willard Hotel, March 8-9, 1937, Washington, D.C. ; Eighth Biennial Convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Cincinnati, Ohio - May 14-19, 1928 ; Eleventh Biennial Convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Cleveland Ohio, May 25-30, 1936 ; Banquet in Honor of the General Executive Board A.C.W. of A., Toronto Labor Lyceum, Oct. 15th, 1927 ; 17th Biennial convention, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Cleveland, Ohio, May 15-19, 1950 ; 4th Biennial Convention, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of AmericaBoston, Mass.. May 10, 1920 ; Sixth Biennial Convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Philadelphia Penna, May 12th to 17th, 1924 ; Sixth Biennial Convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Philadelphia Penna, May 12th to 17th, 1924 ; Fifth Biennial Convention, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Chicago, May 8-13, 1922 (2 copies)
Box 6 Folder 1 1930
2 oversize photos