Carroll H. Bush Hosiery Workers Union Files

Collection Number: 6558

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Carroll H. Bush Hosiery Workers Union Files, 1919-1938
Collection Number:
6558
Creator:
Bush, Carroll H.;
Hosiery Workers Union
Quantity:
0.2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Contains forms, flyers, blank pledge cards & guidelines for organizers from various unions for hosiery workers. Also correspondence, a dues book, pamphlets, proceedings, constitutions, bylaws, etc. Unions include: American Federation of Hosiery Workers, New England Hosiery Workers, American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers, Federation of Woolen and Worsted Workers of America, and UTWA.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Bush was a union organizer for workers in the hosiery industry. His activities took place mostly in Massachusetts in the 1920's and 1930's. Among other things, he served as secretary of the New England Hosiery Workers Organization Committee.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Contains forms, flyers, blank pledge cards, and guidelines for union organizers from various labor unions for hosiery workers, including the American Federation of Hosiery Workers, New England Hosiery Workers, the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers, and the Federation of Woolen and Worsted Workers of America. Also contains incoming correspondence, 1926-1929, 1934-1940, concerning union activities, most from various hosiery workers' unions and from the United Textile Workers of America; Bush's monthly dues book, 1919-1927, in the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers; and resolutions concerning the 30-hour week and other items of interest to labor. Includes pamphlets, proceedings, constitutions, bylaws, etc., of various hosiery unions, and copies of Textile Notes, 1937-1938, published by the Labor Research Association.

PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection.
PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Bush, Carroll H.
Amerian Federation of Hosiery Workers.
American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers.
American Textile History Museum
Federation of Woolen and Worsted Workers of America.
Mission Hosiery Mills
New England Hosiery Workers Organization Committee.
Textile Workers Organizing Committee.
United Textile Workers of America.

Subjects:
Hosiery industry
Hosiery mills
Hosiery workers--Labor unions
Hours of labor
Labor unions
Industrial relations
Hosiery workers -- New England
Textile workers

Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)


INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Restrictions on Use:
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Cite As:
Carroll H. Bush Hosiery Workers Union Files #6558. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1 1919-1927
Box 1 Folder 2 1926-1929
Box 1 Folder 3 1934
Box 1 Folder 4 1937
Box 1 Folder 5 1938
Box 1 Folder 6 1922
Box 1 Folder 7
Box 1 Folder 8
Box 1 Folder 9
Box 1 Folder 10
Box 1 Folder 11 1935
Box 1 Folder 12 1935
Box 1 Folder 13
Box 1 Folder 14 1936
Box 1 Folder 15 1934-1936
Box 1 Folder 16 1937-1938
Box 1 Folder 17 1940