Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Union

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Collection conisists of 5 albums (2 titles) have been added to the record collection labeled 6069. 1- District 1199: Bread and Roses Project Presents Take Care A Musical Revue of Life in the Hospitals. 1980 ; 2- 1199 25: The Union Democracy Built (a dramatic-musicall production based on highlights in the history of Local 1199)

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Primarily a video collection, this includes news footage, film of working conditions and strikes, documentary film about the Bread and Roses Cultural Project, film from several versions of the stage production "Take Care", healthcare crisis, AIDS, and May Day and Labor Day celebrations, among others.

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Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Memorabilia including buttons and charters

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Clippings, photocopies and audio visual material.

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Box 1 contains study guides and brochures for poster sets. The poster sets, folders 2-19, are stored in the map case. Each set consists of 12 18-inch-by-24-inch posters.

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Material was originally interfiled with photos in 5933 P.

Abstract The National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees 1199 News Photographs files consist of approximately 32,500 black and white photographs in 8"x10" prints; 120/220 and 35mm contact prints; and photographic negatives collected during the publication of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employee's periodical, known generally as 1199 News. Subjects include the early hospital strikes of the 1950s and 1960s; union activity; hospital interiors and exteriors; individuals and...