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Potofsky, Jacob S. (Jacob Samuel), 1894-1979

 Person

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

ACTWU's Secretary-Treasurer's Office Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5619/018
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, reports, and files from the Secretary-Treasurer's Office of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union. During the time period of these records, this office was held by Joseph Schlossberg, Jacob Potofsky, Frank Rosenblum, and Jacob Sheinkman.

Dates: 1928-1997

ACWA Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 5743 P
Abstract

Includes photos of national political figures, labor leaders and workers including many women workers in clothing and other industries, immigration, war effort, political work, union label campaigns, health care, child care, education, housing, clothing imports, organized by name and subject

Dates: 1890-2002

ACWA's Jacob Potofsky Records from the President's Office

 Collection
Identifier: 5619/010
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, reports, and files from Jacob Potofsky during the time he was president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and after.

Dates: 1941-1977

ACWA's Sidney Hillman Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: 5619/003
Abstract

This collection consists of photograph albums and scrapbooks documenting strikes, organizing campaigns, and biographies of Sidney Hillman and Jacob Potofsky.

Dates: 1910-1964

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America records

 Collection
Identifier: 5619
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, minutes, organizing leaflets, photographs, speeches, phonographs, scrapbooks, and organizational records documenting the founding, growth, history and development of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; the activities of its officers and other leading officials; its organizing activities; and its administration.

Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)

Committee for Industrial Organizations Minutes on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5418 mf
Abstract

Consist of minutes, reports, correspondence, statements, and manuscripts relating to the early history of the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) and to certain aspects of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, its successor.

Dates: 1935-1936

ILGWU Communications Department Biography Files

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/177
Abstract

Biographical files on union members, union officers, and political and public figures.

Dates: 0000-2999

ILGWU. Local 22. Charles S. Zimmerman photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/014 P
Abstract

The collection includes images of important people in Local 22, along with images of sports and cultural events, parades, marches, strikes, meetings and educational programs.

Dates: 1930-1959

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Subject
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York 3
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States 3
Labor union locals 3
Clothing trade -- New York (State) -- New York 2
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- New York (State) 2
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Labor unions and communism -- United States 2
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
Textile industry -- New York (State) -- New York 2
Textile workers -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York 2
United States--Politics and government--20th century. 2
Women's clothing industry -- United States 2
Administrative records 1
Arbitration, Industrial -- United States 1
Canada -- Ethnic relations 1
Clippings 1
Clothing trade -- New York (State) 1
Clothing workers -- Health and hygiene -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Clothing workers -- Health and hygiene -- United States 1
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Canada 1
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Canada 1
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- New York (State) -- Rochester 1
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Ohio -- Cincinnati 1
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Ontario -- Toronto 1
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal 1
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- United States 1
Clothing workers -- United States 1
Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Canada 1
Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- United States 1
Collective bargaining -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Correspondence 1
Dual unionism -- United States 1
Economic assistance -- Israel 1
Ephemera 1
Ethnic relations -- Canada 1
Ethnic relations -- United States 1
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Strike, 1936 1
Health insurance -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Industrial mobilization -- United States 1
Industrial relations -- United States 1
International labor activities 1
Iron and steel workers -- Labor unions -- United States 1
Labor disputes -- United States 1
Labor laws and legislation -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Labor laws and legislation -- United States 1
Labor policy -- United States 1
Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York -- Political activity 1
Labor unions -- Officials and employees 1
Labor unions -- United States -- Minority membership 1
Labor unions -- United States -- Political activity 1
Labor unions -- United States -- Recognition 1
Labor unions and international relations -- United States 1
Leaflets 1
Men's clothing industry -- Canada 1
Men's clothing industry -- Illinois 1
Men's clothing industry -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cincinnati 1
Men's clothing industry -- United States 1
Minutes 1
Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865) 1
New Deal, 1933-1939. 1
New York (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions 1
Pension trusts -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Phonograph records 1
Photographs 1
RCA Strike, 1936 1
Retail trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States 1
Scrapbooks 1
Shipyard Strike, San Francisco, Calif., 1936 1
Speeches 1
Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- United States 1
Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing workers -- Canada 1
Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati 1
Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing workers -- United States 1
Strikes and lockouts--United States. 1
Tailors -- Labor unions -- Canada 1
Tailors -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Canada 1
Tailors -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- United States 1
Tailors -- Labor unions -- United States 1
Textile workers -- Labor unions -- New York (State) 1
Unemployed -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Unemployment -- New York (State) -- New York 1
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 1
United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945 1
United States -- Ethnic relations 1
Wages -- Clothing workers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Wages -- Clothing workers -- United States 1
Women clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- United States 1
Women clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States 1
Women labor union members -- United States 1
Women's clothing industry -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Work environment -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Work environment -- United States 1
Workers' education -- United States 1
Working class -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Working class -- Education -- United States 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- United States 1
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