August 27-29, 1915 - re Amalgamation of Clothing Workers - "Gompers & his fellow workers - expelled Journeymen Tailors from the AFL..." because of their Amalgamation thus forcing them (Journeymen) to withdraw; growth of org. in various cities; resignation of Samuel Zorn from GEB; formation of NY Jt. Bd.; electing a woman, Bessie Abramowitz, to the Board to assist in organizing women in the clothing industry; local organizers; started a "fighting fund" by levying $l.00 tax on each member to aid in improvement of working conditions for members

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.

Significant individuals represented in the collection include Sidney Hillman, Joseph Schlossberg, Jacob Potofsky, Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca, E.J. Brais, Bessie Hillman, and August Bellanca.

Among the topics covered in the collection are the men's garment industry in the U.S. and Canada; union organizing, collective bargaining, strikes and other labor disputes in both countries; records of local unions; working conditions in the U.S. garment industry; union management, finances, and legal matters; the New Deal, particularly Sidney Hillman's involvement in the National Recovery Administration; and economic mobilization during World War II, including Hillman's records from his service with the National Defense Advisory Commission and the War Production Board.