May 4-19, 1920 - discussion re cooperative bank established; a Research Bureau for the promotion of the Cooperative Movement organized; unemployment fund; an educational dept. established; Machinists on Pacific Coast financial appeal from NY Longshoremen and Pacific Coast Machinists members; appeal cases striking loom pickers of New Bedford, Mass. ask for assistance; protesting legislation re educational bills - NYS Legislature; discussion re amalgamation with Amalgamated Textile Workers; list of donations to various organizations

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.