December 18-23, 1926 - Hillman reports that industry is very healthy with exception of Henry Sonneborn in Baltimore; Rochester is beginning to straighten itself out; organization campaign; discussion re whether or not to continue "language locals" in Boston; ILGWU asks for assistance because of the difficulty with the right-left situation within the union; organizing on the Pacific Coast; RAIC; negotiations being held with AFL for affiliation; (this folder includes outlines of organization activities, 1924-26, 14pp; union organization dues, etc., 1924-26, 9 pp; elections 1924-26, 4pp; official statements and outside activities, 1924-26, 2 pp; negotiations and agreements, 1924-26, 4 pp.; and miscellaneous other lists, as part of the 1926 GEB Report)

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.