October 13-15, 1927 - lengthy discussion re the industrial situation in N.Y.; re left wing situation in the organization, Hillman states, "we have made it a reality that no outsider representing an outside organization can hold office in our organization"; Toronto - re arbitrator's decision on Jewish holidays; re dividing locals in NY Children's Clothing into separate sections; questioning (appeal of) "Blugerman" by Hillman (several pages) re TUEL Communist Party and past evasion of payments to employers and whether or not he should be running for office in Toronto; requests for financial assistance

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.