Correspondence. Shanker, Robert, 1991

File — Box: 7, Folder: 10

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Correspondence, subject files, articles, transcripts of broadcasts, photographs, and other materials dating from the end of the 1950s to 1996.

Individuals represented in the correspondence include: Mortimer Adler; William Brennan; Sol Chaikin; David Dinkins; David Dubinsky; Henry Foner; Moe Foner; Philip Foner; Jesse Jackson; Jay Lovestone; Jay Mazur; Bill Moyers; Jack Sheinkman; and Paul Volcker.

Organizations included in the correspondence and subject files include: the AFL-CIO; the American Veterans Committee; the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies; the Brookings Institution; Histadrut; the Institute for the Future; the National Endowment for the Humanities; conventions, locals and departments of the ILGWU; various committees of the U.S. House and Senate; Workmen's Circle; WEVD (radio station, New York); WNET (Channel 13, New York); and the World Veterans Federation.

Subjects addressed include: economic policy and conditions in the U.S.; international politics; the labor movement in the U.S. and abroad; employment of minorities; multinational corporations; politics and government in the U.S., especially in New York City and State; social conditions in the U.S.; veterans' affairs; and worker training and education.

Series I consists of both ILGWU and non-union correspondence. Series II is made up of subject files, dealing with both union and non-union matters. Series III contains publications, writings, transcripts of radio and television broadcasts, and other materials. Series IV consists of miscellaneous materials, including photographs, cassette tapes, and ILGWU publications.

Dates

1991

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

The ILGWU Records, except for publications and materials produced for publication, are restricted. Materials created prior to twenty years from the current date are open to researchers only with prior written permission from the Director of the Kheel Center; materials created during the past twenty-years are closed; the minutes of the General Executive Board are closed. For more information contact the Kheel Center.