Black Economic Project, 1986-1988

File — Box: 6, Folder: 10

Scope and Contents

Memo proposing study by prominent economist, preferably black, to define effect of recent national policies on black community, 1986; memo to Mazur from assistant president Gus Tyler that half the funding for the $25,000 project will come from the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the NAACP, the National Urban League, and the National Council of Negro Women, with the ILGWU responsible for shouldering the other half, September 2, 1987; memo to Mazur and other sponsors from Columbia University researcher John Jeffries re scope of research and tentative timetable, January 27, 1987; four-paged, single-spaced letter from Gus Tyler in response to Jeffries’ request for outline of issues, asking Jeffries to contact him when he receives the letter, copied to Mazur and other sponsors, April 6, 1987; memo to Mazur from Tyler re unhappiness about long delay in progress on the project, request to Jeffries for action, to produce an introductory chapter, outline, and timetable, March 23, 1988

Dates

1986-1988

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.