Triangle Fire Commemoration, 75th Anniversary, 1984-1986

File — Box: 21, Folder: 25

Scope and Contents

Agenda for event; memos re commemorative postage stamp, exhibit at New York Public Library, 1984; sketches of monument and graves; Mazur radio script for Bob and Betty Sanders talk show, Interview WMCA Radio, March 25, 1986; press advisory re interview with Triangle survivor Pauline Cuoio Pepe before 75th anniversary commemorative ceremonies; background information on Mrs. Pepe; press release re event, March 25, 1986; thank-you card from Mrs. Pepe; agenda for commemorative event, March 25, 1986; Statement by Governor Cuomo on the 75th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire; list of invited dignitaries; letters of invitation to Gov. Cuomo, ILGWU directors; list of those confirmed to attend; speech of Vince Maltese, grandson of three of the victims; introduction by Mazur to Pepe press conferences; letter from York College, CUNY, thanking ILGWU for loan of Triangle exhibit, November 10, 1986; letter to exec. vp Wilbur Daniels from ILGWU Archives Department re need for greater cooperation, October 15, 1986; letter from the son of Triangle survivor Bessie Grabrilowich Cohen re trip to NY for commemoration, March 14, 1986; resolution passed by the New York City Council honoring victims of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, opposing attempts to lower minimum wage for teenagers, cut Social Security, reduce inspection of factories, weaken labor unions, and exploit foreign-born labor, June 21, 1985; letters of thanks to NYC fire and police officials and others for assistance, April 2, 1986; memo re availability of print by Ralph Fasanella, Dress Shop, depicting New York garment factory, in tribute to Triangle workers, August 1, 1986; newspaper clippings; copy of ILGWU Justice, with account of the fire, March 1986

Dates

1984-1986

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.