Liberal Party [folder 1 of 11]
Scope and Contents
includes: Shop scene with poster advocating the Roosevelt - Lehman ticket; Rally for Mayor Wagner's reelection; Local 10 meeting supporting Lehman; David Dubinsky speech; Antonini speech; Jack Rubenstein, Local 35 member bloodied; ILGWU members registering for 1 year army draft at local public schools; Newbold Morris keynote address (press conference) at Hotel Astor (headquarters), September 9, 1949; Manhattan Center - Joseph O'Leary, Walter Lynch, David Dubinsky, October 5, 1950; Tickertape parade for President Truman; speech by David Dubinsky; Local 102 hanging political posters on garment trucks; Dress Liberal Party Club, Guest speaker Eleanor Roosevelt, September 25, 1956; 13 year old volunteer Billy Page sings his own songs on sound truck touring the garment district; Local 62 campaigning on Madison Ave.; Photo of the voting booth ballot; FDR shaking hands with Pecora; Joe Kessler and Newbold Morris at the Hotel Diplomat, November 3, 1941; Local 22 in Manhattan Center; Liberal Party candidates Juvenal Marchisio, Rudolph Halley, and Chase Mellen Jr.; Local 105 at Headquarters, October 26, 1951; Local 60 meeting for Halley, October 12, 1953; Speech by Lehman; David Dubinsky speech at ILG Studio, October 16, 1953; FDR, Rose, Childs and Stulberg (speech); Garment Center Rally for FDR Jr. and Harriman, October 5, 1954, David Dubinsky, Stulberg on dais; rally shot; signing of nomination petition; FDR Jr. and Manager of Local 66 Zachary Freedman shaking hands; FDR Jr. speech to Local 66 members; AA Berle, Chairman of the Liberal Party; Ben Davidson speech; Dais for Liberal Party convention: Charles Zimmerman, Alex Rose, Louis Stulberg, David Dubinsky, Antonini, and Rabbi Edward Klein; Speech by Robert Kennedy to Liberal Party; Political sign sponsored by the Butchers Union Local 234, supporting Lehman for Governor, O'Dwyer for Mayor; Zimmerman introducing Harriman to workers at Max Weisensons Inc.; Ferdinand Pecora speech to noon time New York City Streetwalkers; Samuel Otto - VP and Pacific Coast Director, and Isidore Stenzor holding signs made in preparation for Adlai Stevenson's welcoming to Los Angeles; Newbold Morris Speech; New York City parade welcoming President Truman to Garment District; David Dubinsky speaking to conference table full of people; Isidore Sorkin speech to Local 38 members promoting Halley, October 14, 1953; FDR Jr. speech to Local 91; Liberal Party Rally - posters for Wagner, Stevenson, Kefauver; Harriman accepting nomination for Liberal Party for Governor; Two women holding a campaign poster from the Liberal Party Harriman for Governor, De Leca for Lieutenant Governor, Roosevelt for Attorney General, and Levitt for Controller; Parade marching to City Hall to meet Adlai Stevenson; David Dubinsky addressing crowd from sound truck, Lehman standing right next to him; Photo of Liberal Party Leaders: Alfange, O'Leary, David Dubinsky, Uviller, and Rose
Dates
- 1835-1992
Creator
- From the Collection: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Yiddish, Chinese
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
73.14 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository