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
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