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CIO--General., 1938

 File — Reel: 2
Identifier: 20

Scope and Contents

175 pp.: Office space for Labor's Non-Partisan League; AFL competition with CIO; NLRB elections@CIO organizers; UMWA organizers@CIO regional directors; UMWA executive council matters; organization in New York, Illinois, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Colorado, Kansas, and Michigan; factionalism and internal politics; organization of black workers and Communist activities among Omaha, Nebraska, packing house workers; Communist activities among Duluth, Minnesota, steelworkers; legislative programs; Tennessee Valley Authority electrification competition with coal industry; growth in membership of CIO; Communist activities, factionalism, and internal politics among Detroit, Michigan, auto workers; organization of WPA workers; A.D. Lewis; Walter Smethurst; David W. Davis; James Morgan; Thomas Kennedy; John Brophy; Ben Williams; Harmon R. Ballard; Ora E. Gasaway; Tom Jones; Joseph Angelo; Kathryn Lewis; Philip Murray; Walter N. Polakov; David H. Watkins; Tom White.

Dates

  • 1938

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

2.22 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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