John Llewellyn Lewis Papers on Microfilm
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Scope and Contents
The papers are those jointly purchased at auction in Milwaukee in 1969 by Cornell University, Wayne State University, and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and augmented by photographic copies of letters purchased by private collectors.
Dates
- 1920-1960
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
John L. Lewis was born in Lucas, Iowa in 1880. From 1917 until his death in 1969 he served the United Mine Workers of America, acting as its president from 1920 to 1960. Lewis led in the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and served as CIO president until his resignation from that post in 1940.
Extent
0.44 cubic feet
Abstract
Fragment of personal papers of John L. Lewis, including correspondence, speeches, reports, union records, personal documents, memorabilia, clippings, and photographs.
Quantity:
4 microfilm reels
Forms of Material:
Microfilm, papers (documents) .
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, May 14, 2014
- EAD encoding:
- Kheel Staff, March 12, 2019
- Title
- Lewis, John Llewellyn Papers on Microfilm
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- March 12, 2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853