Scope and Contents
This is a collection of correspondence, poetry, manuscripts, transcripts and papers collected and written by Edwin S. Smith.
Dates
- 1903-1978
Creator
- Smith, Edwin S. (creator, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
1891 Born November 12th, Brookline, Massachusetts
1915 Harvard University, A.B. Degree
1915-17 Newspaper reporter in Hartford and Springfield
Married Marion Long (October 20,1917), Framingham, Massachusetts
Conducted research on industrial relations at Dennison Manufacturing Company and for the Russell Sage Foundation
1924-30 Personnel Manager, Filene's Department Store
Personal Assistant to A. Lincoln Filene
1930-33 Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries
1933 Official Observer to the International Labor Conference in Geneva
1933-34 Member, National Labor Board under the National Recovery Act
1934-41 Member, National Labor Relations Board under the National Labor Relations Act
1941-42 National Director, Oil Workers Organizing Campaign, CIO
1942-45 Executive Director, National Council of American-Soviet Friendship
1947-49 Teacher of History, Putney School, Vermont
1949-52 Director, National Teachers Division, United Public Workers of America
1952-64 Owner and Manager, Am-Rus Literary and Music Agency, also Sovfoto and Eastfoto Agency
1964 Retired to Sag Harbor, New York
1976 November 27th, died at age 85
Extent
11 cubic feet
Abstract
Correspondence, poetry, manuscripts, transcripts and papers collected and written by Edwin S. Smith.
Arrangement
Series I. Personal Papers
Sub-Series A. Correspondence 1925-1974 Sub-Series B. Speeches, 1905-1950 Sub-Series C. Writings Sub-Series D. Miscellaneous
Series II. Research Files
Series III. History of the National Labor Relations Board
Series IV. Additional Papers 1932-1971
Sub-Series A. Correspondence Sub-Series B. Subject Files Sub-Series C. Miscellaneous
Quantity:
11 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Papers (documents).
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, June 01, 2012
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, June 05, 2019
- Title
- Smith, Edwin S. Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- June 05, 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