International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Louis Stulberg, General Secretary-Treasurer. Correspondence
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Scope and Contents
The Stulberg General Secretary-Treasurer records consist primarily of correspondence dealing with union managerial matters during Stulberg's term in office, though there is also some correspondence from his tenure as executive vice-president (April 1956-May 1959), as well as a small amount (ca. 1 linear foot) of personal correspondence in the collection.
Among the most significant topics are: civil rights (including materials on the 1963 March on Washington); collective bargaining agreements with other unions (custodial and clerical workers' unions); health care (including Medstore plan for prescription drug discounts to union health members); housing for garment workers in New York City; locals, regional departments, and joint boards of the ILGWU throughout the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico; relations with the AFL-CIO; retirement funds; union administrative matters; union conventions; union involvement in politics in New York City and New York State; and workers' compensation.
Significant individuals in the collection include Morris Bialis, Sol Chaikin, David Dubinsky, Herbert Lehman, Elias Lieberman, James Lipsig, Jennie Matyas, Norman Thomas, and Gus Tyler.
Notable organizations represented in the collection are the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Dept., the Liberal Party of New York, the ILGWU Union Health Center, and Unity House (the ILGWU resort).
Dates
- 1956-1966 [bulk 1959-1966].
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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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
Louis Stulberg was born in Poland in 1901 and emigrated with his parents to Canada in 1904. After graduating from the Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto in 1918, he moved to Chicago, where he worked as a cutter and joined ILGWU Local 81. Stulberg moved around the country, working as a cutter and union organizer in Toledo, Ohio, Chicago, and New York City. He finally settled in New York, working as an official and organizer in ILGWU Local 10. Later he held a number of executive positions in the ILGWU, including the vice-presidency, a seat on the General Executive Board, and the executive vice-presidency. He was elected president of the union in 1966, succeeding David Dubinsky, and served until his retirement in 1975. He died in 1977.
Extent
14 cubic feet
Abstract
The Stulberg General Secretary-Treasurer records consist primarily of correspondence dealing with union managerial matters during Stulberg's term in office, though there is also some correspondence from his tenure as executive vice-president (April 1956-May 1959), as well as a small amount (ca. 1 linear foot) of personal correspondence in the collection.
Arrangement
- Series I. Subject files.
- Boxes 1-27
- Series II. Personal correspondence.
- Box 28
Arrangement
Subject files are arranged alphabetically. Personal correspondence is arranged in reverse chronological order.
Quantity:
28 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence.
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
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Center Staff
- EAD encoding:
- Casey S. Westerman, July 8, 2002
- Civil rights -- United States
- Clothing workers -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York
- Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Canada
- Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York
- Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Puerto Rico
- Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States
- Clothing workers -- Medical care -- United States
- Collective bargaining -- Clerks -- New York (State) -- New York
- Collective bargaining -- Clothing workers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Collective bargaining -- Clothing workers -- United States
- Collective labor agreements -- Janitors -- New York (State) -- New York
- Correspondence
- Labor union locals
- Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963. (subject)
- Liberal Party of New York State (subject)
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963.
- Organization files
- Pension trusts -- United States
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968. (subject)
- Workers' compensation--United States.
- Title
- International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Stulberg, Louis, General Secretary-Treasurer. Correspondence, 1956-1966, 1959-1966 (bulk).
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Center Staff
- Date
- July 8, 2002
- 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)
- 2007-05-29: converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853