Scope and Contents
This collection contains video recordings, audio recordings, motion picture film, microfilm, and film strips collected, produced or otherwise created by the ILGWU. Among these are 3 DVD copies of 16mm film that document the celebration of the Union Health Center's 50th Anniversary in 1964. In addition to ILGWU members, staff, and officers, the event includes an address by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Dates
- 1950-1999
Creator
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Spanish, and Chinese
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
Founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing about 2,000 members in cities in the northeastern United States, the ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership size, political influence to become one of the most powerful forces in American organized labor by mid-century. Representing workers in the women's garment industry, the ILGWU worked to improve working and living conditions of its members through collective bargaining agreements, training programs, health care facilities, cooperative housing, educational opportunities, and other efforts. In 1995, the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE).
Extent
115.28 cubic feet
Quantity:
110.2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Audio cassette tapes, open reel audio tapes, video cassette tapes, motion picture films.
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, October 31, 2012
- EAD encoding:
- Kheel Staff, April 08, 2015
- Title
- ILGWU Audio-Visual (AV)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- April 08, 2015
- 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