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United Hebrew Trades Minutes on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5814 mf

Abstract

Microfilmed copy of United Hebrew Trades Minutes - January 8, 1901

Dates

  • 1901

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in Yiddish

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

On October 9 in 1888 the United Hebrew Trades organization was born to serve as a catalyst that would nurture the growth of the new new-born labor movement. Among its leading members were Bernard Weinstein, Morris Hilquit and Abe Cahan of "the Jewish Daily Forward". The Hebrew Actors' Union was among the unions represented at the first meeting. The union membership of the United Hebrew Trades at the time of its formation numbered a grand total of 70. Undaunted, the organization began its work. Their message to every-day bread and butter concerns of the ordinary worker. They built from the bottom up, not from the top down. Mass propaganda was one of their effective weapons. Among their 'revolutionary' departures was to talk to the Jewish worker in his own language.

Extent

0.22 cubic feet

Additional Description

Related Materials

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Quantity:

2 microfilm reels

Forms of Material:

Minutes (administrative records), microfilm .

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, August 22, 2014
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, April 17, 2019

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
United Hebrew Trades Minutes on Microfilm
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
April 17, 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

Repository Details

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

https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
Contact:
227 Ives Hall Tower Road
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3183

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