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Papers of the International Labor Defense on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5815 mf

Scope and Contents

Part of 'Black Studies Research Sources', General Editors - August Meier and John H. Bracey, Jr.

Dates

  • 1842-1951

Creator

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

The International Labor Defense (ILD) was legal advocacy organization established in the United States as the American section of the Comintern's International Red Aid network. The ILD defended Sacco and Vanzetti, was active in the civil rights and anti-lynching movements, and prominently participated in the defense and legal appeals in the cause celebre of the Scottsboro Boys. In 1946 the ILD was merged with National Federation for Constitutional Liberties to form the Civil Rights Congress, which served as the new legal defense organization of the Communist Party USA. [Wikipedia]

Extent

2.44 cubic feet

Abstract

Part of 'Black Studies Research Sources', General Editors - August Meier and John H. Bracey, Jr.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 5156m: Save the Scottsboro Boys Stamps 5276: International Workers Order (IWO) Records 5583/5: Archives Organization File (AOF) Part 5 5780/014: ILGWU Local 22, Charles S. Zimmerman Papers 5780/047: ILGWU Joint Board Dress & Waistmakers' Union of Greater New York Managers' Correspondence 5780/178: ILGWU Charles Zimmerman Collection of Radical Pamphlets 5815 mf: Papers of the International Labor Defense on Microfilm 5831 mf: The CIO Files of John L. Lewis, Pt. II: CIO General Files on Microfilm 5863 mf: Department of Justice Investigative Files on Industrial Workers of the World, Part 1 on Microfilm 5928: Elaine Leeder Collection of Rose Pesotta Papers 6034: Rare Pamphlet Collection 6046: Archives Union File (AUF)

Quantity:

22 microfilm reels

Forms of Material:

Records (documents), 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, March 04, 2013
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, April 17, 2019
Title
Papers of the International Labor Defense 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

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

Contact:
227 Ives Hall Tower Road
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3183