Scope and Contents
Collection consists of correspondence, writings, working papers for seminars and lecture programs, photographs, personal ephemera, and printed matter.
Bulk is correspondence mainly concerning Cohn's work at the ILGWU. Writings include speeches, articles, plays, notes, and other materials on topics such as workers' education, labor, the activities and history of the ILGWU, and the role of women in the labor movement. ILGWU series contains office files of the Educational Dept. with minutes, reports, lists of courses, lecture materials, and printed matter. Also, general files of various organizations in which Cohn was active, Edwin Markham Testimonial Committee correspondence, photographs of Cohn, personal ephemera, and printed materials issued by education and labor groups.
Dates
- 1914-1962.
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Biographical / Historical
Fannia M. Cohn (ca. 1885-1962) was a labor official and educator.
She emigrated to the U.S. from Russia in 1904 and served as vice president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) from 1916 to 1925 and as executive secretary of the union's Educational Department from 1918 to 1962. She was active in various labor, education and Jewish organizations.
Extent
1.44 cubic feet
Abstract
Collection consists of correspondence, writings, working papers for seminars and lecture programs, photographs, personal ephemera, and printed matter.
Arrangement
Nine series: I. Correspondence, 1914-1962; II. Writings, ca. 1920s-1950s; III. International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, 1920s-1962; IV. Workers' Education Bureau, 1920s-1950s; V. Brookwood Labor College, 1924-1938; VI. Youth Programs, 1932-1950s; VII. Edwin Markham Testimonial Committee Correspondence, 1928-1930; VIII. Photographs, 1920s-1962, and Oversize Items; IX. Other Groups.
Quantity:
13 microfilm reels.
Forms of Material:
Microfilm, correspondence, reports, publications.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183kheel_center@cornell.eduhttp://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff
- Date completed:
- February 15, 2013
- EAD encoding:
- Kheel Staff, February 2013
- Title
- Cohn, Fannia M. Papers,
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- February 15, 2013
- 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
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853