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UNITE Local 23-25 Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6000/024 P

Scope and Contents

Photographs of members, celebrations, strikes, rallies and various other events are arranged in alphabetical order. Photo negatives and contact sheets are sorted by year.

Dates

  • 1953-2003

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, and Chinese

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

UNITE, the Union of Needle Trades, Industrial, and Textile Employees was formed in 1995 after a merger between the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).

In 2004 they announced they would merge with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) which created UNITE HERE.

Jay Mazur served as president of UNITE from its beginning until his retirement in 2001. Bruce Raynor was elected president at that time and served until the HERE merger.

Extent

12.11 cubic feet

Abstract

This collection includes photographs of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU).

Quantity:

11.2 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Photographs.

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-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, June 14, 2012
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, October 30, 2015
Title
UNITE Local 23-25 Photographs
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
October 30, 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

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853