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UNITE Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6000/044 P

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of over twenty-five hundred photographs and over one hundred slides and several audio CD's. Pictures showing the history of UNITE, ACTWU, Labor Leaders, strikes, protests, boycotts, immigration and various types of labor actions.

Dates

  • 1920-2003

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

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

6 cubic feet

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6000 AV: UNITE Audio-Visual Collection 6000 G: UNITE Posters 6000 MB: UNITE Memorabilia 6000 P: UNITE Photographs 6000 PUBS: UNITE Publications 6000/012 P: UNITE Northeast Department Photographs 6000/016 P: UNITE Local 169 Amalgamated Northeast Regional Joint Board Photographs 6000/018 P: UNITE Pacific Northwest District Council Photographs 6000/020 P: UNITE Research Department Photographs 6000/024 P: UNITE Local 23-25 Photographs 6000/033 P: UNITE Local 155 Photographs 6000/037 P: UNITE Communications Department Photographs 6000/043 P: UNITE Editor Photographs 6000/049 P: UNITE Local 9 Photographs 6000/050 P: UNITE Local 10 and Local 23-25 Photographs

Quantity:

6 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Photographs.

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, January 31, 2012
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, February 17, 2016
Title
UNITE Photographs
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
February 17, 2016
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