Meany, George. Center for Labor Studies Interviews.
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Scope and Contents
The collection contains interviews conducted in 1979 and 1980 for the George Meany Center for Labor Studies Oral History Project. The oral history projects main focus is on the AFL and CIO merger. Not all of the transcripts reproduced for this collection include the complete interview, but only select pages in which the interviewees mention or discuss the garment industry, the ILGWU and its members or officers, and particularly David Dubinsky. Individuals interviewed are: Jack Barbash, Andrew Biemiller, Harry Block, Jack Conway, Nelson Cruikshank, Joseph Curran, Evelyn Dubrow, Katherine Pollak Ellickson, Harry Fleisher, Douglas Fraser, Arthur Goldberg, Patrick E. Gorman, Hilton Hanna, A.J. Hayes, Henry Kaiser, Joseph Keenan, John W. Livingston, David J. McDonald, Lee Webb Minton, Robert Oliver, James C. Petrillo, Leon Stein, Abe Raskin, George Weaver, and Charles Zimmerman.
Dates
- 1979-1986
Creator
- George Meany Center for Labor Studies Oral History Project (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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
Founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing about 2,000 members in cities in the northeastern United States, the ILGWU grew in geographical scope, membership size, political influence to become one of the most powerful forces in American organized labor by mid-century. Representing workers in the women's garment industry, the ILGWU worked to improve working and living conditions of its members through collective bargaining agreements, training programs, health care facilities, cooperative housing, educational opportunities, and other efforts. In 1995, the ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE).
Extent
0.5 cubic feet
Abstract
This collection contains full and partial transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by the George Meany Center for Labor Studies. Included are interviews with ILGWU staff and officers.
Quantity:
0.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Articles, reprints, pamphlets, correspondence, 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, August 29, 2011
- EAD encoding:
- Kathryn Dowgiewicz, January 10, 2013
- Title
- Meany, George. Center for Labor Studies Interviews.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- January 10, 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