Anna Weinstock Schneider Papers
-
No requestable containers
-
Ask a Question
Scope and Contents
Writings by, correspondence with, and recording and transcript of interview with Anna Weinstock Schneider.
The collection is arranged in five series: biographical data, correspondence, manuscripts, miscellany, and oral history interview.
Dates
- 1921-1967
Creator
- Weinstock Schneider, Anna (creator, Person)
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
Schneider was the first woman Commissioner of Conciliation, U.S. Department of Labor appointed in 1922. A member of several minimum wage boards in Massachusetts, lobbyist for labor legislation in Massachusetts and organizer for the Massachusetts Suffrage Association, she was also active in union activities as President of Boston Women's Trade Union League and organizer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Extent
1.5 cubic feet
Abstract
Writings by, correspondence with, and recording and transcript of interview with Anna Weinstock Schneider.
Arrangement
Series I: Biographical Data
Series II: Correspondence
Series III: Manuscripts
Series IV: Miscellany
Series V: Oral History Interview
Quantity:
1.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Papers (documents), correspondence, transcripts, interviews.
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:
- C. Eastman, September 27, 2005
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, November 01, 2016
- Title
- Schneider, Anna Weinstock Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by C. Eastman
- Date
- November 01, 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