Scope and Contents
Consist chiefly of memoranda and letters pertaining to Philip Wittenberg's activities as a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU) Committee on Labor Injunctions.
Documents consist of memoranda and press releases of the ACLU on anti-injunction and yellow dog contract laws in New York State, and reports on the lobbying activities of the ACLU Committee on Labor Injunctions. Also, letters of Alexander Fleisher (secretary), Roger N. Baldwin (member, ACLU Committee on Labor Injunctions); Robert F. Wagner (senator, New York State) and Louis Waldman (attorney) to Wittenberg regarding the Norris-La Guardia Act, passage of anti-injunction laws in New York State, and meetings and lobbying activities of the ACLU Committee on Labor Injunctions.
Dates
- 1932-1934
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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Biographical / Historical
The American Civil Liberties Union Committee on Labor Injunctions was organized to help secure the passage of federal and state legislation to end the abuse of injunctions in restricting labor's rights to organize, strike and picket.
Extent
0.5 cubic feet
Abstract
Consist chiefly of memoranda and letters pertaining to Philip Wittenberg's activities as a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU) Committee on Labor Injunctions.
Quantity:
0.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Papers (documents).
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:
- R. MIles, March 18, 2010
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, February 22, 2017
- Title
- Philip Wittenberg Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by R. MIles
- Date
- February 22, 2017
- 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