Box 4
Container
Contains 48 Results:
Potofsky, Jacob (Assistant General Secretary) 1914-27
File — Box: 4, Folder: 31
Abstract
Personal, reflective letters to Hillman including Potofsky's opinion of Suderman's "The Joy of Living"; the need for women organizers; possible appointment of a woman to the Advisory Board; exclusion of a Lithuanian local from an experiment conducted by the Boston Joint Board; and a demonstration for Sacco and Vanzetti.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Potter, Owen (Executive Assistant, Governor of N.Y.) 1920
File — Box: 4, Folder: 32
Abstract
Clemency for Herman Altman, David Tannenbaum and Barney King.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Powers, J. (Organizer, New Haven, Connecticut) 1920
File — Box: 4, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Poychkiss, W.E. (Chicago, Local 39, Business Agent) 1920
File — Box: 4, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Pressman, D. (Secretary, Philadelphia Joint Board) 1920
File — Box: 4, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Price, E.V. and Company (Chicago Merchant Tailors) 1925
File — Box: 4, Folder: 36
Abstract
Discussion of problems in the Chicago clothing market.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Price, H. (Chicago, Local 152) 1925
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Price, J.L. (Royal Tailors of Chicago) 1925
File — Box: 4, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Rahkwitz, E. (Montreal Joint Board) 1915
File — Box: 4, Folder: 39
Abstract
Organizing Montreal workers; competition with UGW.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Rank and file letters, 1920
File — Box: 4, Folder: 40
Abstract
Local 2291 (Joliette, Quebec) unhappy with the implementation of a settlement, and the writer's perceived lack of support from the national organization (in French.)
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)