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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection comprises the following subseries: historical file (1934-1942); convention file (1935-1952); relations with the CIO (1935-1950); political collaboration with the CIO (1937-1947); papers favoring AFL-CIO unity (1935-1951); national and international union correspondence (1935-1951); State Federations of Labor correspondence (1935-1945); central labor union correspondence (1935-1950); local union correspondence (1937-1947); and miscellaneous correspondence (1936-1950).

Scope and Contents Major Subjects: San Francisco 1934 Convention, San Francisco 1934 Executive Council Meeting, Resolutions, Industrial Unionism, Wagner Act, Union Organization (Auto Workers, Aluminum Workers), Questionnaires, Statistics, Atlantic City 1935 Convention, Atlantic City 1935 Executive Council Meeting, Minutes of Meetings, Committee for Industrial Organizations. Principal Correspondents: C.J. Weaver, Harry C. Louden, Ernest Claxton, Al Cook, Henry S. Bierre, Earl Cast, A.O. Wharton, J.W. Pickering,...

Scope and Contents Major Subjects: Union Organization (Metal Workers, Committee for Industrial Organization), Miami 1936 Executive Council Meeting, Industrial Unionism, Washington 1936 Executive Council Meeting, Dual Unionism, Resolutions, News Releases, Minutes of Meetings. Principal Correspondents: John Brophy, H.W. Morgan, John L. Lewis, Sidney Hillman, David Dubinsky, Thomas F. McMahon, Harvey C. Fremming, Max Zaritsky, Thomas H. Brown, James Starr, Frank Morrison, Charles P. Howard, D.W. Tracy, Kathryn...

Scope and Contents Major Subjects: Committee for Industrial Organization, Union Organization (Metal Workers), Industrial Unionism, Washington 1936 Executive Council Meeting, News Releases, Dual Unionism, Minutes of Meetings, Petitions and Protests regarding Suspension of Charters. Principal Correspondents: Charles P. Howard, Thomas McMahon, Sidney Hillman, Edward Flore, W.D. Mahon, Max Pincus, Edward Lamb, Max Zaritsky, Charlton Ogburn, John L. Lewis, E.N. Nockles, David Dubinsky, George M. Harrison, G.M....

Scope and Contents Major Subjects: Washington 1936 Executive Council Meeting, Minutes of Meetings, Suspension of Charters, News Releases, Petitions and Protests regarding Suspension of Charters, Industrial Unionism, Resolutions, Committee for Industrial Organizations. Principal Correspondents: John P. Frey, David Dubinsky, John L. Lewis, Sidney Hillman, Thomas F. McMahon, H.C. Fremming, Thomas H. Brown, Glen McCabe, M.F. Tighe, Sherman Dalrymple, Homer Martin, Michael F. Greene, Charles P. Howard, John A....

Scope and Contents

Major Subjects: Petitions and Protests regarding Suspensions, Resolutions, Committee for Industrial Organizations, Union Organization (Metal Workers), Industrial Unionism. Principal Correspondents: Charles P. Howard, John L. Lewis, John Brophy, Thomas G. Gillis, Edward W. Miller, M.F. Greene, Max Zaritsky, Frank Duffy, A.O. Wharton, Joseph P. Ryan, Isidor B. Velasco, Matthew Woll, David Dubinsky.