Box 1

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Includes: Niagara Falls "ILGWU Convention Special," 1934; Fairfield, Connecticut, 1934; Bermuda 1924; A.F. of L. Convention, 1916; and unspecified.

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Includes: Formal portraits of Fannia Cohn, some on postcards, from Unity House and her time as Executive Secretary of the ILGWU Educational Department

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Includes: Local 66 excursion to Bear Mountain (1935) Fannia Cohn on the Local 66 Excursion (S.S. Colvert?) (1935)

Scope and Contents Includes: Individuals, groups and activities at Bryn Mawr Summer School (Mt. Ivy, Pomona, New York), the Brookwood (Summer) Institute/Session (Katonah, New York); Commonwealth College; unnamed “affiliated school”; “P.Y. Camp,” 1931; Local 89 students, 1935. Identified individuals include: Fannia Cohn, Dr. Theresa Wolfson; Christine Provenzale; Brookwood Commencement, graduates including 2 from Puerto Rico: Ruth Miller, Rebecca Goldberg, Anna Kula, Edith Bereowitz, Anna Sosnovsky, Fannia M....

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Commemoration of Triangle Fire victims including ILGWU Committee members laying wreaths, gravestones (of Sarah Cooper, age 16; Rosie Mehl, age 15, and Isi Rosen, age 17

Scope and Contents Includes: Waterbury [Materbury?] Strike, 1935; two female ILGWU strikers Feb. 14, 1935 with signs “Strike at Osgood and Sons” and “We Want Recognition of our Union;” Marion Memorial meeting, Oct. 1930; graphic of marchers with ILGWU banner, and images portraying education and healthcare, partial bottom reads: “…Pioneers in Bringing Education, Recreation, Art and Medical Science to the Service of Labor;” and women beneath an “ILGWU Educational Department” sign, ca. 1930s. Identified...

Scope and Contents Includes: Fannia Cohn; ILGWU Training For Trade Union Activity Institute; ILGWU Education Department; and union Locals 1, 32, 35, and 143 members. Educational Department Unity House Institute including Out-Of-Town students (1935); training for Trade Union Activity/Institute(1935); sports and recreation including boating, basketball, theatrical productions and hiking; ILGWU Players; art exhibition and lecture on “Appreciation of Art” (1935); Pine Grove - Unity House (1934). People include:...

Scope and Contents Includes: perhaps baby, childhood, and youth photos; signed photo of an infant and toddler (“Jan. 1931 A Happy New Year to you Fannia dear - from Teddy Peggy Pooky”); Photograph postcard of middle-aged and elder gentleman; Postcard with Russian and Hebrew typeface mother and baby; young man; and with who might be Fannia or a relative; two women holding a child; Christmas note with two children, addressed to Fannia from Evelyn (1931); Fannia with a young child; young boy. Postcard of Robert...