Women labor union members -- United States

Abstract Social and political issues of concern to the Joint Board as reflected in the minutes include relations with the Socialist Party, the imprisonment of Tom Mooney, the movement to create a Farmer-Labor Party, the plight of immigrants, economic downturns and the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti. The Board supported Jewish charities, aid to Russia and various anti-fascist Italian movements. It also endorsed the La Follette-Wheeler ticket in the 1924 presidential campaign. The Joint Board opposed...

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Meeting minutes, 1919-1932; Broadsides, 1966

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Correspondence, clippings, minutes, organizing leaflets, photographs, speeches, phonographs, scrapbooks, and organizational records documenting the founding, growth, history and development of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; the activities of its officers and other leading officials; its organizing activities; and its administration.

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This collection consists mostly of research materials for a monograph she was working on at the time of her death. The tentative title for this book was "Our Century, Our Time" and was to be about working women in America from 1914 to 1983.

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Interview with Lillian Roberts on her childhood, move to New York City, and work in the labor movement.

Abstract These records include correspondence, reports, speeches, notes, printed matter, minutes of meetings, proceedings of the League and of the International Congress of Working Women, biographical material on the League's officers, and correspondence between the National League and its local branches. Major issues covered include the eight-hour day, minimum wage, establishment of sanitary work areas, federal aid to education, civil rights, price controls and social security. Unpublished guide...

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Part 1 of the Bureau's records consist of four series summarizing its work from the time of its predecessor, the Woman in Industry Service, to the mid 1960's and providing regular summaries of the Bureau's activities and policy positions. These are: Monthly reports (1918-1948); Annual summaries (1922-1932); Conferences of the Women's Bureau (1918-1965); and speeches and articles prepared by Women's Bureau officers (1918-1958).

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This collection is a portion of Wolfson's papers contain manuscripts and research materials for a project (1947-48) interviewing labor leaders for "Philosophy and Labor." Interviewees included leaders from the following unions: San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco Labor Research Bureau, ILGWU's San Francisco Joint Board, California State Council of Retail Clerks, and Bay District Joint Council of Building Service Employees.

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Consists of microfilm copies of the papers of the National and New York Women's Trade Union Leagues and the papers of several leaders within those leagues.