Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- New York (State)

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This collection consists of photograph albums and scrapbooks documenting strikes, organizing campaigns, and biographies of Sidney Hillman and Jacob Potofsky.

Abstract Country files include correspondence and notes, printed material, and newspaper clippings on countries in which the ILGWU had a special interest, especially the Dominican Republic and Honduras. Company files include correspondence, memoranda, notes, and press material on companies with which the ILGWU dealt; especially well-documented is the strike against and negotiations with Leslie Fay. Subject files include correspondence with and collected printed material on labor leaders and...

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The collection predominantly consists of sheet music arranged by song, also included are song books, chorus packets, and information about performances.

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This collection consists of photographs transferred from the Communications Department's biographical files on union members, union officers, and political and public figures.

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This collection consists of garment workers posters, featuring motifs of women and children.

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Consists of publications either created or collected by the International Relations Department of the ILGWU.

Abstract Consists of the records of Jay Mazur, during his term as President of the ILGWU until its merger with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers of America to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) in 1995. Included in Mazur's files are alphabetical subject files which contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, testimonies, news clippings, and other printed material on persons, organizations, and topics relating to the work of the ILGWU. Also, these papers...

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Leon Stein's papers include draft manuscripts of Stein's own writings, several of Stein's unpublished manuscripts, drafts of Stein's translation of the work of Abrahan Cahan, research material for Stein's books on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City and the Ludlow (Colorado) massacre, correspondence, and assorted clippings and printed material.

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This collection consists of photographs pulled from the records of Local 22's Education Department. Included are images of conferences, meetings, and rallies.