Women's clothing industry -- United States

Miscellaneous memorabilia including sketches, awards, citations, cups and ribbons

This collection contains the papers of Murray Gross, including correspondence, newspaper clippings and other printed material.

The ILGWU Murray Gross Photograph collection contain photos of Murray himself, Maurice J. Tobin, Norman Thomas and some taken at the 34th ILGWU Convention.

Case files include arbitration notes, correspondence, Cotton Garment Industry Application for Wage Adjustments, legal documents, N.W.L.B. application for approval of wage or salary rate adjustment or schedule, notes, and payroll summaries covering the period 1936-1946.

Contains minutes of the New York Cloak Joint Board, as well as of several of the board's committees (Retirement Fund, Pension, Executive, Finance, Investment, Rules, Administrative, Appeals, and Special Investigating). Also contains minutes of the Russian Polish Cloak Makers Union and monthly financial reports of the Cloak Joint Board.

The collection contains the New York Cloak Joint Board's payroll registers, summaries, and analyses for the years 1959 through 1972.

The New York Cloak Joint Board of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, represented a number of New York City local unions whose members were employed as cloak makers. The collection contains reports, photographs, and the correspondence of three of its managers Israel Feinberg, Isidore Nagler and Henoch Mendelsund.

The collection contains records relating to New York Governor Smith's Advisory Commission on the Cloak, Suit, and Skirt Industry in New York, including volumes on the hearings before the commission in 1924 and 1925, reports, and recommendations. Also included is the report of the New York Cloak Joint Board for the years 1956 to 1959.

Includes minutes of Joint Board, Board of Directors, Grievance Committee, Appeal Committee, Health and Welfare Fund, and Retirement Fund meetings.

This collection consists of publications either produced or collected by the ILGWU. It includes periodicals of local unions, joint boards, and the international periodicals, as well as publications from other organizations.