Women's clothing industry -- United States

Abstract These files contain books, journals, reports, pamphlets, advertisements, and correspondence of the Research Department of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Also included are correspondence of Lazare Teper, organizational material from local unions all over the United States, reports and writings by Research Department staff (including analyses of strikes between 1940 and 1945), files on the Cone Mills and S. Lichtenberg campaigns, as well as documents collected by the...

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This collection contains reports and records of hearings held by the United States National Industrial Recovery Administration between 1933 and 1937. Topics of these hearings include Code of Fair Practices and Competition, Conference of Code Authorities and Trade Association Code Committee Employment, Employment Provisions in Codes of Fair Competition, as well as hearings on amendments, history and violations of code.

Abstract This collection contains extensive files of hearings before, proceedings of, and memoranda and briefs submitted to the Department of Labor's Wage and Hours Division between 1938 and 1942, and 1950 and 1975. Committees represented in these files include: Apparel Industry Committee, Button and Buckle Manufacturing Industry Committee, Embroideries Committee, Hosiery Industry Committee, Knitted and Men's Woven Underwear and Commercial Knitting Industry Committee, Knitted Outerwear Committee,...

Abstract The records of the San Francisco Joint Board contain three parts: general correspondence, arranged in reverse chronological order (boxes 1-2); alphabetical files (boxes 2-10); and meeting minutes of the San Francisco Joint Board, and several local unions (boxes 11-18). Records documenting the Health and Welfare Fund found in box 6 contain extensive information on members of local unions, including length of membership to the ILGWU and employment history. [Note: SSNs are throughout these and...

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This collection contains scrapbooks assembled by officers and members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. The scrapbooks primarily contain news clippings.

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Presentation volume of reproduced news clippings.

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The Sol Chaikin papers document Chaikin's tenure as president of the ILGWU from 1975 to 1986. Included in this collection are extensive correspondence, memoranda, and notes by and to Chaikin from ILGWU officers, staff, and members, politicians, and other labor leaders. Also included are transcripts of Chaikin's speeches, delivered to audiences of local union members, ILGWU and other international union conventions, United States Congress, international labor organizations, and others.

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The Sol Chaikin papers document Chaikin's tenure as president of the ILGWU from 1975 to 1986. Included in this collection are extensive correspondence, memoranda, and notes by and to Chaikin from ILGWU officers, staff, and members, politicians, and other labor leaders. Also included are transcripts of Chaikin's speeches, delivered to audiences of local union members, ILGWU and other international union conventions, United States Congress, international labor organizations, and others.

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This collection contains photographs of Sol Chaikin at a variety of events, including conventions, meetings, and rallies. Also included are photographs of ILGWU groups and institutions, political figures, and other events.

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This collection contains audio recordings of the Southeast Region's conferences in 1978 and 1979, as well as audio recordings of speeches and Union Label songs.