Labor union locals

Chiefly correspondence and articles with and by Gus Tyler from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Primarily correspondence, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, and broadsides dealing with his activities as a leader in Local 22 (in Series I), as well as his other union and political activities (in Series II). Among the most significant material in the collection is correspondence documenting Zimmerman's activities with the Communist Party in the U.S. and its various factions and splinter groups, as well as other political organizations and figures.

The Local 62 correspondence consists primarily of letters of Samuel Shore and Louis Stulberg, the managers of the Local during much of the period. There are also articles, photographs, reports, and other materials in the collection. These items primarily document the activities and concerns of the Local's leadership from the depression years through the 1960s.

The Local 155 records consist primarily of the correspondence of Louis Nelson, manager of Local 15. The activities of the local are documented through articles, speeches, and other materials from the depression years through the late 1960s. Also included are minutes of Local 155's Executive Board between 1979 and 1995, issues of the local's publication, Knitgood Workers' Voice, from 1937 to 1995, files on Joe Lombardo and the Local 155's Health and Welfare Fund.

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 Charles Zimmerman papers consist primarily of correspondence, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, and broadsides dealing with his activities as a leader in Local 22 (in Series I), as well as his other union and political activities (in Series II).

The Umhey Executive Secretary records consist primarily of organizational records, subject files, and correspondence dealing with union administrative matters.

The Stulberg General Secretary-Treasurer records consist primarily of correspondence dealing with union managerial matters during Stulberg's term in office, though there is also some correspondence from his tenure as executive vice-president (April 1956-May 1959), as well as a small amount (ca. 1 linear foot) of personal correspondence in the collection.

The Stulberg presidential records consist of correspondence, memoranda, photographs, speeches and subject files primarily dealing with union matters during Stulberg's term in office, though there are some personal materials in the collection as well.