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Guide to the Transport Workers Union of America Records, 1911-2007

Title: Guide to the Transport Workers Union of America Records, 1911-2007

The Transport Workers Union of America, founded in 1934 and led until 1966 by charismatic Irish-American radical Mike Quill, initially organized subway workers and bus drivers in the New York City area. Eventually the union chartered locals in cities and towns across the country, and it branched out to include taxi drivers, railway employees, airline workers and utility workers among its members. This collection is comprised of administrative records of the Transport Workers Union of America. The Michael J. (Mike) Quill files document the trade-union and political activity of Quill, who served as TWU president from 1935 to 1966. The collection also contains records of Quill's three successful campaigns for the New York City Council (on the American Labor Party ticket and as an independent) and his work as a councilman. Other series contain files of Quill's successor, Matthew Guinan, other TWU officers and staff, TWU divisions, and national conventions. Included are incoming and outgoing correspondence, financial records, reports, speeches, bargaining files, arbitration and mediation decisions, publicity materials and clippings.

ArchivalResource: 153 Linear Feet (153 boxes), 5 VHS cassettes, 10 8mm open reel films, 3 16mm open reel films, 1 35mm open reel film, 12 videodiscs (dvd), 5 archived websites.

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Congress of Industrial Organizations Printed Ephemera Collection, Bulk, 1936-1959, 1936-1987

Title: Congress of Industrial Organizations Printed Ephemera Collection Bulk, 1936-1959 1936-1987

The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) Printed Ephemera Collection is an artificial collection, collected and assembled by the Tamiment Library over the course of several decades. The CIO was founded in 1935 as part of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and known as the Committee for Industrial Organization. Formalizing a break with the AFL over disputes in how to organize industrial workers, the CIO held its first convention in 1938, and it was there that it changed its name to the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The collection consists of contracts, agreements, and constitutions, as well as printed ephemera such as fliers, brochures, leaflets, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and other publications. Material comes from the international and national body of the CIO but also its regional, state, and city councils, most notably, the Greater New York CIO Council and the New York State Industrial Union Council.

ArchivalResource: 5.0 linear feet; (5 boxes)

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Mills, Saul, 1910-1988. Papers, 1935-1989.

Title: Papers, 1935-1989.

The records of the Saul Mills Papers contain personal correspondence, Greater New York CIO Council administrative records, and document Mills' work in the health insurance field, and political fund raising. The bulk of the material falls between the years 1944 and 1949, with particular emphasis on 1948, the year in which the Council's charter was lifted. Central to the collection is Series II: CIO Union and PAC Activities; and Expulsion Hearings. The records in this series document events and pertinent issues which bore directly on the Expulsion Hearings and the Council's dissolution. Series I: Biographical Information and Personal Correspondence (1934-1989) contains biographical information, family correspondence, and an oral history interview taken just after Mills' retirement in 1981. The correspondence in this series is particularly rich with references to Mills' union activity during the 1930s. Correspondence from the 1940s refers to general Council business and war-related activities. Of particular interest is correspondence from Mills to his wife during the Annual CIO Convention in November 1948. In these letters, Mills recounts his observations regarding events such as the Expulsion Hearings, and the subsequent action taken during the Convention with respect to the Council. The series also contains sizable correspondence from Mills' travels through China during 1949. CIO Material in Series II: CIO Union and PAC Activities; and Expulsion Hearings (1937-1948; 1956) is divided into two subseries. Subseries A: CIO Union and PAC Activities reflects a wide range of Council activity, and in particular, Mills' interest, as a union representative, in health insurance. The series documents the emerging conflicts between national CIO policy and Council actions. The press releases and Council correspondence contain significant documentation with respect to the conflicts. The collection contains an incomplete run of one CIO serial which records the controversy over the Brophy letter and Council's alleged interference with international unions' strike activities-- issues central to the charges levied against the Council (see also New York CIO Weekly Bulletin of Greater NY CIO Council, and New York CIO News Letter). Subseries B: Expulsion Hearings contains a substantial amount of material documenting both Council's defense and complainants' charges. Beside the Hearing Committee's findings, and other official CIO documents, the subseries contains a virulent rebuttal by Michael Quill (one of the complainants), and a lengthy statement of defense by the Council. Series II. Private Business and Public Concerns (1949-1980). This series documents Mills' continued interest in public health and group insurance plans; and his work with the Voter Education Fund.

ArchivalResource: 2.6 linear feet.

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Saul Mills Papers, 1935-1989

Title: Saul Mills Papers 1935-1989

Saul Mills was a union activist, PR representative and journalist born in New York in 1910. Between 1927 and 1936, Mills worked in varying capacities with a number of newspapers, including , , and . Mills' newspaper experience and his association with the noted newspaper columnist Heywood Broun gave rise to Mills' involvement in the labor movement. In 1934, he became a charter member of Broun's Newspaper Guild which led to Mills being dismissed from . Between 1936 and 1940, Mills worked as a public relations representative for CIO and AFL affiliated unions and later went into private PR practice. The collection includes: Mills' personal correspondence, Greater New York CIO Council administrative records, photographs and ephemera that document various aspects of Mills' work and life. The New York Daily News The Brooklyn Daily Eagle The Brooklyn Standard Union The City News Association The Eagle

ArchivalResource: 4.25 linear feet; in 7 manuscript boxes and 8 folders

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