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Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America records, 1914-1980, 1920-1950 (bulk).

Title: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America records, 1914-1980, 1920-1950 (bulk).

Correspondence, clippings, minutes, organizing leaflets, photographs, speeches, phonographs, scrapbooks, and organizational records documenting the founding, growth, history and development of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; the activities of its officers and other leading officials; its organizing activities; and its administration. Significant individuals represented in the collection include Sidney Hillman, Joesph Schlossberg, Jacob Potofsky, Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca, E.J. Brais, Bessie Hillman, and August Bellanca. Among the topics covered in the collection are the men's garment industry in the U.S. and Canada; union organizing, collective bargaining, strikes and other labor disputes in both countries; records of local unions; working conditions in the U.S. garment industry; union management, finances, and legal matters; the New Deal, particularly Sidney Hillman's involvement in the National Recovery Administration; and economic mobilization during World War II, including Hillman's records from his service with the National Defense Advisory Commission and the War Production Board.

ArchivalResource: 650 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64091559 View

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Sidney Hillman papers, 1930-1946 (bulk 1935-1945)

Title: Sidney Hillman papers

Papers documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's president during the Depression, New Deal, and war years, as well as his work with the NRA, the National Defense Advisory Commission, and the War Production Board. Sidney Hillman and the ACWA played crucial roles in founding the CIO. Hillman's correspondence with Walter Reuther and George Addes of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and Emil Rieve of the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee reflects that effort. The Roosevelt era brought both increased visibility and power to Hillman and the union. In 1933, Hillman was chosen to serve on the National Recovery Administration's Labor Advisory Board. The materials from this NRA period describe the Roosevelt administration's attempts to draw up codes of fair competition to determine production quotas and fix wages and hours in order to bring about economic recovery. The NRA records also contain Hillman's correspondence with government officials as well as leaders of labor unions and of private firms. There are also some reports and raw data used by the NRA in developing its codes. In 1940, as U.S. involvement in World War II became increasingly likely, Roosevelt organized the National Defense Advisory Commission (NDAC) to coordinate economic mobilization for the war. Hillman was named to the Commission; later he was tapped to be associate director of the War Production Board. The NDAC materials in this collection document Hillman's experiences and include correspondence with William Knudsen. There are also some reports and directives prepared by the War Production Board. Other notable topics include: aid to free labor organizations in Europe during World War II; anti-fascist efforts by U.S.labor organizations; civil rights; the clothing trade in the U.S. and Canada; economic conditions during the depression, particularly in the U.S. garment industry; international labor activities; Jewish workers in Palestine; labor organizing in the U.S. and Canada; relations with other unions; the Spanish Civil War, including labor aid to and participation in the Republican cause; union involvement in politics and government in the U.S.; the role of women and minorities in the labor movement; and worker education. Notable individuals represented in the collection include: Mary Anderson; John B. Andrews; August Bellanca; Dorothy Bellanca; George Berry; S.M. Blinken; Louis Brandeis; Harry Bridges; John Brophy; Max Danish; Clarence Darrow; Gladys Dickason; David Dubinsky; Lillian Hellman; Charles J. Hendley; Arturo Giovannitti; Henry Green; William Green; J.B.S. Hardman; Bessie Hillman; Horace Kallen; Paul Kellogg; Philip La Follette; Robert La Follette; Fiorello LaGuardia; Herbert H. Lehman; John L. Lewis; Sinclair Lewis; Jay Lovestone; Homer Martin; Lucy Mason; Tom Mooney; Reinhold Niebuhr; Frances Perkins; Charles Poletti; Lee Pressman; Walter Reuther; Emil Rieve; Eleanor Roosevelt; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Rose Schneiderman; Upton Sinclair; Harry Truman; B.C. Vladeck; Robert F. Wagner; Henry Wallace; Walter White; and Matthew Woll. Additional organizations of significance represented include: local unions and joint boards of the ACWA; the American Civil Liberties Union; American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; American League Against War and Fascism; the AFL; the CIO; the Fur and Leather Workers' Union; Hart, Schaffner, and Marx; Hickey Freeman and Company; the Jewish Daily Forward; the Journeymen Tailors Union; Labor's Non-Partisan League; the NAACP; the NRA; the Socialist Party (U.S.); the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee; the Textile Workers Organizing Committee; the Textile Workers Union of America; the UAW; the U.S. Department of Labor and its Women's Bureau; the Urban League; the Women's Trade Union League; and the Workmen's Circle.

ArchivalResource: 23 linear ft.

https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/3833849 View

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. August Bellanca correspondence, 1914-1953, 1925-1950 (bulk).

Title: August Bellanca correspondence, 1914-1953, 1925-1950 (bulk).

Correspondence of August Bellanca from the founding of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA)in 1914 through the early 1950s.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63893220 View

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Secretary-Treasurer. Joseph Schlossberg Secretary-Treasurer correspondence, 1914-1929, 1915-1925 (bulk).

Title: Joseph Schlossberg Secretary-Treasurer correspondence, 1914-1929, 1915-1925 (bulk).

Correspondence documenting Joseph Schlossberg's tenure in the ACWA during the period 1914-1929, particularly in his capacity as secretary-treasurer. Major organizations represented include local unions and joint boards of the ACWA, the Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union, the United Garment Workers of America, and the Women's Trade Union League.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63891919 View

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Jacob Potofsky correspondence, 1930-1946, 1930-1940 (bulk).

Title: Jacob Potofsky correspondence, 1930-1946, 1930-1940 (bulk).

Correspondence documenting Jacob Potofsky's activities while serving in several capacities for the ACWA, including assistan president and assistant general secretary-treasurer. Correspondence documenting Jacob Potofsky's activities while serving in several capacities for the ACWA, including assistant president and assistant general secretary-treasurer. Individuals represented in the collection include: Mary Anderson; Alben Barkley; August Bellanca; Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca; Sidney Hillman; David Dubinsky; Fiorello LaGuardia; John L. Lewis; Tom Mooney; Joseph Schlossberg; Rose Schneiderman; Robert F. Wagner; and Matthew Woll. Major organizations represented include: the AFL; the American Labor Party; Brookwood Labor College; Consumers Union; the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union; the Jewish Daily Forward; the Jewish Labor Committee; Labor's Non-Partisan League; the National Consumers' League; the National Labor Relations Board; the National Recovery Administration; the Rand School of Social Science; the U.S. Dept. of Labor; the United Textile Workers of America; the Works Progress Administration; and various subordinate units of the ACWA.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63892755 View

Potofsky, Jacob S. (Jacob Samuel), 1894-1979. Jacob Potofsky correspondence, 1913-1929, 1920-1929 (bulk).

Title: Jacob Potofsky correspondence, 1913-1929, 1920-1929 (bulk).

Correspondence documenting Jacob Potofsky's activities in the ACWA, primarily in his capacity as assistant general secretary.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63891425 View

Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca papers

Title: Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca papers

Correspondence, speeches, clippings, papers and ephemera documenting Dorothy Bellanca's activities in the ACWA.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear ft.

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/3471690 View

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Papers of executive officers of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 1914-1971, 1930-1950 (bulk).

Title: Papers of executive officers of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 1914-1971, 1930-1950 (bulk).

Correspondence of 25 executive officers of the ACWU, from its earliest leaders to those serving the 1960s and 1970s.

ArchivalResource: 20 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63893782 View

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America records, 1914-1980, 1920-1950 (bulk)

Title: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America records

Correspondence, clippings, minutes, organizing leaflets, photographs, speeches, phonographs, scrapbooks, and organizational records documenting the founding, growth, history and development of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; the activities of its officers and other leading officials; its organizing activities; and its administration.

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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/KCL05619.xml View

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Sidney Hillman correspondence, 1911-1929, 1914-1929 (bulk).

Title: Sidney Hillman correspondence, 1911-1929, 1914-1929 (bulk).

Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. There is a great deal of correspondence with local and regional organizers, reflecting the ACWA's aggressive organizing campaign, undertaken after the formation of the new union in 1914. Organizing efforts in Chicago, New York, Montreal, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, among other cities, are well-documented. Of particular interest is the Baltimore campaign, in which the union battled not only garment manufacturers, but also the Industrial Workers of the World and the United Garment Workers. Letters from August Bellanca, Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca, and Hyman Blumberg document the Baltimore campaign. Another subject well-represented in this collection is arbitration. Correspondence between Hillman and John E. Williams, the arbitrator at Hart, Schaffner and Marx, highlights the mechanics of the arbitration process that the ACWA introduced into its contracts. The arbitration experience served the union well in its dealings with the Wilson administration's War Labor Board which was charged with keeping labor peace during World War I. Correspondence between Hillman, the Labor Board, and the War Dept. describes the processes that brought labor peace to the garment industry during the war, and that concomitantly increased recognition for the ACWA. Additional topics covered include union organizing in the U.S. and Canada; anti-Semitism in the men's garment industry; ethnic relations within the ACWA in the U.S. and Canada; the ACWA's role in the production of uniforms for the military during World War I; strikes and other labor disputes in the men's garment industry; wartime labor policy in the U.S.; women in the union; and working conditions. Notable individuals represented in the collection include: Clarence Darrow; Felix Frankfurter; J.B.S. Hardman; Bessie Hillman; Louis Hollander; Horace M. Kallen; Fiorello LaGuardia; A. J. Muste; and Joseph Schaffner. Major organizations represented include: local unions and joint boards of the ACWA; the American Clothing Manufacturers Association of New York; Hart, Schaffner, and Marx; Hickey Freeman and Company; the Journeymen Tailors Union; Kuppenheimer and Company; the National Consumers League; the Plumb Plan League, and the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64755356 View

Aliotto, Marie. Garment workers.

Title: Garment workers.

Presents oral histories of 19 women who worked in the garment industry starting in the first third of the 20th century and who were involved in their respective unions, particularly the ACWA (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) and ILGWU (International Ladies Garment Workers Union). They worked mainly in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. Eight of the women who worked in Chicago and were involved in the ACWA there participated in the Women's Local, 275, one of the few autonomous women's locals in the country.

ArchivalResource: 75 compact discs (approx. 100 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62097482 View