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Barker, Mary Cornelia, 1879-1963. Mary Cornelia Baker papers, 1912-1971.

Title: Mary Cornelia Baker papers, 1912-1971.

The collection consists of the papers of Mary Barker from 1912-1971. The papers include correspondence, organizational records, printed matter, and clippings related to Mary Barker's involvement in the American Federation of Teachers, Atlanta Public School Teachers Association Credit Union, and Southern Summer School for Women Workers in Industry. In addition, there are subject folders of correspondence, records and printed matter related to organizations and causes that interested Miss Barker (e. g. the. Affiliated Schools for Workers, American Civil Liberties Union, Atlanta Urban League, Commission on Interracial Cooperation, League of Women Voters, Y.W.C.A.). Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings about and directories of the Atlanta Public Schools and a collection of the publications of Tommie Dora Barker. Six mimeographed papers on the evolution of trade and transportation in various Southern cities, written between 1912 and 1914 by Eugene H. Hinton, Chairman of the Southeastern Freight Association, have been cataloged.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 linear ft. (10 boxes)

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Jones, Brownie Lee. Jones, Brownie Lee. Letters, 1948-1949.

Title: Jones, Brownie Lee. Letters, 1948-1949.

Other matters discussed include helping workers become qualified to vote; aiding union committees to work on political and legislative action; political orientation of Brownie Lee Jones; position of blacks in southern labor movement; stronger support of SSW from black workers than white; declining support by national unions for SSW activities; Highlander School removed from "approved" list by CIO; cutting staff; possibility of closing SSW and allowing unions to take up entire burden of labor education; support for Labor Extension Bill; various educational activities of Jones and her assistant, Polly Jones; assistance to United Labor Committee in Durham; poll tax campaign in Virginia; refusal of SSW to discriminate against unions branded as communist, resulting in CIO unions refusing to contribute to school; closing of school in 1950; and plans of Jones to work as volunteer for NAACP. Collection consists of photocopies of correspondence between Brownie Lee Jones and Mary C. Barker, advisor to the Southern School for Workers. Include discussion of financial stability of the Southern School for Workers (SSW); ability of school to attract donations; placement of labor educators in North and South Carolina; "reaction" engulfing the South; work of school in promoting interracial cooperation, such as Civil Rights Committee in Richmond; schools support for anti-segregation legislation and growing animosity of political right to the school; CIO labor education school in Maryland; recruiting of blacks in Virginia; reluctance of white workers to work with black workers; SSW school on government in Washington, D.C.; contributions from various unions; and loss of foundation support. Other matters discussed include helping workers become qualified to vote; aiding union committees to work on political and legislative action; political orientation of Brownie Lee Jones; position of blacks in southern labor movement; stronger support of SSW from black workers than white; declining support by national unions for SSW activites; Highlander School removed from "approved" list by CIO; cutting staff; possibility of closing SSW and allowing unions to take up entire burden of labor education; support for Labor Extension Bill; various educational activities of Jones and her assistant, Polly Jones; assistance to United Labor Committee in Durham; poll tax campaign in Virginia; refusal of SSW to discriminate against unions branded as communist, resulting in CIO unions refusing to contribute to school; closing of school in 1950; and plans of Jones to work as volunteer for NAACP.

ArchivalResource: 11 items (20 leaves)

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American Federation of Teachers. Secretary-Treasurer's Office. American Federation of Teachers Secretary-Treasurer's Office records, 1928-1967, (bulk 1936-1953).

Title: American Federation of Teachers Secretary-Treasurer's Office records, 1928-1967, (bulk 1936-1953).

Correspondence, clippings, memoranda, minutes, convention proceedings, financial data, local union files, and other materials relating to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Secretary-Treasurer's Office.

ArchivalResource: 5.25 linear ft. (11 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32321228 View

Jacobs, Joseph, 1908-. Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 Mar. 6.

Title: Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 Mar. 6.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Joseph Jacobs on March 6, 1991 in which he discusses the Depression in Atlanta (Ga.); Worker's Alliance; attempt to organize the Works Projects Administration; the Angelo Herndon case; Civilian Conservation Corps; Max Zaritsky; National Industrial Relations Act (The Blue Eagle); representation of unions; Standard Hat plant; "The Vulture's Nest"; negotiations and organization in lady garment worker's industry; quotas in garment industry; teacher's unions; David Dubinsky; Congress of Industrial Organizations; American Federation of Labor; granite cutters; steel workers; Butch Hathaway; Southern Bed Spring Company; Saul Klenburg plant; Dalton (Ga.) tufted-fabric manufacture; union activity in Dalton; Carl Karston; Allie Mann; prominent union leaders in Atlanta (Ga.); J. Allen Couch; Cates family; Mary Barker; Maude Ireland; listing of local unions; Eva Galambos; Bill Green and the AFL-CIO; and John Lewis of the United Mine Workers.

ArchivalResource: 3 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (79 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477477 View