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International Workers Order. Records, 1930-1956 (bulk 1945-1951).

Title: Records, 1930-1956 (bulk 1945-1951).

The records contain clippings, correspondence, ephemera, legal documents, manuscripts, minutes, press releases, printed materials, and reports, arranged alphabetically. The material documents the political activities of the IWO and several of its constituent groups, notably the Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order (including Yiddish-language material), the New York State Department of Insurance case against the IWO, and the Ingram Case, a 1940's court case in which a black woman and her two sons were sentenced to death for the murder of a white man. IWO leaders represented include Max Bedacht (general secretary), Walter B. Garland, and Sam Milgrom (executive secretary). There is also an unpublished manuscript, "Jewish People's Fraternal Order of the International Workers Order" (1950, 35 pp.), by Lucy Davidowitz (later known as Lucy S. Dawidowicz), a critical history focusing on the JPFO's relationship with the Communist movement. Several photographs were removed to the library's NonPrint collection.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 linear ft. (1 box)

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International Workers Order Records, Bulk, 1945-1951, 1930-1956, (Bulk 1940-1951)

Title: International Workers Order Records Bulk, 1945-1951 1930-1956, (Bulk 1940-1951)

The International Workers Order (IWO), a Communist-affiliated, ethnically organized fraternal order, was founded in 1930 following a split from the Workmen's Circle. At its peak, shortly after World War II, the IWO had almost 200,000 members and provided low-cost health and life insurance, medical and dental clinics, and supported foreign-language newspapers, cultural and educational activities. The IWO was put on the Attorney General's list of subversive organizations in 1947 which ultimately led to the liquidation of the IWO in 1954. The material documents the political activities of the IWO and several of its constituent groups, notably the Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order (including Yiddish-language material), the New York State Department of Insurance case against the IWO, and the Ingram Case, a 1940's court case in which a black woman and her two sons were sentenced to death for the murder of a white man.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 linear feet; (1 box)

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Ernest Rymer Photographs and Other Material, Bulk, 1939-1959, 1929-1982

Title: Ernest Rymer Photographs and Other Material Bulk, 1939-1959 1929-1982

Ernest Rymer (1908-1986) served as director of the Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO), part of the International Workers Order (I.W.O.), after World War II until sometime in the 1950s. He was possibly director of the JPFO's youth division prior to his appointment as JPFO director. The collection mainly consists of photographs that document the various conferences, demonstrations, performances, and other activities of the Jewish Young Fraternalists, part of the Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order (JPFO), I.W.O.; the activities of the general JPFO, I.W.O.; and the activities of I.W.O. as a larger organization. The collection also contains a plaque awarded to Rymer and his World War II-era Navy uniform, as well as a number of political and/or commemorative buttons and pins.

ArchivalResource: 2.75 linear feet; in 2 oversize flat boxes, 1 manuscript box, and 7 folders

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