International Workers Order
Variant namesThe International Workers Order (IWO), a Communist-affiliated, ethnically organized fraternal order, was founded in 1930 following a split from the Workmen's Circle, the Jewish labor fraternal order. Max Bedacht, the IWO general secretary from 1932-1946, also served on the Communist Party's Political Bureau. At its peak, shortly after World War II, the IWO had almost 200,000 members, including 50,000 in the Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order. The IWO provided low-cost health and life insurance, medical and dental clinics, and the individual sections supported foreign-language newspapers, and a range of cultural and educational activities and institutions, including children's camps and cultural schools. The placement of the IWO on the Attorney General's list of subversive organizations in 1947 was the first of a series of events that led to the liquidation of the IWO in 1954, after it had lost its tax exempt status and insurance charter.
From the description of Records, 1930-1956 (bulk 1945-1951). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 478436679
From the guide to the International Workers Order Records, Bulk, 1945-1951, 1930-1956, (Bulk 1940-1951), (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)
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| creatorOf | Rockwell Kent papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | New Theatre League records, 1932-1942 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| creatorOf | International Workers Order. Records, 1930-1956 (bulk 1945-1951). | Churchill County Museum | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Max Bedacht Autobiographical Typescript: On the Path of Life: Memoirs of Your Father, 1967 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Colón, Jesús, 1901-1974. Papers, 1901-1974; bulk: 1920-1970. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | New Theatre League records, 1935-1942 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| creatorOf | International Workers Order records, 1927-1956. | Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives | |
| creatorOf | International Workers' Order. International Workers' Order. Additional records. | Cornell University Library | |
| referencedIn | J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | George Grosz papers, 1893-1981 (inclusive) 1919-1959 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | New Theatre League records, 1935-1942. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Cultural Correspondence. Records, 1968-1981. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Workingmen's Sick Benevolent and Educational Federation (I.W.O. Hungarian Section, Branch 116) (Avenel, N.J.). Records, 1924-1942. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
| creatorOf | International Workers Order. Records, 1927-1956. | Cornell University Library | |
| referencedIn | Lea Lerner Camp Wo-Chi-Ca Graphics and Photographs, circa 1940-1950, undated | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| creatorOf | International Workers Order Records, Bulk, 1945-1951, 1930-1956, (Bulk 1940-1951) | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Political materials, 1929-1963. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | William Golden Camp Wo-Chi-Ca Photographs, circa 1940-1955 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Celli, Fred. Papers, 1926-1972. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
| creatorOf | International Workers Order. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1932-1940. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Printed Ephemera Collection on Organizations, 1886- | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Reference Center for Marxist Studies Pamphlet Collection, 1900-2004 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Rockwell Kent papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Sherman, Benjamin, 1896-. Interview, 1982-1983. | Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Library | |
| referencedIn | Workingmen's Sick Benevolent and Educational Federation Records, 1924-1942 | University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] | |
| referencedIn | Celli, Fred. Fred Celli Papers, 1926-1972. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
| referencedIn | Donalek, Lillian. Lillian Donalek papers, 1948-1999. | Chicago History Museum | |
| referencedIn | Ernest Rymer Photographs and Other Material, Bulk, 1939-1959, 1929-1982 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Lewis Allan Typescript, Undated | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Fred Celli Papers, 1926-1972 | University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Button and Pin Collection, circa 1930-2009 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Max Bedacht Autobiographical Typescript: On the Path of Life: Memoirs of Your Father, 1967 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Max Bedacht Autobiographical Typescript: On the Path of Life: Memoirs of Your Father, 1967 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Colón, Jesús, 1901-. Papers, 1901-1974; bulk: 1920-1970. | Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos |
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| associatedWith | Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986 | person |
| associatedWith | Bedacht, Max, 1883-1972. | person |
| associatedWith | Benjamin, Herbert, 1898?-1983. | person |
| associatedWith | Camp Wo-Chi-Ca (N.J.). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Celli, Fred. | person |
| associatedWith | Celli, Fred. | person |
| associatedWith | Colón, Jesús, 1901-1974. | person |
| associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Cultural Correspondence. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Dawidowicz, Lucy S. | person |
| associatedWith | Dawidowicz, Lucy S. | person |
| associatedWith | Donalek, Lillian. | person |
| associatedWith | Garland, Walter B. | person |
| associatedWith | Garland, Walter B. | person |
| associatedWith | Golden, William (Bill) | person |
| correspondedWith | Grosz, George, 1893-1959 | person |
| associatedWith | Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order of the I.W.O. (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Kalman, Mildred. | person |
| associatedWith | Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971. | person |
| associatedWith | Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 | person |
| associatedWith | Milgrom, Sam. | person |
| associatedWith | Milgrom, Sam. | person |
| associatedWith | New Theatre League | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | New Theatre League | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | New Theatre League. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Reference Center for Marxist Studies. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rymer, Ernest, 1908-1986 | person |
| associatedWith | Sherman, Benjamin, 1896- | person |
| associatedWith | Tamiment Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Workingmen's Sick Benevolent and Educational Federation (I.W.O. Hungarian Section, Branch 116) (Avenel, N.J.). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Workman's Circle. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Zadow, A. D. | person |
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