Myers, James

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James Myers was a labor activist who served as the Industrial Secretary for the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. He also served as a labor manager for the Dutchess Bleachery where he worked to achieve profit sharing, housing, and education for workers.

From the guide to the James Myers Papers, 1930s-1960s, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)

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referencedIn United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives, 1861-1870 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Guide to the James Myers Papers, 1930s-1960s Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Papers of Ethel Sturges Dummer, 1689-1962 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
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associatedWith Dutchess Bleachery (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith ETHEL STURGES DUMMER, 1866-1954 person
associatedWith Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. corporateBody
associatedWith Myers Kiefe, Kathleen. person
correspondedWith Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 person
correspondedWith Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 person
associatedWith United States Sanitary Commission corporateBody
correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
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Church and labor
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