AFL and AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, Jay Lovestone Files

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AFL and AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, Jay Lovestone Files

1939-1974

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/42557

Jay Lovestone was an major leader of the international labor movement through his work with Free Trade Union Committee, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and the AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, among many others. This collection contains a portion of Jay Lovestone's records for the years he worked most closely with the AFL and AFL-CIO. Types of materials in the collection include correspondence, reports, financial records, clippings, publications, photographs, and audiotapes.

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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