Liberal Party of New York State records 1936-2002

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Liberal Party of New York State records 1936-2002

The Liberal Party of New York State, the most successful third party in the United States in the twentieth-century, was organized in New York City in l944 by two prominent trade union leaders, David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and Alex Rose, president of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Union. The records (1936-2002) contain correspondence (mainly) of the executive director, Ben Davidson; records of the publicity director; administrative records; the Trade Union Council of the Party; minutes of the New York County Liberal Party and of the State Committee of the American Labor Party; press releases; printed ephemera and scrapbooks of clippings and memorabilia.

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Liberal Party of New York State

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Davidson, Ben (Ben J.)

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Dickinson, Clifford

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Cordaro, Angelo

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Childs, John L. (John Lawrence), 1889-

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Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982

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"Permanent deposit" From the description of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. David Dubinsky, Memorabilia. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64059271 1892 Born February 22nd in Brest-Litovsk, then in Russia, son of Bezalel and Shaina (Malka) Dobnievsky. Moved to Lodz, where the family operated a bakery. ...

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Berle, Adolf A., Jr., 1895-1971

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Peperone, E. Joseph

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Zimmerman, Charles S., 1896-1983

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Liberal Party of New York State. Trade Union Council.

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Pomarlen, Joseph M

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