AFSCME, District Council 37 Photographs Bulk, 1967-2000 1946-2003

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AFSCME, District Council 37 Photographs Bulk, 1967-2000 1946-2003

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District Council 37, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is an umbrella group of 56 local unions representing public employees in New York City. Chartered in 1944, DC 37 has grown from an organization of less than a thousand employees in the city’s parks, hospital, finance, and health departments to the country's largest federation of public employees, with more than 125,000 members working in the city's agencies and cultural institutions. This collection is comprised of black and white photographic prints (the bulk are 8x10), color photographic prints (mainly 4x6 snapshots), contact sheets, negatives, and slides from the Communications Department of AFSCME District Council 37. There are approximately 41,300 photographs and 24,500 contact sheets. The collection contains approximately 422,400 individual negative images. The bulk of individual images are black and white negatives. NOTE: This collection is housed offsite and advance notice is required for use.

97.0 linear feet; 97 boxes

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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