Guide to the James Myers Papers, 1930s-1960s

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Guide to the James Myers Papers, 1930s-1960s

1930s-1960s

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James Myers (1882-1967) 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. The collection contains pamphlets and other printed meditations and prayers that Myers wrote in the 1930s and 1940s while working for the Federal Council of Churches. Also included are the letters the Myers family received in 1967 when James died, including one from American Socialist Norman Thomas. Also included is a photocopy of a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt whom Myers escorted through the mines of Ohio in 1936.

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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