Guide to the Connie Kopelov Papers, 1942-2009

Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union

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The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, the most significant union representing workers in the men's clothing industry, was founded in New York City in 1914 as a breakaway movement from the United Garment Workers. Radical and immigrant workers in the tailors’ and cutters’ locals were the core of the seceding group, which advocated industrial unionism and economic strikes in opposition to the UGW’s craft organization, which they saw as conservative and timid. Their diverging vie...

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America

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English. From the description of ACWA's Sidney Hillman Foundation Records. 1955-1974. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 520925303 From the description of ACTWU's National Textile Recruitment and Training Program Records. 1975-1981. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 520924922 Sidney Hillman, labor organizer, leader, and president, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Sidney Hillman was born in Russian-contr...

Society of American Archivists

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The Society of American Archivists is the oldest and largest archivist association in North America. It was established in 1936 on the heels of the creation of the National Archives. The organization was born in the wake of the dissolution of the Public Archives Commission of the American Historical Association....

New York Labor History Association.

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New York Labor History Association.

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Bernhardt, Debra E.

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Debra Bernhardt (1953-2001) was a labor historian and director of the Tamiment Library and the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. She came to the Wagner Labor Archives at its beginning, in 1979, and was responsible for building its core collections of labor records and oral histories. Bernhardt was active in the Society of American Atchivists, the New York Labor History Association, the Oral History Association qand many other historical, archival and political organizations...

Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Begun in 1979, The New Yorkers at Work Oral History Collection is an ongoing series of interviews, conducted primarily by the staff of New York University's Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, that document the history of labor in the metropolitan area. The largest group of interviews were collected for the New Yorkers at Work: Oral Histories of Life, Labor, and Industry Curriculum Project. In 1980, with a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities, about 150 interviews were conducted with ...

Tamiment Library

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The Tamiment Library Web Archive (Labor and the Left): Education and Student Movements, was created with the Web Archiving Service from the California Digital Library. This service employs open source web archiving utilities developed by Internet Archive with the support of the The International Internet Preservation Consortium. The Web Archiving Service was made possible with support from the National Digital Information and Infrastructure Preservation Program and the University of California, ...

Kopelov Connie

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Connie Kopelov (1926-2016) was born April 14, 1926 in the small industrial town of Kokomo, Indiana, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. After graduating from Northwestern University in 1947 with a BA in political science, Kopelov worked for the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, a citizens' educational organization led by Adlai Stevenson and Louise Leonard Wright, whose mission was to encourage internationalism. In 1955, Kopelov left Chicago for New York City, where her political activism an...

Women's Funding Coalition

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The Women's Funding Coalition (WFC) was established in 1981 and was envisioned as a "United Way" to fund women's organizations through payroll deductions, and represented over thirty community and women's organizations in New York City. The coalition intended to conduct special events to raise money, but its primary efforts were focused on opening the doors of industry and government, and on expanding efforts begun by other groups to broaden the choices of charities available to employees....

Coalition of Labor Union Women (U.S.)

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Formed 1974. From the description of Records, 1972-1980. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28419768 ...

Coalition of Labor Union Women (U.S.) (New York City Chapter)

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The New York City (NYC) chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) has been in existence since at least 1980. Past presidents include Joan Levinson-Cohen and Emagene Walker. The NYC chapter was established in the 1970s or 1980s. The national organization was formed in Chicago in March 1974 to discuss the formation of a new AFL-CIO body that would directly address the concerns of women in the labor movement. The organization strives to strengthen the position of women in unions and u...

Worker's Defense League

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