Joseph Magliacano Papers and Photographs Bulk, 1923-1997 circa 1913-1997

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Joseph Magliacano Papers and Photographs Bulk, 1923-1997 circa 1913-1997

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Joseph Magliacano (July 11, 1897-September 1997) was a labor activist in New Jersey and New York City. The collection contains correspondence and poetry, and notebooks, speeches and materials related to the United Furniture Workers of America (UFWA); it also includes photographs related to Joseph Magliacano's labor union activities (particularly the UFWA) as well as some personal and family photographs.

2.25 linear feet; in two records cartons, one manuscript box, and one oversized folder.

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6331935

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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United Furniture Workers of America

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The United Furniture Workers of America was organized in 1937 by seceding factions of the Upholsterers' International Union of North America; the Furniture, Carpet, Linoleum and Awning Workers International Union of North America, and by independent organizations. From the description of United Furniture Workers of America records, 1943-1973. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477513 Former members of the Upholsterers' International Union and others formed the...

Magliacano, Joseph

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Joseph Magliacano (July 11, 1897-September 1997) was a labor activist in New Jersey and New York City. He was born in San Mango Piemonte, Italy, a village near Salerno, to a farming family some of whose members also worked in nearby textile factories. He immigrated to the New York City in 1913, where he became a barber. Not long after his arrival in the United States, he joined the labor movement and got involved in leftwing politics. In 1915 he joined a barbers' union, and in 1917 ...