ILGWU. Research Department records, 1891-1971.

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ILGWU. Research Department records, 1891-1971.

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These files contain books, journals, reports, pamphlets,advertisements, and correspondence of the Research Department of the InternationalLadies' Garment Workers' Union. Also included are correspondence of Lazare Teper,organizational material from local unions all over the United States, reports andwritings by Research Department staff (including analyses of strikes between 1940and 1945), files on the Cone Mills and S. Lichtenberg campaigns, as well asdocuments collected by the department. Among the documents collected by the ResearchDepartment are the New York Coat and Suit Industry Reports between 1934 and1960.

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Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives

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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

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The ILGWU Archives were established in 1973 and transferred to the Kheel Center in 1987. From the description of ILGWU. Charles Zimmerman Collection of Radical Pamphlets, 1898-1978. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 748341343 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. Radic...

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Research Dept.

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The Research Department of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) supported the administrative operations of the Union. The Research Department was organized to coordinate the ILGWU's investigative operations. It provided Union leaders with information on wages, working conditions, economic conditions, and other matters in the women's garment industry. The Department also collected and housed documents from Union administrative staff that were deemed su...