Guide to the Sol Stetin Papers 1935-1992, bulk 1972-1989

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Guide to the Sol Stetin Papers 1935-1992, bulk 1972-1989

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The Sol Stetin Papers consist of primarily textual records that chronicle Stetin's career as an educator and proponent for organized labor over a period of more than fifty years. They document Stetin's personal and professional association with various divisions and programs at Rutgers University, among them the Rutgers Oral History Project, the Livingston Labor Studies Association, and the Labor Education Center at the Institute of Management and Labor Relations, where Stetin served as the first labor leader in residence. Also represented in the Papers are Stetin's work as an independent labor consultant and researcher, his tenures as a trustee and teacher at William Paterson College, and his role as a founder of the American Labor Museum at the Botto House in Haledon, New Jersey. In addition, the Papers commemorate a campaign that Stetin led on behalf of the Textile Workers Union and, later, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, to organize employees of J.P. Stevens & Co. at the firm's manufacturing plants in the American South.

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