Abraham Plotkin, Collection, 1911-1978.

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Abraham Plotkin, Collection, 1911-1978.

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This collection documents Plotkin's work as an ILGWU organizer in the Midwest, Florida, Hawaii, and on the Pacific Coast. It also contains correspondence with European trade unionists, and Plotkin's diary on his time in Germany in 1932-1933 and his experiences in Berlin during the Nazi rise to power. Includes trip to International Clothing Workers Federation Congress in Vienna. Also articles in manuscript on various aspects of life in Berlin.

2.5 linear feet.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6805923

Cornell University Library

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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...

Plotkin, Abraham

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Abraham Plotkin (1893-1988) was an organizer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. From the description of Abraham Plotkin, Collection, 1911-1978. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 122682091 Labor leader, member International Ladies' Garmen Workers Union (AFL). From the description of Letters, to Maurice Browne, 1933. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365500 ...