Recorded interviews, collection of oral histories conducted by the George Meany Center for Labor Studies, 1979-1980.

Dubrow, Evelyn, 1911-2006

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Evelyn Dubrow, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321596 Evelyn Dubrow was born in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1911. A graduate of New York University, Dubrow worked as a report for The Morning Call (Patterson, N.J.) and Secretary of the New Jersey organization of the American Newspaper Guild from 1943 to 1946, before becoming Educational Director for the Textile...

Stein, Leon, 1912-1990

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Leon Stein (1912 in Baltimore, Maryland – February 13, 1990 in Delray Beach, Florida) was an American writer and longtime editor of Justice, the official newspaper of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Born in Baltimore, Leon Stein moved from New York City as a child and made his home there. By the time he was graduated from the City College of New York in 1934, he had worked in a laundry, for the subway, as a waiter in a Catskill resort and as a ladies' garmen...

Goldberg, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1908-1990

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Arthur Joseph Goldberg (August 8, 1908 – January 19, 1990) was an American statesman and jurist who served as the 9th U.S. Secretary of Labor, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Goldberg graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1930. He became a prominent labor attorney and helped arrange the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Indus...

Remington, John Cochrane

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Gorman, Patrick Emmet, 1892-1980

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Lucheck, Anthony.

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Raskin, Abe.

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McDonald, David J. (David John), 1902-1979

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David J. McDonald (b. Nov. 22, 1902, Pittsburgh, Pa.-d. Aug. 8, 1979, Palm Springs, Calif.), American labor leader and president of the United Steelworkers of America from 1952 to 1965. From the description of McDonald, David John, 1902-1979 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 12022897 David John McDonald was active in the United Steelworkers of America. From the description of David J. McDonald papers, 1931-1970. (Pennsylvania State Univer...

Hoffman, Alice M., 1929-

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Alice M. Hoffman, labor historian, labor educator, and oral historian was associate professor of labor studies at King of Prussia, Penn State in the 1970s. She supervised and conducted numerous oral history interviews as director of the Labor Oral History Project, served as an officer with the Oral History Association (1974 to 1976) and the Pennsylvania Labor History Society (ongoing), and joined Bryn Mawr College after retiring from Penn State. From the description of Alice M. Hoffm...

Curran, Joseph Richard

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Kennedy, Don H.

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Addis, Paul

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Walsh, Joan M. (Joan Marie), 1959-

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Hayes, Albert J. (Albert John), 1900-1981

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Labor union executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert John Hayes : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740979 ...

Weaver, George L. P.

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Adelman, William.

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Biemiller, Andrew J. (Andrew John), 1906-1982

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Lobbyist. From the description of Reminiscences of Andrew John Biemiller : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569577 Biemiller was a trade union leader, culminating in his role as director of the AFL-CIO Department of Legislation, 1956-1978. During the 1930s he belonged to the Progressive party and was a member of the Wisconsin state legislature, 1937-1941. He was assistant to War Production Board vice-chair Joseph Keena...

Conn, Dick.

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Aronoson, Irwin.

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Kaiser, Henry J., 1892-

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Minton, Lee Webb.

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Zimmerman, Charles S., 1896-1983

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Charles S. Zimmerman (1896-1983) was a labor leader and political activist. Zimmerman was born in Russia in 1896 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1913. He worked in the New York garment industry and joined the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) Local 22. Shortly thereafter, he became its secretary-manager. He was also an organizer for the Joint Board of the Dress and Waistmaker Union. Zimmerman joined the Socialist Party in 1917. Throughout the 1920s, Zimmerman was an active member ...

Fraser, Douglas, 1949-

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Ellickson, Katherine Pollak, 1905-1996

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Labor economist Katherine Pollak Ellickson served as executive secretary of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-1963. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., she graduated from Vassar College, worked as an economist for the National Labor Relations Board (1938-1940) and the Social Security Board (1940-1941), as associate director of research at the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1935-1937, 1942-1955) and as assistant director of the social security department of the AFL-CIO (1955- ). ...

Conway, Jack T.

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Barbash, Jack E.

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Cruikshank, Nelson H.

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Labor economist. From the description of Reminiscences of Nelson Hale Cruikshank : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569619 Nelson Hale Cruikshank was born in Bradner, Ohio on June 21, 1902. He served as Chairman of the Federal Council on Aging and Counselor to the President on Aging from January 1977 to April 1980, when he was replaced by Harold Sheppard. As Counselor to the President on Aging, he served as the princip...

Fleisher, Henry.

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