Clemente N. Idar papers, 1875-1938 (bulk 1905-1934)

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Clemente N. Idar papers, 1875-1938 (bulk 1905-1934)

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Correspondence, written works, legal and financial documents, photos, and printed material, 1875-1938 (bulk 1905-1934), document Mexican American labor organizer Clemente Idar's life and career.

6 linear feet.

eng,

spa,

University of Texas Libraries

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American Federation of Labor

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Labor organization. From the description of American Federation of Labor records, 1883-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980267 ...

Idar, Clemente N.

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Clemente Nicasio Idar, American Federation of Labor (AFL) organizer, writer, and orator, was born in Laredo, Tex., on November 11, 1883. As the first Mexican American organizer in the mainstream labor movement, Idar fought to improve wages and working conditions for Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the United States. In 1918, Samuel Gompers, president of the AFL, selected Idar to help coordinate, and translate at, the Pan American Federation of Labor Conference in Lared...