Joseph N. Scanlon Papers

Golden, Clinton S. (Clinton Strong), 1888-1961

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Clinton Strong Golden was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1888. When his father died in 1900, Golden went to work in an iron mine and thus his formal education was ended. He apprenticed as a machinist, but later worked several years as a railroad fireman and became active in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. He was a full-time representative for the International Association of Machinists, 1919-1930. He served on the board of directors of Brookwood Labor Colle...

United States. Mutual Security Agency

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Davenport, Russell W. (Russell Wheeler), 1899-1954

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Author, editor, and political activist. From the description of Papers, 1899-1980 (bulk 1930-1954). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31816454 Biographical Note 1899, July 12 Born, South Bethlehem, Pa. 1917 Graduated Thacher School, Ojai, Calif. Private, American ...

United States. Economic Cooperation Administration

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The National Maritime Union of America (NMU), which represented merchant marine workers, was formed in 1937, as a split from the International Seafarer's Union, which was affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL). At its first convention in 1937, the NMU joined the Committee for Industrial Organizations (CIO). A crucial role in its formation was played by former members of the Communist-led Marine Workers Industrial Union. Among the notable reforms achieved by the union...

Bernstein, Meyer

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Holocaust survivor from Grodno, Poland. From the description of Papers, 1947, 1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155453262 Meyer Bernstein (1914-1985) worked for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), 1936-1941; United Steel Workers of America, 1946-1972; the United Mine Workers, 1972-1973; and as a consultant on international trade. From the description of Meyer Bernstein papers, circa 1930-1983. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat reco...

Hart, William J.

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Scanlon, Joseph N. (Joseph Norbert), 1899-1956

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Joseph Scanlon was born to Irish immigrants in Cleveland, Ohio in 1899. He served with the Navy in the early 1920s before being trained as an accountant. His experiences with industrial relations began when he worked as a cost accountant for a small Ohio steel company. Scanlon quit this position to tend an open hearth at the mill and in 1936 became a volunteer union organizer for the C.I.O. Steel Workers Organizing Committee (S.W.O.C.). By 1938 he was president of S.W.O.C. Local 169 in Ohio. Whi...

Lesieur, Frederick G.

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Ruttenberg, Harold J.

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Harold J. Ruttenberg (1914- ) was research director for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and the United Steelworkers of America, and an industrialist of Pittsburgh, Pa. From the description of Harold J. Ruttenberg papers, 1933-1967 (bulk 1933-1963). (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122489609 Harold J. Ruttenberg began his career working with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, which became the United Steelworkers of America (USW). He l...

Lapointe Machine Tool Company.

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