Jennie Matyas and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, an oral history, 1955.

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Jennie Matyas and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, an oral history, 1955.

This is part of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union archives collection. This interview was conducted by Corinne L. Gilb.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6936831

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...

Matyas, Jennie, 1895-

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Gilb, Corinne Lathrop, 1925-....

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Dr. Corinne Lathrop Gilb was born in Lethbridge, Alberta to American parents. She moved with her family to Washington State at the age of eight, and received a B.A. from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. at Radcliffe College. She married Tyrell Gilb in 1945. After teaching at university level for 37 years, she retired as Professor Emeritus from Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., in 1994. She served as the first director of UC Berkeley's Regional Cultural (Oral) History Project, Plan...