General brochure and pamphlet collection, 1921-ongoing (bulk 1948-1967)

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General brochure and pamphlet collection, 1921-ongoing (bulk 1948-1967)

The General Brochure and Pamphlet Collection includes material published by non-profit, government and corporate organizations that provide information about their products, services or viewpoints. The collection includes several Civil Defense brochures from the 1950s and 1960s. Organizations represented include the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, Federal Civil Defense Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Freedom Associates, among others. The collection is arranged by subject.

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Congress of Racial Equality

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Downtown CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), a chapter of the CORE national organization, was formed in March 1963 and remained active until the end 1966. Based on Manhattan's Lower East Side, it was one of nearly a dozen New York City local chapters organized in the early 1960s. Its founders included Rita and Michael Schwerner (the latter one of the group of three civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1964), and its members included radical pacifist Igal Rodenko, anarchi...

United farm workers

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Collected by Fr. Victor Salandini. From the description of Clippings from first convention, 1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019377 The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was founded in 1962 by César E. Chávez and other Mexican-American community activists in Delano, California. In 1966, the NFWA merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to form the United Farm Workers of America, the first successful and largest effort ever to organize ag...

United States. Department of Labor

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The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government, responsible for occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The Department of Labor is headed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the well being of the wage earners, job seekers,...

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

American Dairy Association

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American water works association

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American Automobile Association (AAA)

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Coffee Development Group (U.S.)

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Foundation for Economic Education, inc.

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Private American organization promoting laissez-faire economics. From the description of Foundation for Economic Education miscellaneous correspondence, 1973-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123429916 Biographical/Historical Note Private American organization promoting laissez-faire economics. From the guide to the Foundation for Economic Education miscellaneous correspondence, 1973-1986, (Hoover Instituti...

American Association for the Advancement of Atheism

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United States. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization

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Northrup King Co.

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Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Co.

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Socialist Labor Party.

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Founded in 1877, the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) developed into the foremost socialist organization in the United States at the turn of the century and was the first American Marxist party to maintain its existence over a long span of years. From the guide to the Socialist Labor Party records, 1877-1907., (Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library) The Socialist Labor Party (SLP), founded in 1877, was the first significant Ameri...

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

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White panther party

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United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration

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United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

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District 7 of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) consisted of locals throughout Ohio and are now part of the UE's Eastern Region. From the description of UE National Office records relating to District 7 and District 7 locals, 1936-1990s. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 767644242 District 5 of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) consisted of locals throughout Canada. From the description...

National Science Foundation (U.S.)

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Smith, Kline & French laboratories

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Philadelphia, PA; until ca. 1928, Smith Kline and French Company. From the description of Collection, ca.1895-1960. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122584441 ...

Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant (Mich.)

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...

International Labor Defense

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Established by the Communist Party of the United States of America as its legal defense arm in 1925 to aid labor, political prisoners, and victims of reactionary violence. Using mass demonstrations and publicity, the International Labor Defense (ILD) conducted national and worldwide campaigns to gather support for its cases. In 1946 the ILD merged with the Civil Rights Congress. From the description of International Labor Defense records, 1926-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122...

American radio relay league

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United States. Department of Commerce

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Freedom Associates

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Olympic Winter Games (8th : 1960 : Squaw Valley, Calif.)

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