Records of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America on Communism, 1935-1968.

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Records of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America on Communism, 1935-1968.

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This collection contains correspondence and reports regarding allegations of Communist activities within the UE during the 1940s through the 1960s. Included are transcripts from HUAC and SACB testimonies given by or concerning UE members. Newspaper clippings about HUAC and SACB proceedings are present, as well as Taft-Hartley affidavits of several UE officers. Several files contain information on the red-baiting of the union and some of its more prominent members.

62.5 linear ft. (50 boxes)

University of Pittsburgh

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SNAC Resource ID: 7327967

University of Pittsburgh

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