John Ramsay papers, 1928-1979.

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John Ramsay papers, 1928-1979.

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The collection consists of the personal and labor-related papers of John Ramsay from 1928-1979. The CIO series (1939-1955) includes correspondence from CIO president Philip Murray and correspondence and reports from John Riffe. The international unions series (1937-1969, 1977) consists mainly of materials relating to the United Steel Workers of America (USWA) including correspondence from David McDonald and I.W. Abel. The USWA/CIO/AFL-CIO: Community Relations Departments series (1936-1964, 1974) deals with Ramsay's community relations work for the CIO during its "Operation Dixie" organizing campaign in the South from 1946-1953. Includes correspondence from Lucy R. Mason, reports, radio transcripts, surveys, and denominational and geographic files. The National Religion and Labor Council of America series (1942-1971, 1978) includes correspondence from Executive Directors Witherspoon Dodge and Clair Cook, Executive Secretary Willard Uphaus and minutes, reports, financial statements, and printed material. The National Council of Churches series (1939-1977) contains correspondence from Executive Directors Jesse Bader and Cameron Hall and minutes, speeches, and financial records pertaining to the United Church Men and the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations reflecting Ramsay's involvement with the United Presbyterian church.

15 linear ft.

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)

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The Committee for Industrial Organization was formed by the presidents of eight international unions in 1935. The presidents of these unions were dissatisfied with the American Federation of Labor's unwillingness to commit itself to a program of organizing industrial unions. In 1936, the A.F. of L. suspended the ten unions which proceeded to organize an independent federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The CIO subsequently became the A.F. of L.'s chief rival for the leadership of...

AFL-CIO

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The AFL and CIO merged in 1955 as an umbrella organization for skilled trade and industrial unions. Its regional office in Baltimore represented worker interests against this railroad merger. From the description of AFL-CIO response to merger of Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads, 1962-1963. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 238572652 Created by merger of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955. ...

Ramsay, John, 1902-

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John Gates Ramsay (1902- ), union official with the United Steel Workers of America, born in Howe, Oklahoma. From the description of John Ramsay papers, 1928-1979. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38478203 ...

United Presbyterian Church of North America

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In 1958, merged with the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. to form the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. From the description of Records of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1883-1940 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152254 ...

Bader, Jesse M. (Jesse Moren), 1886-1963

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United Steelworkers of America

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The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) was established 22 May 1942, by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) after an intensive organizing initiative by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s. After mergers in 2005, it was renamed United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW...

Liphaus, Willard E. (Willard Edwin), 1890-1983.

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National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America

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Official name, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America; informally known as National Council of Churches USA or variants; earlier name, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America was organized in 1908; it was one of eight organizations which merged to form the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America on November 29, 1950. From t...

McDonald, David J. (David John), 1902-1979

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David J. McDonald (b. Nov. 22, 1902, Pittsburgh, Pa.-d. Aug. 8, 1979, Palm Springs, Calif.), American labor leader and president of the United Steelworkers of America from 1952 to 1965. From the description of McDonald, David John, 1902-1979 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 12022897 David John McDonald was active in the United Steelworkers of America. From the description of David J. McDonald papers, 1931-1970. (Pennsylvania State Univer...

Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.). Community Relations Dept.

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Mason, Lucy Randolph, 1882-1959

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Public relations representative in the South for the Congress of Industrial Organizations and resident of Richmond, Va., and Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1917-1954. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019172 George Walter Mapp was born on 25 May 1873 to parents, Dr. John E. Mapp and Margaret Benson (LeCato) Mapp. In 1891, he received a degree of licentiate from the College of William and Mary. This qualified him to teach at the colle...

Riffe, John.

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Murray, Philip, 1886-1952

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Philip Murray was one of the most important American labor leaders of the twentieth century. As president of the Steelworkers Organizing Committee (SWOC), the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), he played a pivotal role in the creation of industrial unions as well as the utilization of federal government support in the growth of unions in the United States. Philip Murray (May 25, 1886-November 9, 1952) was born in Blantyre, Scotland, on May ...

Dodge, Witherspoon.

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Cook, Claire

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Abel, I. W. (Iowith Wilbur), 1908-1987.

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Hall, Cameron

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