E.J. Lever papers, 1920-1974.

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E.J. Lever papers, 1920-1974.

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The Emil John Lever papers include correspondence, articles, minutes, drafts of books, leaflets, pamphlets, newspaper clippings and photos relating to the Steelworkers' Organizing Committee (SWOC) as well as material regarding consumerism, cooperatives, credit unions, the CIO & AFL-CIO, Farm Workers, International Association of Machinists, Labor Education Association and American Institute for Free Labor Development, 1920-1975. Correspondents include: Phil Murray (USWA), consumer advocate Ralph Nader, former Pa. Governor Milton Shapp, and others.

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Lever, E. J. (Emil John), 1894-1975

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IWW organizer and writer. From the description of Oral history interview with E.J. Lever, 1968. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321541 Russian-born Emil John Lever (1894-1975) worked as the president and founder of Cooperative Distributors, Inc., from 1923 to 1936 becoming the editor of Consumer's Defender in 1934. He organized over 200 CIO Consumer Collective Bargaining Clubs during the 1930s. Lever served the Steel Workers Org...

Nader, Ralph, 1934-

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Ralph Nader (b. Feb. 27, 1934, Winsted, CT) graduated from Princeton University (1955) and received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School (1958). After law school he served in the U.S. Army as a cook. Starting in 1959, Nader began practicing as a lawyer in Hartford, CT, while lecturing at the University of Hartford. He was also a writer for the Christian Science Monitor and The Nation. In 1964, he relocated to Washington, DC to serve as a consultant to Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Patrick M...

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 ...

Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.)

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Shapp, Milton J. (Milton Jerrold), 1912-1994

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Milton Jerrold Shapp (June 25, 1912 – November 24, 1994) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 40th Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979. He was the state's first Jewish governor. Born Milton Jerrold Shapiro in Cleveland, Ohio, he earned a degree in engineering from the Case School of Applied Science. Shapp worked as a coal truck driver before moving to Pennsylvania to sell electronic parts. It was during this ...