Records, 1914-1967.

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Records, 1914-1967.

Provided in the collection is good documentation of the activities, structure, and goals of the organization. The collection, consisting mainly of reports, correspondence, bulletins, and indexes, is arranged in chronological order within each series. Series I, History (1963-1967), contains a chapter outline plus one chapter of an unpublished book on the PTTI. This series also contains a thesis on the PTTI's history, based largely on information found in the collection. Series II, Administrative Files (1914-1966), contains information generated by the central office of the PTTI, as well as resolutions passed in biennial congresses. Of special note in this series are the materials documenting the controversy surrounding the PTTI's 1924 refusal to admit the Soviet Postal Union. The information documented in this collection reflect the alliances, contradictions, and ideals of the larger international labor movement of this era.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7582403

Churchill County Museum

Related Entities

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International Federation of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones.

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World Federation of Trade Unions.

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Founded October 1945 during the International Trade Union Congress in Paris; the delegates, including representatives of the American Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the Soviet trade unions, agreed to set up a new world federation replacing the old International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) and the Red International of Labour Unions (PROFINTERN, 1920-1934), as result of the desire for unity, peace and progress after the Second World War; the development of the cold war and th...

Russian Postal Federation.

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International Committee of Clerks, Civil Servants, and Post Office Workers.

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Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Workers' International

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The Postal, Telegraph, and Telephone International (PTTI) was formed in 1911 in Bern as the International Federation of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones. However, the official founding conference was not held until 1920 in Milan, when postal employees realized that during World War I, the post office was unique in having maintained its international connections, and consequently should be developed as an instrument for world peace. The anti-fascist and anti-communist PTTI eagerly s...

Soviet Postal Workers Union.

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