Max Zaritsky papers, 1920-1959 (bulk 1934-1948).

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Max Zaritsky papers, 1920-1959 (bulk 1934-1948).

The papers include correspondence with labor and industry leaders, clippings, manuscripts, minutes, typescripts of radio addresses and speeches, memorabilia and printed material covering hat industry union affairs, political and Zionist activities of the labor movement, and the conflict between the American Federation of Labor and the newly formed Congress of Industrial Organizations.

1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7585933

Churchill County Museum

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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...

Blum, Léon, 1872-1950

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French political leader. From the description of Typewritten letter signed with a line in autograph : New York, to D.N. Heineman, 1946 Apr. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539364 ...

American Jewish Trade Union Committee for Palestine.

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National Committee for a Leon Blum Colony in Palestine.

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United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union

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The United Hatters Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (UHCMW) was formed in 1934 by the amalgamation of United Hatters of North America (UHNA) and the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (CHCMW). The United Hatters of North America (UHNA) was established in New York in 1896 as the resultof the merger of two Kinights of Labor-affiliated unions in the men's hat industry, the the Hat Makers and the Hat Finishers. The Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers ...

Cloth Hat, Cap, and Millinery Workers' International Union

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Zaritsky, Max, 1885-1959

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Max Zaritsky (1885-1959) was born in Petrikov, Russia, emigrated to the U.S., where in 1907 he joined the Cloth Hat, Cap, and Millinery Workers' International Union (CHCMW), later becoming its president, and then subsequently, president, until his retirement in 1950, of the United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union (AFL), formed by the 1934 merger of the CHCMW and the United Hatters of North America. Zaritsky was an advocate of labor-management cooperation to promote the hat...