John Lyons papers, 1905-1960.

Resource Type

ArchivalResource

Display Entry

Lyons, John, 1881-1957. John Lyons papers, 1905-1960.

Title

John Lyons papers, 1905-1960.

Resource Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/478894460

Abstract

The collection contains correspondence relating to the National Association of Retail Tailors, Cleaners and Dyers, the American Business Congress, the Independent Associated Service Industries, and the Service Trade League of New York, as well as collective labor agreements for New York City locals of the Laundry Workers International Union. Notable are the 1906 minutes of the Daily Call Fair Committee, which organized a fair, presumably to raise funds for the eventual 1908 launching of the 'New York Call', a socialist daily newspaper. In addition to minutes of Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring Branch 400-E, there is some correspondence and other materials relating to the Reunion of Old Timers, an association of veteran members of the labor and social democratic movements, correspondence and notes from Lyon's radio program on WEVD, correspondence relating to public programs sponsored by the Tamiment Institute, correspondence with the Liberal Party of New York State and the Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation, and newspaper clippings by him, including "Arrow Points", his column in 'The Social Democrat', and clippings relating to his political interests.

Extent

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Holding Repository

Churchill County Museum

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7586319

Churchill County Museum

Related Entities

There are 16 Entities related to this resource.

Lyons, John, 1881-1957.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n04ckd (person)

John Lyons (1881-1957), socialist and labor leader, was co-founder of the Rand School, director of the Social Democratic Radio Forum on station WEVD, the New York radio station that had been established by the Socialist Party, a Socialist Party candidate for the New York State Legislature several times during the 1920s, and manager of the Zetex Corporation, a branch of the American Car and Foundry Company. Lyons was executive secretary of Branch 400 of the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, a Jewish...

Tamiment Institute

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61k49f2 (corporateBody)

Tamiment Institute, founded in 1935, was the educational arm of Camp Tamiment that organized lectures and conferences. From the description of Records, 1926-1962. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 17269134 The Tamiment Institute was founded in 1935 as the educational arm of the People’s Educational Camp Society (PECS), which owned and operated Camp Tamiment, originally a resort for socialists. The Institute organized lectures, an annual conference (1930s-40s) that f...

Independent Associated Service Industries.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q58v2b (corporateBody)

National Association of Retail Tailors, Cleaners and Dyers.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61w1k9j (corporateBody)

Liberal Party of New York State

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qk1b9r (corporateBody)

The Liberal Party of New York State was organized in New York City in 1944 by two prominent trade union leaders and former officials of the American Labor Party, David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and Alex Rose, president of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Union. The most successful third party in America in the 20th century, the Liberal Party has sought to offer the liberal, progressive and independent voter in New York an alternative to t...