The records of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. 1943-1958.

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The records of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. 1943-1958.

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The CIO records collection originated from the main office of the national CIO located in Washington, D.C. The records span from 1934-1958, but the vast majority encompass 1936-1955, the CIO's years as an independent labor federation. Throughout the CIO records collection researchers will find central office work completed by the entire CIO office staff, included most prominently are John Brophy, Katherine Pollick Ellickson, Len DeCaux, Walter Smethhurst, Anthony Smith, Allen Haywood, and Ralph Hetzel.

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Catholic University of America

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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...

Brophy, John, 1883-1963

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Labor union official. From the description of Reminiscences of John Brophy : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309728425 ...

Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969

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John L. Lewis was born in Lucas, Iowa in 1880. From 1917 until his death in 1969 he served the United Mine Workers of America, acting as its president from 1920 to 1960. Lewis led in the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and served as CIO president until his resignation from that post in 1940. From the description of Papers, 1879-1969. [microform] (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64091529 From its founding in 1935 until 1942, the hist...

Ellickson, Katherine Pollak, 1905-1996

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Labor economist Katherine Pollak Ellickson served as executive secretary of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-1963. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., she graduated from Vassar College, worked as an economist for the National Labor Relations Board (1938-1940) and the Social Security Board (1940-1941), as associate director of research at the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1935-1937, 1942-1955) and as assistant director of the social security department of the AFL-CIO (1955- ). ...