Ethel Bidermann Du Pont : papers, 1914-1980.

Braden, Carl, 1914-1975

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Carl Braden was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Braden left school at sixteen to begin a career in journalism. In October 1954, Carl and Anne Braden were indicted in Louisville under a state sedition law by the Jefferson County Grand Jury after the house they purchased for a Black family (Andrew Wade) was bombed. The charges against Mrs. Braden and five other people were dropped, but Carl was held under bail of $40,000, tried and found guilty of sedition for having incited the bombing. ...

AFL-CIO

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The AFL and CIO merged in 1955 as an umbrella organization for skilled trade and industrial unions. Its regional office in Baltimore represented worker interests against this railroad merger. From the description of AFL-CIO response to merger of Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads, 1962-1963. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 238572652 Created by merger of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955. ...

United States. Department of Labor

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The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government, responsible for occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The Department of Labor is headed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the well being of the wage earners, job seekers,...

Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

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Alben Barkley: Congressional Voice of Liberty "A good story," said Alben Barkley, "is like fine Kentucky bourbon, it improves with age and, if you don't use it too much, it will never hurt anyone." One of Congress' most proficient storytellers, Barkley used his booming baritone, endless repertoire of anecdotes, and rousing speech-making ability to propel himself from congressman to senator to majority leader and vice president. Well liked, he earned the esteem of his colleagues in 1944, wh...

Bullitt, Cuthbert, 1810-1906.

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Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991

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Lawyer, politician, U.S. senator, and ambassador. From the description of Letters, 1951-1977. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49211527 Judge, U.S. Senator, Ambassador Cooper was born in Somerset, Ky. and educated in the city's public schools. He was a gifted athlete and president of his senior class. In 1918 he entered Centre College and transferred to Yale University after one year. In 1923 he entered Harvard Law School, but qu...

Kentucky Labor News (Louisville, Ky.)

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Kentucky Teacher (Louisville, Ky.)

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Thurber, James, 1894-1961

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James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Considered one of the 20th century's more prominent humorists, he wrote nearly forty books of stories, essays, autobiography, and a Broadway play. Thurber passed away in 1961. From the description of James Thurber letters to Mrs. Robert Sterling, 1946-1950. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 181589252 Epithet: author and cartoonist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person ...

Mulloy, William Theodore, 1892-1959.

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Kentucky State Federation of Labor

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The Kentucky State Federation of Labor was an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (now a part of the AFL-CIO). From the description of Kentucky State Federation of Labor records, 1914-1947, 1943-1947 (bulk dates). (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13531547 ...

Du Pont, Ethel Bidermann, 1896-1980

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A member of the famous Du Pont family, Ethel B. Du Pont was a labor journalist and activist with strong and lasting interest and involvement in the labor movement in Kentucky. From the description of Ethel Bidermann Du Pont : papers, 1914-1980. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49241856 ...

Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company

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The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company was a railroad that served the southeastern part of the United States. From the description of Employee Pass, 1899 March 4. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49251564 Chartered in 1850 and also known as the L & N Railroad and Old Reliable. It was a small regional railroad until after the Civil War when it underwent expansion into a major Midwestern and Southern area railroad stretching from Louisville, to ...

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...

Interracial Leadership Conference (1956 Nov. 15-16 : Louisville, Ky.)

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Southern Summer School for Workers in Industry.

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United States. Department of the Treasury

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...

Miller, Shackelford, 1892-1965.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Louisville Teacher (Louisville, Ky.)

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Strickler, Woodrow Mann, 1912-1975.

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United mine workers of America

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Allen, Arthur, 1879-1949

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Robsion, John Marshall, 1904-1990.

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John M. Robsion, Jr., represented Louisville and Jefferson County in the Third Congressional District from 1953-1959. From the description of Photograph collection, ca. 1939-ca. 1959. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49308339 ...

Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982.

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Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991

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Happy Chandler was Major League Baseball Commissioner (1945-1951). Jim Gallagher, a sports wirter, had a long career in baseball. He served on the Playing rules Committee and as the Director of Amateur and College Baseball for the Commissioner's office during the tenures of Chandler, Frick, Eckert and Kuhn. prior to his time with the Commissioner's office, he was the General Manager of the Chicago Cubs and Scouting Director for the Phillies. From the description of Letter, 1965, Febr...

Louisville and Nashville Organizer (Louisville, Ky.)

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United States. Congress

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Bills of the 96th Congress to provide for temporary increases in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. From the description of Public debt legislation, 96th Congress : legislative history of public debt legislation, 1979-1980. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243776779 Bill of the 96th Congress to impose a windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil, and for other purposes. From the description of Crude oil windfall profit tax act of 1980 ...

Ainslie family.

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Ethridge, Mark F. (Mark Foster), 1896-1981

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Mark F. Ethridge was a journalist of Louisville, Ky. From the description of Mark F. Ethridge papers, 1931-1981. WorldCat record id: 26319564 1896 Born in Meridian, Miss. 1913 Reporter for Meridian Star. 1931 1933 M...

Perkins, Carl Dewey, 1912-1984

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Carl D. Perkins (1912-1984) a Democrat from Hindman, was first elected to Congress in 1948 to represent Kentucky's mountainous 7th District and began to serve on January 3, 1949. He was appointed to the House Education and Labor Committee, arena for many of the ideological struggles over the social agenda of the federal government. Perkins's diligence, persistent commitment to liberal principles, mastery of congressional procedures, and skills of personal persuasion gained him a reputation as on...

Rauch, Joseph, 1881-1957

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Rabbi, spiritual leader of Temple Adath Israel in Louisville from 1912 to 1957. He was also involved in Louisville civic affairs and represented Louisville in Montpellier, France when the two became twin cities. From the description of Joseph Rauch : papers, 1931-1967. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49301908 ...

Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988

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Newspaper publisher and philanthropist. From the description of George Barry Bingham : papers, 1861-1989. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726142 From the description of George Barry Bingham : miscellaneous papers, 1948-1986. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726141 Editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Barry Bingham, Sr. : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat ...

United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)

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The National War Labor Board, a tri-partite body established in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was charged with acting as an arbitration tribunal in labor-management dispute cases, thereby preventing work stoppages which might hinder the war effort. It was also responsible for determining wage adjustments in accordance with anti-inflationary wage stabilization criteria and policies. From the description of Series 1. General case files, 1913-1946, bulk 1942-1946. (Cornell Un...