Howard Truman Curtiss papers, 1888-1947 (bulk 1937-1942).

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Howard Truman Curtiss papers, 1888-1947 (bulk 1937-1942).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51734748

The collection contains personal and general correspondence, memoranda, resolutions, pamphlets, broadsides, affidavits, financial records, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia highlighting Curtiss' activities as a Steel Workers Organizing Committee staff representative and organizer, and United Steelworkers of America district director. These materials chiefly document SWOC's Bethlehem Steel organizing drive in Johnstown, Pa. from 1937 to 1939, and in Bethlehem, Pa. from 1939 to 1941. For the years preceeding his affiliation with the Steelworkers union, Curtiss' activities as a clergyman and social reformer are documented in letters, financial records, and ledgers. Notable correspondents include several steelworkers union officials: David J. McDonald, Emil John (E.J.) Lever, Clinton S. Golden, and Van A. Bittner.

6.5 cubic feet (9 boxes).

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7643067

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Golden, Clinton S. (Clinton Strong), 1888-1961

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Clinton Strong Golden was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1888. When his father died in 1900, Golden went to work in an iron mine and thus his formal education was ended. He apprenticed as a machinist, but later worked several years as a railroad fireman and became active in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. He was a full-time representative for the International Association of Machinists, 1919-1930. He served on the board of directors of Brookwood Labor Colle...

United Steelworkers of America

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The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) was established 22 May 1942, by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) after an intensive organizing initiative by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s. After mergers in 2005, it was renamed United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW...

Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949

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Lever, E. J. (Emil John), 1894-1975

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IWW organizer and writer. From the description of Oral history interview with E.J. Lever, 1968. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321541 Russian-born Emil John Lever (1894-1975) worked as the president and founder of Cooperative Distributors, Inc., from 1923 to 1936 becoming the editor of Consumer's Defender in 1934. He organized over 200 CIO Consumer Collective Bargaining Clubs during the 1930s. Lever served the Steel Workers Org...

Curtiss, Howard Truman, 1897-1983.

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Howard Truman Curtiss was a clergyman, United Steelworkers of America organizer and field representative, and labor consultant. From the description of Howard Truman Curtiss papers, 1888-1947 (bulk 1937-1942). (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51734748 ...

McDonald, David J. (David John), 1902-1979

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David J. McDonald (b. Nov. 22, 1902, Pittsburgh, Pa.-d. Aug. 8, 1979, Palm Springs, Calif.), American labor leader and president of the United Steelworkers of America from 1952 to 1965. From the description of McDonald, David John, 1902-1979 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 12022897 David John McDonald was active in the United Steelworkers of America. From the description of David J. McDonald papers, 1931-1970. (Pennsylvania State Univer...

Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.)

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