Francis C. Shane papers, 1942-1969.

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Francis C. Shane papers, 1942-1969.

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This collection contains information regarding the work of the United Steelworkers' Committee on Civil Rights, where Francis C. Shane served as Executive Secretary. Included are meeting minutes, correspondence, and clippings on the committee's work. Also present are recordings about the history of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Material from Shane's experience training for the medical department of the United States Army during World War II includes tests, study sheets, and certificates. Photographs from civil rights demonstrations and USWA events are also present, as well as signed photographs of USW presidents Philip Murray, David J. McDonald, and I. W. Abel.

5.0 linear ft. (4 boxes)

University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh

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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...

Shane, Francis C.

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Francis C. Shane of Braddock, Pennsylvania, served as corporal in the medical department of the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, Shane represented salaried workers of United Steelworkers of America (USWA) District 15. He was Executive Secretary of the USWA's Committee on Civil Rights from its inception in 1947 to 1966. During that time he was responsible for the union's official position on civil rights matters in contracts and public statements, often representing the USWA at major...

United Steelworkers of America. Civil Rights Committee

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