Records, 1915-1990.

Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union

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The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, the most significant union representing workers in the men's clothing industry, was founded in New York City in 1914 as a breakaway movement from the United Garment Workers. Radical and immigrant workers in the tailors’ and cutters’ locals were the core of the seceding group, which advocated industrial unionism and economic strikes in opposition to the UGW’s craft organization, which they saw as conservative and timid. Their diverging vie...

J.P. Stevens & Co.

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The company, located in New York City, was founded in 1899 by John P., Nathaniel and Samuel Stevens as the family-controlled selling agent for fabrics produced by M.T. Stevens & Sons Co., North Andover, Mass. It sold woolen goods of M.T. Stevens and cotton fabrics from other mills and invested in a number of southern mills, including producers of synthetics. After John P.'s death in 1929, sons Robert T. and John P., Jr. took charge, with Robert T. as president from 1929 to 1942....

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Rieve, Emil, 1892-1975

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Harriet & Henderson Cotton Mills

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Brothers John Cooper and David Cooper broke ground for the Henderson Cotton Mill in 1895 and began producing cloth there in 1896. The Coopers opened a companion mill, named Harriet Cotton Mill after their mother, which began producing coarse yarns in July 1901. By 1913, two additional mill buildings had been added to the Harriet grounds, called Harriet #2 and Harriet #3. Equipment at both mills received a massive overhaul in 1939 in hopes of countering the poor economic conditions of the time. T...

Pollock, Edwin A. (Edwin Allen), 1899-1982

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Union official. From the description of Reminiscences of William Pollock : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309731921 Marine Corps officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Edwin Allen Pollock : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608589 Edwin A. Pollock (b. Mar. 21, 1899, Augusta, Ga.-d. Nov. 5, 1982), Marine Corps officer, was commander o...

United Textile Workers of America

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The United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) was chartered in 1901 and became a founding union of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1937. As part of the CIO, the UTWA was renamed the Textile Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC) then the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). In 1939, a dissident faction of the TWUA sought for and was allowed to re-affiliate with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) under its original name the United Textile Workers of America. From...

Baldanzi, George, 1907-1972

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Barkin, Solomon, 1907-....

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Economist. From the description of Reminiscences of Solomon Barkin : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726834 ...

Textile Workers' Union of America

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Located in Boston, the TWUA began in 1937 as the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee of the CIO. By 1939, its success in organizing workers led to its becoming an independent CIO-affiliated union. One of the first victories was a contract with the American Woolen Co. in Lawrence, Mass. By 1942, mills in a number of New England cities were unionized. After World War II, the TWUA faced serious problems from national anti-labor legislation such as the Taft-Hartley Act, and the slump in the textil...

Textile Workers Organizing Committee

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Federation of Dyers, Finishers, Printers, and Bleachers of America.

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Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

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American Federation of Hosiery Workers

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The American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers organized in 1915, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in 1923, and took the name American Federation of Hosiery Workers in 1933. It later merged with the Textile Workers Union of America in 1965. From the description of American Federation of Hosiery Workers records, 1930-1945. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 455340555 ...