ILGWU. Gus Tyler papers, 1948-1985.

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ILGWU. Gus Tyler papers, 1948-1985.

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Contains Gus Tyler's records, documenting his work as Political Director of the ILGWU, writer, editor, and lecturer. In addition to general subject files, records include administrative files, documentation of political activity and speaking engagements, and Tyler's writings, including columns and work for his book Organized Crime in America.

24 linear feet.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

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The ILGWU Archives were established in 1973 and transferred to the Kheel Center in 1987. From the description of ILGWU. Charles Zimmerman Collection of Radical Pamphlets, 1898-1978. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 748341343 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. Radic...

Tyler, Gus.

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Gus Tyler, author, commentator, educator, political leader, and official, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Gus Tyler was born in New York in 1911. He attended New York University on a scholarship in the early 1930s, where he became involved in left-wing political activities. After graduating in 1933, Tyler briefly worked as a writer for the Jewish Daily Forward. His sharp intellect and socialist politics caught the attention of ILGWU president David Dubinsky, who hired Tyler...