Jack Sheinkman. Additional books, memorabilia, and files.

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...

Clinton, Bill, 1946-

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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. ...

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....

AFL-CIO. Industrial Union Dept

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Gore, Al, 1948-

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Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Gore was Bill Clinton's running mate in their successful campaign in 1992, and the pair was re-elected in 1996. Near the end of Clinton's second term, Gore was selected as the Democratic nominee for the 2000 presidential election but lost the election in a very close race after a Florida recount. After his term as vice-president...

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. Federal support guarantees the Museum’s permanent place on the National Mall, and its far-reaching educational programs and global impact are made possible by generous donors. Located among our national monuments to freedom on the National Mall, the Museum provides a powerful lesson in the fragility of freedom,...

Americans for Democratic Action

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United Federation of Teachers

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The Teachers' Union (TU) of New York City was organized in 1916 and chartered as Local 5 of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Although constrained by the AFT's no-strike pledge, laws against strikes by public employees, the authoritarian and paternalistic policies of the Board of Education, and the resistance of many teachers to trade-union appeals, the Teacher' Union soon won a reputation for militancy. The Teachers' Union not only addressed the bread and butter issues of salaries, pen...

United States. Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission

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Koenig, Arthur (Bassist)

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National Rainbow Coalition (U.S.)

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American ORT Federation

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International Chemical Workers Union

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Founded in 1944, the ICW Union is one of the youngest unions in the U.S. and Canada, with a membvership of about 90,000 as of 1990. The union was founded following the first organizational effort in April, 1940, when the American Federation of Labor (A.F.L.) charged one its members to establish a council of chemical worker unions throughout the U.S. From the description of Records, 1937-1990 1960-1980. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 41936787 ...

New York Democratic Socialists of America.

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United Garment Workers of America

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The United Garment Workers Union (UGW) was established in 1891. From the description of United Garment Workers of America records, [ca. 1915-1980]. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477502 ...

Workers' Defense League

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In 1936, Norman Thomas proposed the formation of a national labor and socialist defense committee to coordinate the defense of striking unionists, sharecroppers and other workers caught up in the labor crisis of the Great Depression. An earlier (1918) organization, called the Workers Defense Union, was not related to it, though their goals were similar. From the description of Collection, 1936-1970, 1937-1949. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 29546111 ...

International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation

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The International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF) grew out of the merger of the International Textile and Garment Workers' Federation and the International Shoe and Leather Workers' Federation (ISLWF) in 1970; the roots of these federations reach back to 1893; the ITGLWF is one of the International Trade Secretariats associated with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). From the description of Collection 1896-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat...

American Income Life Insurance Company

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Texas philanthropist and entrepreneur Bernard Rapoport (1917-2012) founded the multi-million dollar American Income Life Insurance Company. With his wife, he established the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation to support organizations in Israel and Waco as well as the University of Texas and numerous other educational, welfare, and political projects. The couple heavily supported and contributed to the Texas Democratic Party and candidates and political groups in the United States...

Kirkland, Lane.

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Sallen, Charles.

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Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-

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General secretary, Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za, 1985-1991; president of the Soviet Union, 1990-1991. From the description of Dialog o perestroĭke, "prazhskoĭ vesne" i sot︠s︡ializme : typescript, 1994 / Mikhail Gorbachev, Zdenek Mlynarzh. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500680 Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1931-) was leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1985 to 1991. Gorbachev was born on March 2, 1931, in Privolnoe, Russia,...

National Cooperative Business Association (U.S.)

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Hispanic Labor Committee.

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Sheinkman, Jack

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Zensen Dōmei (Japan)

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Cuomo, Mario Matthew

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Coalition of Labor Union Women (U.S.)

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Formed 1974. From the description of Records, 1972-1980. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28419768 ...

Workmen's Circle (U.S.). Home for the Aged of New York State (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)

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Sargent, Ben, 1948-

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Pullitzer Prize-winning artist, Ben Sargent, began his journalism career in his hometown of Amarillo, Texas. Born into a newspaper family, Sargent worked in the trade at an early age and studied at Amarillo College. He then enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin and earned his Bachelor of Journalism in 1970. In 1974, Sargent embarked on a long career as an editorial cartoonist for the Austin American-Statesman, covering a wide range of issues but frequently focused on the divisive and col...

AFL-CIO. Executive Council

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Judea Mental Health Center.

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