ILGWU. Gus Tyler papers, 1956-1996.

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ILGWU. Gus Tyler papers, 1956-1996.

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Correspondence, subject files, articles, transcripts of broadcasts, photographs, and other materials dating from the end of the 1950s to 1996. Individuals represented in the correspondence include: Mortimer Adler; William Brennan; Sol Chaikin; David Dinkins; David Dubinsky; Henry Foner; Moe Foner; Philip Foner; Jesse Jackson; Jay Lovestone; Jay Mazur; Bill Moyers; Jack Sheinkman; and Paul Volcker. Organizations included in the correspondence and subject files include: the AFL-CIO; the American Veterans Committee; the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies; the Brookings Institution; Histadrut; the Institute for the Future; the National Endowment for the Humanities; conventions, locals and departments of the ILGWU; various committees of the U.S. House and Senate; Workmen's Circle; WEVD (radio station, New York); WNET (Channel 13, New York); and the World Veterans Federation. Subjects addressed include: economic policy and conditions in the U.S.; international politics; the labor movement in the U.S. and abroad; employment of minorities; multinational corporations; politics and government in the U.S., especially in New York City and State; social conditions in the U.S.; veterans' affairs; and worker training and education.

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