Series 4. Manuscripts and research materials, ca. 1925-ca. 1960.

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Series 4. Manuscripts and research materials, ca. 1925-ca. 1960.

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Drafts and manuscripts of books and articles by Wolfson and her colleagues dealing with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, American labor, unemployment, Jewish women in the American labor movement, the National Recovery Administration, economic security, socialism, Soviet unemployment insurance, the Trade Union Educational League, wages, women, workers' health, industrial conflict, industrial unionism, the Rifton Strike, and Samuel Gompers. Also includes project outline, manuscript chapter drafts, and interview notes for a project by Wolfson (1947-1948) of interviewing labor leaders for "Philosophy and Labor". The project involved interviewing 100 individuals in the American Federation of Labor (A.F.of L.), the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), and independent unions to explore matters of concern to organized labor. Leaders from the following unions were interviewed: A.F.of L. Central Labor Council, United Automobile Workers, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, International Longshoremen's Union, International Association of Machinists, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, Michigan Workers' Education Service, Oil Workers' International Union, United Packinghouse Workers of America, International Typographical Union, California State Council of Retail Clerks, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, United Rubber Workers, Bay District Joint Council of Building Service Employees, San Francisco Labor Council, Labor Research Bureau and California State Federation of Labor, United Steelworkers of America, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and Textile Workers' Union of North America.

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