Wolfson, Theresa. Series 1. Correspondence, 1919-1970.

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Wolfson, Theresa. Series 1. Correspondence, 1919-1970.

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Consists chiefly of correspondence with former students regarding letters of recommendation; letters concerning book reviews and articles; letters concerning the scheduling of lectures and speaking engagements; and correspondence with colleagues and friends. Chief correspondents include Marcus Alexis (associate professor, DePaul University); Mae Bagwell (American Nurses' Association); Carolyn Balderidge; June Beauvais (assistant secretary of the Florida Nurses Association); Neil W. Chamberlain (Graduate School of Business, Columbia University); Fannia Cohn (International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union); Eleanor G. Coit (director, American Labor Education Service); Theodore Draper (author); Irving Epstein (Textile Workers of America); Isak Forgang (Kibbutz Chatzor, Tel Aviv, Israel); Sol Jacobson (co-ordinator of Industrial Relations, Brooklyn College); Brownie Lee Jones (program associate, American Labor Education Service); Goodman L. Klang; Maurice Neufeld (professor, Cornell University); Mary Palevsky (American Joint Distribution Committee); William and Helen Pope; and Mark Starr (educational director, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union). Also included is a letter (1923) from Abraham Epstein (executive secretary, Old Age Assistance Commission, Harrisburg); a letter (1923) from Samuel Gompers (president of the American Federation of Labor) regarding Wolfson's thesis "Women in Trade Unions"; numerous reactions and criticisms fromWolfson's colleagues regarding her thesis; and letters concerning the Summer School for Women Workers in Industry at Bryn Mawr College (1931).

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