Ben Meyers papers, 1935-1943.

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Ben Meyers papers, 1935-1943.

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Correspondence, affidavits, and other legal papers related to Ben Meyer's work as a lawyer for various labor unions, mainly the Chicago Newspaper Guild in its strike (1935-1940) against the Hearst newspapers in Chicago; for unions on strike against the Goldblatt Bros. (Goldblatt Brothers) department stores, Chicago (1940-1942); and for Ira Silbar and others tried by the State of Illinois for circulating Communist Party nominating petitions in St. David, Fulton County, Illinois (1940-1941).

2 linear ft. (5 boxes)

Chicago History Museum

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Chicago History Museum

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Meyers, Ben, 2001.

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Ben Meyers died in 2001 at the age of 95. His brother Irving Meyers also was a labor lawyer in Chicago. From the description of Ben Meyers papers, 1935-1943. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 711884015 ...

Hearst Books (Firm)

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Historical note The Los Angeles Examiner was founded in December 1903 by William Randolph Hearst. A morning paper, it printed its last issue on January 7, 1962. The paper closed at the same time as the Times-Mirror afternoon paper the Los Angeles Mirror . These closures left the Los Angeles Times as the only significant morning newspaper in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Evening Herald & Express, another Hearst paper, as the only signifi...

Goldblatt Bros.

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Silbar, Ira.

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Chicago Newspaper Guild

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