Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969

This collection documents the origins and early history of the CIO as well as the dynamics of working-class militancy in the era of the Great Depression. The collection also provides a substantial amount of information concerning workers and trade unionism before the creation of the CIO and also after the UMWA's separation from the CIO in 1942.

Consist of minutes, reports, correspondence, statements, and manuscripts relating to the early history of the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) and to certain aspects of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, its successor.

Biographical files on union members, union officers, and political and public figures.

Fragment of personal papers of John L. Lewis, including correspondence, speeches, reports, union records, personal documents, memorabilia, clippings, and photographs.

Biographical data on various individuals prominent in labor unions in the United States since 1910.

This is a collection of interviews about John L. Lewis with W. Jett Lauck, A.H. Raskin, Len DeCaux, David Dubinsky and Jacob Potofsky.

Microfilm copies of Correspondence and eclosures : 1935-1939 -- not in chronological order

Correspondents of note include Mother Jones, George Meany, Matthew Woll, Daniel Tobin, President Woodrow Wilson, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and officers of the United Mine Workers of America.