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Schlesinger, Benjamin, 1876-1932

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

ILGWU Paintings, Photographs, and Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/098 MB
Abstract This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to the Political Department's lobbying activities in Washington, D.C. Also contained in this collection are letters and receipts documenting campaign contributions, alphabetical files on states, as well as files on local unions, joint boards, and regional departments. The records of the Political Department also contain ephemeral printed material relating to political campaigns, including pamphlets, posters, and...
Dates: 1965-1975

ILGWU Research Department Collected Documents

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/056
Abstract

Much of the material concerns various strikes, including the New York cloakmakers' strikes of 1926 and 1929, as well as the "Protocol of Peace" of 1910. There are some additional items dealing with the New York Cloak Joint Board. A good portion of the material is administrative in nature.

Dates: 1906-1948

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Benjamin Schlesinger, President. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/010
Abstract

Correspondence and subject files relating to Schlesinger's term, October 1928 to June 1932.

Dates: 1928-1932.

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Benjamin Schlesinger, President. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/009
Abstract Correspondence, form letters, circulars and subject files relating to Schlesinger's second term as president, June 1914 to January 1923. Topics covered in these materials include union organizing; strikes, labor disputes, working conditions, and other labor issues in the women's garment industry, particularly in New York City; inter-union relations; relations between manufacturers' associations and the union; efforts by Schlesinger and others to form an alliance of garment workers' unions;...
Dates: 1914-1923.

Samuel Gompers Project on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5632 mf A & B
Abstract

This collection is a combination of two collections: 5632 A - titled - American Federation of Labor Records : The Samuel Gompers Era, 1877-1937, consisting of 144 microfilm reels and 5632 B - titled - The American Federation of Labor and the Unions: National & International Union Records From The Samuel Gompers Era and this consists of 5 microfilm reels.

Dates: 1878-1937

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Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States 4
Clothing workers -- United States 3
Industrial relations -- United States 3
Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- United States 3
Women's clothing industry -- United States 3