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Clothing workers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

George Moses Price files and scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: 5244
Abstract

Includes a copy of the preliminary report of the Factory Investigating Commission (1929); a volume of bound documents relating to the Joint Board of Sanitary Control in the Cloak, Suit and Skirt and the Dress and Waist Industries (1911-1925); a Japanese edition of Price's book, The Modern Factory; and a scrapbook containing various documents relating to Price's work and career.

Dates: 1888-1914

Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile Industry Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6690
Scope and Contents

Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile Industry Records is a collection of letters, invoices, and blank letterheads and forms related to early textile companies. The collection was created for the study of the graphics contained in the design of the letterheads, billheads, and invoices.

Dates: 1854-1889

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Morris Sigman, President. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/006
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, subject files, form letters, circulars, speeches and other items from Morris Sigman's term as ILGWU president.

Dates: 1923-1928.

Jacob Billikopf New York City Men's Clothing Industry Arbiration Case Files

 Collection
Identifier: 5110
Abstract

Includes over 400 arbitration awards by Billikopf for cases involving the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the New York men's clothing industry.

Dates: 1925- 1929

Maxwell Copelof Arbitration Briefs Exhibits, Transcripts and Decisions

 Collection
Identifier: 5129
Abstract

Contains transcripts, briefs, awards, and decisions relating to cases arbitrated by Maxwell Copelof.

Dates: 1938-1993

Willard Eugene Hotchkiss Arbitration Awards and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5238
Abstract

The arbitration awards and papers of Willard Eugene Hotchkiss include speeches and writings, including some book reviews (1917-1940); also arbitration awards, chiefly for the Textile Workers' Union of America (1937-1945), and United Steelworkers of America (1939-1944).

Dates: 1917-1946