International Ladies Garment Workers Union records, 1924-1953 and undated
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Summary
- Creator:
- International Ladies' Garment Workers Union
- Abstract:
- Assorted manuals and publications produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and its various local unions.
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11305
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collective agreements, union literature, and publications from the ILGWU Educational Department, as well as assorted publications from various local unions, including the Dressmakers, Beltmakers, Shirtmakers, Office and Distribution Employees, and others. Materials address issues of workers' rights, the benefits of unionization, communism (including anti-communist efforts within the union), governance of the unions, and union history.
- Biographical / historical:
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The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) was once one of the largest labor unions in the United States, one of the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female membership, and a key player in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. The union, generally referred to as the "ILGWU" or the "ILG," merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union in 1995 to form the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE).
- Acquisition information:
- The International Ladies Garment Workers Union Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a transfer from Perkins Library in 2012.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Meghan Lyon, September 2016
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2012-0140
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], International Ladies Garment Workers Union Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.