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Guide to the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Printed Ephemera Collection
PE.019
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Tamiment Library |
| Title: |
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Printed Ephemera Collection |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1910-2000 |
| Abstract: |
The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) Printed Ephemera Collection
is an artificial collection, collected and assembled by the Tamiment Library over
the course of several decades. ACTWU was formed in 1976, when the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America (ACWA) and the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) merged.
In addition to contracts and agreements, there is a small amount of printed ephemera
from the ACTWU including, fliers, brochures and pamphlets having to do with a range
of subjects including sexual harassment, occupational safety and the strike and nationwide
boycott of J.P. Stevens. There are also a number of bibliographies put out by the
ACTWU Research Department. The collection, however, largely consists of material from
the ACWA and the TWUA and is made up of printed ephemera such as fliers, brochures,
newspaper clippings, and pamphlets from these two unions. Included are files on the
1972 strike at the Farah Company, a clothing manufacturer in Texas, correspondence
courses that were taught in the 1940s, fliers of early organizing drives throughout
the country and advertisements and fliers on the union label campaign.
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| Quantity: |
6 Linear Feet (6 boxes) |
| Language: |
Materials are in English |
| Call Phrase: |
PE.019 |
