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Guide to the John Lyons Papers
TAM.025
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Lyons, John, 1881-1957 |
| Title: |
John Lyons Papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1905-1960 |
| Abstract:
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John Lyons (1881-1957), socialist and labor leader, was a co-founder of the Rand School,
and the Executive Secretary of the National Association of Retail Tailors, Cleaners
and Dyers (NART), a National Recovery Act labor-management trade association. The
collection contains correspondence relating to NART and related organizations, collective
labor agreements for New York City locals of the Laundry Workers International Union,
the 1906 minutes of the Daily Call Fair Committee, which organized a fair, presumably
to raise funds for the 1908 launching of the
New York Call, a socialist daily newspaper, material on Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring Branch 400
E, correspondence and other materials relating to the Reunion of Old Timers, an association
of veteran members of the labor movement, correspondence and notes from Lyons' radio
program on WEVD, correspondence relating to public programs sponsored by the Tamiment
Institute, correspondence with the Liberal Party of New York State and the Socialist
Party-Social Democratic Federation, and newspaper clippings by Lyons or relating to
his political interests.
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| Quantity: |
1.0 linear feet (2 boxes) |
| Call Phrase: |
TAM.025 |
