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Morrison, Frank

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

AFL Secretary-Treasurer's Office, Frank Morrison papers

 Collection 0031-LBR-RG2-003
Abstract

Frank Morrison was the Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1897-1936. This collection of his letterbooks consists of Executive Council correspondence and non-partisan political committee materials.

Correspondence, 1909-1952

 Series 1
Scope and Contents Series 1 is contained in nine document cases. The contents of the letters range from personal to administrative; there are memos and telegrams scattered throughout. The earliest files contain some correspondence of Edwin Perry, Green's predecessor as United Mineworkers of America (UMWA) secretary-treasurer. Note: the researcher should consult both the container synopsis that follows and the container synopsis in the Ohio microfilm inventory; while the two synopses generally...

John Lewis, 1919-1971

 Series 6
Scope and Contents Images document Lewis' years as head of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW), the Committee on Industrial Organizations, and later the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 1919 to 1969, as well as the unveiling of a bust of Lewis at the National Portrait Gallery in 1971. The images date primarily from the 1930s and 1940s. Most of the group images are of Lewis with major labor leaders, including Philip Murray, Sidney Hillman, George Meany, William Green, Frank Morrison, David...

AFL Secretary-Treasurer's Office, Frank Morrison letterbooks

 Collection 0063-LBR-RG2-002
Abstract

Frank Morrison was secretary of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1897-1935 and secretary-treasurer of the AFL from 1936-1939. These letterbooks consist of his outgoing correspondence as AFL secretary during the AFL Presidency of Samuel Gompers. There are 440 unbound volumes of correspondence.

William Green, 1900-1980

 Series 5
Scope and Contents Images document William Green's career, from 1900 to his death in 1952, with a few photos of his funeral, buildings or structures dedicated in his memory, or ceremonies held at his gravesite. Most images are from his time as president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), from 1924 to 1952, particularly from the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. There are numerous images of Green with national and local labor leaders, including John L. Lewis, Philip Murray, George Meany, Walter Reuther,...

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