Delaney, George Philip

Abstract This collection continues the International Affairs Department, Country Files, 1945-1971 (RG18-001) and is comprised of those records, known as "country files," maintained by certain AFL-CIO staff members and filed according to specific countries. The collection consists primarily of reports made by representatives of trade union delegations, unions, and the AFL-CIO on the trade union movement and on the political, social, and economic situation in particular countries. Materials include...

Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence, speeches, minutes, biographical information, reports, clippings, conference materials, legislative documents, photographs, maps, and printed material. The records date from 1947 to 1970, but most fall within the period 1955-1970. The records document efforts of U.S. and Asian labor leaders to build free trade union movements in the region during the Post-World-War II and Cold War years. They are particularly valuable in illuminating relations...

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George Delaney served as an international representative of the AFL and AFL-CIO from 1948 to 1958. This collection is comprised of George Delaney's personal papers, including correspondence, ephemera, clippings, and photographs. These are not Delaney's official files from his work at the AFL and AFL-CIO, but do contain material relating to his career and labor issues.

Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence, reports, minutes, legislative bills, speeches, clippings, proceedings, posters, pamphlets and other printed material, and photographs. The series spans 1945-1971 while the bulk of the material dates 1948-1970. The records document efforts of U.S. and Eastern European labor leaders to build a free trade union movement in Post-World War II and Cold-War Europe. They are particularly valuable in illuminating relations among trade union and...

Scope and Contents This series consists of Delaney's files on the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers (ORIT; Organizacion Regional Inter-Americana de Trabajadores), and the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). Most of this series consists of materials from conferences and meetings, some of which Delaney attended.Material types include: reports, resolutions, proposals, minutes, agendas, press releases, speeches, conference...

Scope and Contents This series consists primarily of reports and near print material from ILO committee conferences and meetings which Delaney attended. In some cases he was asked to comment on the meetings or contribute to them in his capacity as international representative of the AFL and AFL-CIO and U.S. workers' delegate to the ILO. Correspondence is primarily among Delaney and officials at the U.S. Department of Labor and ILO. Material types include: reports, proceedings, speeches, proposals,...

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This series consists primarily of near print materials produced for the 129th-133rd ILO governing body sessions (1955-1956). Delaney was a member of the ILO governing body from 1948 to 1958. Some documents contain substantial notes taken by Delaney, some contain marginal notes, however most contain no notes.

Material types include: agenda documents, amendments, reports, position papers, speeches, and correspondence.

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This series consists primarily of printed material and near print material produced for the 33rd-39th ILO International Labor Conferences (1950-1956) at which Delaney was the U.S. workers' delegate. Also present are speeches Delaney delivered, and correspondence, especially concerning solicitation of his input on reports. Material types include: reports, agenda documents, amendments, position papers, speeches, press releases, conference material, and correspondence.

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This series consists primarily of printed material and near print material produced by the ILO for its regional conferences from 1949 to 1956. Of particular note are speeches and reports by Delaney, who attended some of these conferences, as well as his correspondence concerning the conferences.

Material types include: reports, newspapers and newspaper clippings, agendas, proceedings, conference material, position papers, resolutions, speeches, and correspondence.

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This series consists of subject files on international federations. The records in the series provide insight into the history of these federations and their statutes, officers, and affiliated unions.

Material types include: correspondence, proceedings, minutes, statutes, bylaws, directories, reports, press releases, and periodicals.