CIO and AFL-CIO Information Department, Press Releases
Collection
0048-LBR-RG20-003
This collection consists of press releases from the CIO and then from the AFL-CIO after the merger. The press releases were collected by the Information Department of the AFL-CIO.
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34.00 Linear Feet (56 Hollinger boxes (one is housed horizontally) and 8 oversize boxes) ; Oversize boxes measure 15L x 10D x 3H
This collection consists of CIO press releases, bound and unbound, from 1937 to 1955 and AFL-CIO press releases, unbound, from 1956 to 1995. Material types include: press conferences, testimony, transcripts, and statements.
This collection is organized into two series:
These records were probably transferred from the AFL-CIO Information Department; no further information is available. The George Meany Memorial Archives transferred these records as part of a major transfer of their archive and library holdings to the University of Maryland Libraries in 2013.
Archives staff at the George Meany Memorial Archives initially processed these records. The University of Maryland Libraries received the records and the finding aid in 2013. In 2017, Bria Parker exported and cleaned the finding aid contents from the Eloquent Systems database using OpenRefine, and finally transformed the finding aids into Encoded Archival Description (EAD) using a series of programmatic scripts. The finding aid was ingested into ArchivesSpace in 2018, at which point Rebecca Thayer updated the descriptive content for accuracy. Revisions include changes to biographical/historical notes, scope and content notes, and the creation of new collection numbers. Rebecca Thayer also enhanced custodial histories and re-wrote collection titles to better conform to archival standards.
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