Politics. Local
Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
City and County Central Body Correspondence, 1955-1960
Series
4
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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AFL-CIO Office of the President, President's Files, George Meany
Scope and Contents
This series represents only two years of correspondence between Meany and local central officers and representatives, although a few items date from 1955. Letters mainly pertain to finances, local election procedures, and area COPE activities.
Congressional Correspondence, 1906-1978
Series
2
Scope and Contents
This series consists of correspondence with and about members of Congress. Also included are copies of the voting records of members of Congress on labor-related bills. The bulk of the material dates from 1950-1970. Responsibility for the compilation of voting records remained one of the major duties of the AFL Legislative Committee after the expansion of the federation's role in politics following the issuance of labor's "Bill of Grievances" in 1906. Files in the series...
Subject Files, New York Office, 1939-1974
Series
1
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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AFL and AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, Jay Lovestone Files
Scope and Contents
This series spans the dates 1939 through 1974 and primarily covers dates from 1947 to 1969. It contains mostly correspondence, but also includes clippings, telegrams, published materials, notes, and one book. Major persons represented include Robert Alexander
(assistant professor of Economics, Rutgers University; AFL
correspondent in Latin America, South America, and the
Caribbean); Luigi Antonini (general secretary of ILGWU Local 89
in New York City, president and executive...