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Mattie Sykes Jackson International Ladies Garment Workers' Union collection, additions

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0351

Scope and Contents

A wide variety of material related to Jackson’s career in the ILGWU including award certificates, correspondence, various ILGWU contract agreement booklets, pamphlets, constitutions, a song book, convention material (primarily the 41st ILGWU convention, 1992), clippings, issues of the national ILGWU newspaper Justice (1970, 1974), and other documents related to retiree benefits, the international garment trade, and the Sawyer Strike. Also includes approximately 550 photographs, primarily group portraits at union events and in union halls, including a Macy’s Department Store protest (1985), garment workers on the job, contract negotiations with Koret, Chinese American union related events, and a 1968 ILGWU national convention panorama.

Dates

  • 1968 - 2009

Extent

1.25 Cubic Feet ( (1 carton))

Language of Materials

English

Processing Information

Unprocessed with Abstract Formats other than text need to be transferred out of collection.

Status
Unprocessed
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository

Contact:
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571