Register of the David Brombart papers, 1917-2009
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Title: David Brombart papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-2009
Collection Number: 2009C36
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
24 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes
(12.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, conference materials, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to the African-American
Labor Center, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations participation in the international labor movement.
Creator:
Brombart, David, 1933-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2009.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], David Brombart papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
1933 |
Born, St. Gilles-les-Bruxelles, Belgium |
1954-1958 |
Youth secretary, Parti Socialiste Belge |
1958-1964 |
Labor secretary, World Assembly of Youth, Paris and Brussels |
1964-1979 |
Assistant to the executive director, AFL-CIO African-American Labor Center, New York |
1975-1977 |
Member, United States delegation to the International Labour Organisation |
1979-1983 |
AFL-CIO deputy director for international cooperation, London |
1983-1986 |
Senior staff member, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Brussels |
1986-1997 |
Deputy and acting executive director, AFL-CIO African-American Labor Center, Washington, D.C. |
1997-2005 |
Senior fellow, Institute of International Studies, Washington, D.C. |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of the Belgian-American labor official David Brombart primarily concern the involvement of the American Federation
of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) in the international labor movement, its opposition to the Communist-affiliated
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), and its cooperation with United States government agencies in fostering democratic
trade unionism in Africa and elsewhere. Before joining the AFL-CIO, Brombart worked in the World Assembly of Youth (WAY),
an international organization established in opposition to Communist front youth organizations, and funded in part by the
United States Central Intelligence Agency. From its establishment in 1964 until his retirement in 1997, he was actively involved
in the AFL-CIO's African-American Labor Center (AALC). He also represented the American labor movement in the International
Labour Organisation (ILO) and in the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).
The collection is arranged in twelve series. The first three,
Personal Documents, Correspondence, and Speeches and Writings, consist of papers of David Brombart spanning the course of his career. The next five series document his work in specific
capacities. They include the
World Assembly of Youth File, International Labour Organization File, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions File,
AFL-CIO File,
and
African-American Labor Center File. The
AFL-CIO File covers activities of branches of that organization other than the African-American Labor Center. A
Subject File is arranged topically and includes some material that might have been placed elsewhere (especially in the
African-American Labor Center File), but that is narrowly focused on specific subjects. The
Subject File also contains material on Islamic countries and other topics with which Brombart was concerned during later years as a fellow
at the Institute of International Studies. The final three series,
Audiovisual File, Memorabilia, and
Oversize File consist of material that is distinctive because of physical format. The Audiovisual File includes a large number of photographs
documenting activities of the organizations in which Brombart was involved.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor movement -- United States
Labor movement
Labor movement -- Africa
AFL-CIO.
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
African-American Labor Center
Personal Documents
1962-2009.
Scope and Contents note
Personal identification cards, passports, certificates, invitations, clippings, and miscellany,
box 1, folder 1
Passports and identification cards
1970-1991
box 1, folder 2
Certificates, invitations, clippings, and miscellany
1962-2009
Correspondence
1939-2008.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent
box 1, folder 7
Beichman, Arnold
1973-1995
box 1, folder 24
Senser, Robert A.
2001-2002
box 2, folder 2
Tévoédjrè, Albert
1973-1977
box 2, folder 3
Weiner, Herbert
1981-1983
Speeches and Writings
1966-1997.
Scope and Contents note
Speeches and writings by David Brombart, arranged chronologically
box 2, folder 4
Speech re Africa, typescript notes
1966
box 2, folder 5
Hypocrisy of Soviet 'Aid' to Developing Countries,
AFL-CIO Free Trade Union News
1970 December.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy, and printed French and Italian translations
box 2, folder 6
Brown Cites Principles of International Labor Solidarity,
AALC Reporter, printed copy
1971 July
box 2, folder 7
Intercontinental Trade Unionism and U.S. Labor, typescript
1973 February 23
box 2, folder 8
Report on the I.L.O., African-American Labor Center annual staff meeting presentation, typescript
1977 April
box 2, folder 9
Speech, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions forum, Nouakchott, Mauritania, Typescript (in French)
1978 March
box 2, folder 10
Speech, Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Mali congress, Typescript (in French)
1978 July 17
box 2, folder 11
International Trade Union Gatherings, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions draft document, Typescript
1987
box 2, folder 12
Arafat Meets the Social Democrats, Interco Press column
1988 November.
Scope and Contents note
Printed Spanish translation only
box 2, folder 13
Toward Reconciliation in South Africa, Interco Press column
1989 May.
Scope and Contents note
Printed Spanish translation only
box 2, folder 14
Speech, Union Marocaine du Travail congress, Casablanca, Morocco, Typescripts (in English and French)
1989 December
box 2, folder 15
African Marxism and the Example of Benin,
AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs Bulletin, Printed copy
1990
box 2, folder 16
Introduction to
AFL-CIO Program of Action in South Africa 1990 (pamphlet), Printed copy
1990
box 2, folder 17
No Peace Dividend for the International Free Trade Union Movement, Working materials, drafts, and processed copy
1990
box 2, folder 18
Gorbatchev's Network of Interlocking Fronts Moving West, Conference on Soviet-Controlled Front Organizations in Crisis presentation,
Rosslyn, Virginia
1990 June 14.
Scope and Contents note
Draft, processed copy, and conference correspondence and agenda
box 2, folder 19
England's Most Notorious Pro-Communist Labor Leader, Interco Press column
1990 November.
Scope and Contents note
Printed Spanish and Portuguese translations only
box 2, folder 20
Somalia's Torn History, Processed
1991
box 2, folder 21
Zambia: Democracy and the Future of Africa, Interco Press column, Processed
1991
box 2, folder 22
International Labor Condemns Iraq, Interco Press column
1991 January.
Scope and Contents note
Printed Spanish, Hindi and Bengali translations only
box 2, folder 23
The Angolan Spring,
AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs Bulletin, Printed copy
1991 February.
box 2, folder 24
Liberia: Another African Tragedy, Interco Press column
1991 July. Printed Spanish translation only
box 2, folder 25
Speech, Hassan Fathy Institute conference, Bal Harbour, Florida, Processed
1992 February 21.
box 2, folder 26
Review of Joel Kotek,
Students and the Cold War, Processed draft and correspondence
1997 February 13.
box 2, folder 27
Africa and Labour, Typescript (incomplete)
undated.
box 2, folder 28
African Trade Unionism in Question, Typescript
undated.
box 2, folder 29
Speeches, Typescripts (in English and French)
undated.
World Assembly of Youth File
1960-2009.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and printed matter by and about the World Assembly of Youth
box 2, folder 30
Operational correspondence
1960-1964.
Scope and Contents note
Mainly with Frank Ferrari
box 2, folder 31
World Assembly of Youth issuances
1962-1999.
Scope and Contents note
Includes
New Trends and Development of Trade Unionism, 1963 (pamphlet);
WAY Forum, 1969 (special 20th anniversary serial issue); and David Wirmark,
The World Assembly of Youth (WAY) in the 50s and the 60s, 1999 (pamphlet)
Retrospective correspondence. Mainly with David Wirmark relating to a history-writing project on the World Assembly of Youth
box 3, folder 1
Printed matter
1964-2009.
Scope and Contents note
Bulletins, printed articles, and Internet printout, relating mainly to revelations of U.S. Central Intelligence Agency funding
of the World Assembly of Youth. Includes David Maunders, "Controlling Youth for Democracy: The United States Youth Council
and the World Assembly of Youth,
International Labour Organization File
1975-1980.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, personal documents, printed matter, and photographs (in scrapbooks) by and about the International Labour
Organisation
box 3, folder 2
General
1975-1980.
Scope and Contents note
Letters, statement, and memoranda, press releases, and printed matter, relating to the withdrawal of the United States from
the International Labour Organisation in 1977 and its return in 1980. Includes printed proceedings of several ILO sessions,
box 3, folder 3-4
Scrapbooks
1975-1977.
Scope and Contents note
Letters, personal documents, printed matter, and photographs, documenting David Brombart's service as a member of the American
delegation to the ILO
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions File
1949-1999.
Scope and Contents note
Internal and public documents of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
box 3, folder 5
General
1980-1999.
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda, bulletins, correspondence, lists, and other internal documents emanating from the International Confederation of
Free Trade Unions
box 3, folder 6
May Day Manifesto
1984
Scope and Contents note
Draft manifesto by David Brombart for the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, working materials, and printed
copies (in English, French and Flemish)
box 4, folder 1-2
International Trade Union News (publication of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions)
1983-1984
box 4, folder 3
Miscellaneous International Confederation of Free Trade Unions publications
1949-1988.
Scope and Contents note
Bulletins and pamphlets, including report of the preparatory founding conference, 1949; and constitution, 1983
AFL-CIO File
1959-2000.
Scope and Contents note
Internal and public documents of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and of its various
international institutes other than the African-American Labor Center
box 4, folder 4
General
1965-1996.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, planning documents, financial data, and other internal documents emanating from
the AFL-CIO, and relating especially to its various international institutes and to their proposed consolidation
box 4, folder 5
Convention (21st : 1995 : New York). Printed matter from the convention
box 4, folder 6
American Institute for Free Labor Development
1987-1996.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, memoranda, and reports emanating from the American Institute for Free Labor Development
box 4, folder 7
Asian-American Free Labor Institute
1987-1996.
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda and reports emanating from the Asian-American Free Labor Institute
box 4, folder 8
Committee on Defense
1987
Scope and Contents note
Report on the Strategic Defense Initiative to the AFL-CIO Executive Council by the AFL-CIO Committee on Defense
box 4, folder 9
Department of International Affairs
1990
Scope and Contents note
"Across Frontiers: Spreading the Message of Free Trade Unionism: A Report on President Lane Kirkland's Visit to Poland and
the USSR and an AFL-CIO Delegation to the Second Miners Congress in the USSR" (report by the AFL-CIO Department of International
Affairs)
box 4, folder 10
Free Trade Union Institute
1992-1994.
Scope and Contents note
Report, memorandum, and brochure emanating from the Free Trade Union Institute
box 5, folder 1
International Affairs Committee
1994-1995.
Scope and Contents note
Consolidated reports of the various AFL-CIO international institutes to the AFL-CIO International Affairs Committee
box 5, folder 2
Solidarity Center (American Center for International Labor Solidarity)
1999-2000.
Scope and Contents note
Report, brochure and personnel list emanating from the Solidarity Center
box 5, folder 3
Miscellaneous AFL-CIO publications
1959-1985.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets and serial issues, including
Questions and Answers on American Labor and World Affairs, 1959 (pamphlet); and
Wer ist der Imperialist?,
African-American Labor Center File
1964-1997.
Scope and Contents note
Internal and public documents of the AFL-CIO African American Labor Center, arranged chronologically
box 5, folder 4
1964-1966.
Scope and Contents note
Includes U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development grant agreements; and Karl Butler, "Feasibility
Study for the Establishment of a Pan-African Cooperative Training Center," 1966
box 5, folder 5
1967
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Rapport préliminaire de la Conférence panafricaine coopérative" (Cotonou, Dahomey); and
AALC Geneva, June 1967 (pamphlet)
box 5, folder 6
1968-1969.
Scope and Contents note
Includes U.S. Agency for International Development contract and operating procedures; "Second Exchange of Views" at the International
Labour Organisation conference, 1968; and report of the Conférence Régionale Economique (Ouagadougou, Upper Volta), 1969
box 5, folder 7
1970-1972.
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Report on the Evaluation of Activities of the African-American Labor Center," 1972
box 6, folder 1
1973-1974.
Scope and Contents note
Includes U.S. Agency for International Development grant and audit; and George R. Martens, "Bibliography of African Trade
Unionism," 1973
box 6, folder 2
1975-1977.
Scope and Contents note
Includes
Africa's Trade Union Press, 1976 (report of Pan-African Colloquium on the Trade Union Press, Lomé, Togo,
box 6, folder 3
1978-1979.
Scope and Contents note
Includes proceedings of the African-American Trade Union Symposium on Employment and Trade, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire,
box 6, folder 4
1981-1983.
Scope and Contents note
Includes Georges Martens, "Le syndicalisme en Afrique occidentale d'expression française de 1945 à 1960," 1982; and "African
Trade Unions: A List of African Trade Unions," 1983
box 6, folder 5
1985-1986.
Scope and Contents note
Includes AALC report of 1985 activities to its Board of Directors
box 7, folder 1
1987
Scope and Contents note
Includes AALC report of 1987 activities to its Board of Directors
box 7, folder 2
1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes audit; and grant budget submission to the U.S. Agency for International Development
box 7, folder 3
1989
Scope and Contents note
Includes audit; and AALC report of 1989 activities to its Board of Directors
box 7, folder 4
1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes audit; AALC report of 1990 activities to its Board of Directors; and project proposal for 1991-1995 submitted to
the U.S. Agency for International Development
box 7, folder 5
1991-1992.
Scope and Contents note
Includes AALC report of 1992 activities to its Board of Directors
box 8, folder 1
1993-1994.
Scope and Contents note
Includes proceedings of Forum on Conditionality for the Defense of Worker Rights in Africa, San Francisco,
box 8, folder 2
1995
Scope and Contents note
Includes directory of African trade union federations; program submission for 1996-2001 to the U.S. Agency for International
Development; AALC report of 1995 activities to its Board of Directors; and proposed bylaw changes
box 8, folder 3
1996-1997.
Scope and Contents note
Includes descriptions of U.S. Agency of International Development program changes
box 8, folder 4
Undated.
Scope and Contents note
Includes notes and summaries of unidentified international labor meetings with AALC participation in Geneva, Switzerland
Subject File
1917-2009.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, speeches, lists, conference material, grant proposals, bulletins, printed articles,
Internet printout, bibliographies, pamphlets, serial issues, clippings, and other printed matter, arranged alphabetically
by topic. Includes internal and public documents of the African-American Labor Center relating to specific countries
box 8, folder 5
Africa
1951-1995.
Scope and Contents note
Material on Africa in general, and especially on labor in Africa. Includes
Les peuples dépendants s'adressent aux Nations Unies: mémoire du Congrès des peuples, circa 1951 (pamphlet)
box 8, folder 6
Algeria
1997-2002.
Scope and Contents note
Relates mainly to the assassination of the Algerian labor leader Abdelhak Benhamouda in 1997
box 8, folder 7
Ames, Aldrich (Soviet spy)
1994
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation affidavit in support of warrant for arrest of Ames and wife on espionage
charges
box 9, folder 1
Belgium
1917-2006.
Scope and Contents note
Relates mainly to labor and socialist movements in Belgium. Includes Viscount Bryce,
La dernière phase en Belgique, 1917;
Le cinquantième anniversaire du P.O.B. [Parti Ouvrier Belge], 1885-1935: album-souvenir, 1935; Camille Huysmans, About Belgium,
box 9, folder 2
Blondel, Marc (secretary-general, Force Ouvrière [France])
1996
Scope and Contents note
Includes speech by Blondel
Brown, Irving (director, AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs)
box 9, folder 3
Personal papers of and writings by Brown, 1945-1980, including passport of Brown; memoranda and printed articles by Brown;
"Alternatives to Wars of Attrition: The Role of Democratic Forces in a Political Solution," 1971 (typescript by Brown); "Labor
and the Developing World," 1971 (typescript by Brown); and letters to Brown
box 9, folder 4
Tributes to Brown and printed matter about him
1946-1988.
Scope and Contents note
Includes French Communist broadside denouncing him
box 9, folder 5
Obituaries of Brown and condolence letters upon his death
1989
box 9, folder 8
Central America
1985-1986.
Scope and Contents note
Includes James McCargar, "El Salvador and Nicaragua: The AFL-CIO Views on the Controversy," 1985 (AFL-CIO Department of International
Affairs document); and Tom Barry and Deb Preusch, "AIFLD in Central America: Agents as Organizers," 1986
box 9, folder 10
Committee for International Support of Trade Union Rights
1988-1990
Communism. Relates to international communism in general and especially to international Communist front organizations
box 10, folder 2
Report on Communist-Controlled Organisations, 1986-1992; "The Communist Propaganda Network and Perestroika," 1990; W. Spaulding,
"World Communism in 1992," 1992; and W. Spaulding, "World Communism: Current Status and Future Prospects," 1993
box 10, folder 4
Dilling, Elizabeth,
The Red Network, 1934 (book)
box 10, folder 5
Dahomey
circa 1990.
Scope and Contents note
Ambroise Agboton Padonou,
J'ai survécu (pamphlet)
box 10, folder 6
Egypt
1993-2000.
Scope and Contents note
Relates mainly to AALC and Solidarity Center programs in Egypt
box 10, folder 7
Europe
1993-2002.
Scope and Contents note
Includes Sara-Nathalie Brombart, "Uneasy Partners in Foreign Policy-Making: European Political Cooperation and the European
Community," 1993; and Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick, "The Role of Nordic Trade Unions in the International Labour Movement,"
2002
box 10, folder 8
France
1940-2003.
Scope and Contents note
Relates mainly to Force Ouvrière and other labor movements, and to Trotskyism, in France. Includes Pierre Galoni, "Conférence
Franco-américaine des 14 et 15 janvier 1972," 1972; Diana Pinto, "Hamon and Rotman: La Deuxième Gauche," 1983; and Jean-Marie
Pernot, "Les relations internationales et les débuts de la CGT-FO," 2003
box 11, folder 1
Freeman, Anthony G. (U.S. Department of State labor affairs officer and International Labour Organisation official)
2007
Scope and Contents note
Obituary and related material
box 11, folder 2
Funk, Jerry (AFL-CIO and U.S. government official)
2002-2004
box 11, folder 3
Germany
1979-1984. Includes
box 11, folder 4
Godson, Roy (president, Institute for International Studies), 1975-1995. Mainly printed writings by Godson. Includes his "American
Labor's Continuing Involvement in World Affairs," 1975; "The AFL Foreign Policy Making Process from the End of World War II
to the Merger," 1975;
The Kremlin and Labor: A Study in National Security Policy, 1977; and
Soviet Active Measures, People-to-People Contacts, and the Helsinki Process, 1986
box 11, folder 5
Institute for Policy Studies
1981
box 11, folder 6
Intelligence
1967-2009.
Scope and Contents note
Relates to intelligence operations and espionage in general. Includes several issues of
Political Warfare, 1990-1992;
Of Moles and Molehunters: A Review of Counterintelligence Literature,
box 11, folder 7
International Centre for Trade Union Rights
1990-2005
box 11, folder 8
International Conference on Disarmament, Development and Conversion (1990 : Copenhagen). Conference materials
box 11, folder 9
International Endowment for Democracy
2006
box 11, folder 10
International Federation of Trade Unions
1964
Scope and Contents note
Walther Schevenels,
Quarante-cinq années: Fédération Syndicale Internationale,
box 11, folder 11
International Workers' Conference in Solidarity with the Workers and People of the State of Kuwait (1990 : Cairo). Conference
material, relating to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, correspondence, and press coverage
box 11, folder 12
Iraq
1997-2006.
Scope and Contents note
Includes Felix Zorba and Roberto Sarti, "Uprisings and Betrayals: A Brief History of the Left in Iraq," 2003 (Internet article)
Hassan Fathy Institute. Relates to efforts of the Hassan Fathy Institute, in conjunction with the International Construction
Institute, to promote democratic construction trade unions in Islamic countries
box 12, folder 2-3
Grant proposals to the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the National Endowment
for Democracy; concept papers; and correspondence with John T. Joyce
2002-2006
box 12, folder 4
Printed reports
1988-2000,
Scope and Contents note
including
Statement of Principles of the Hassan Fathy Institute;
Early Deaths, Stunted Lives: The Hassan Fathy Project to Help Resolve the Global Housing Crisis (report to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Housing); and proceedings of the Hassan Fathy Institute
Construction Workers Rights Symposium
box 12, folder 5
Fathy, Hassan,
Architecture for the Poor, (book)
1973
Ibn Khaldun Society
1995-2005.
Scope and Contents note
Relates to efforts of the Ibn Khaldun Society, in conjunction with the Institute of International Studies, to promote democracy
in Islamic countries.
box 12, folder 6
Correspondence with Khalid Durán, memoranda, and meeting and conference reports
1995-2005
box 13, folder 1
Grant proposals to the National Endowment for Democracy and the U.S. Institute for Peace
1997-1998
box 13, folder 2
TransState Islam issues, printed writings by Khalid Durán, and press coverage
1995-2001
box 13, folder 3
Israel
1965-1991.
Scope and Contents note
Includes Akiva Eger,
The Role of Labour and Co-operation in the Development of Young States, 1965; and
La coopération et les travailleurs au service du développement national, 1968
box 13, folder 4
Joyce, John T. (president, International Construction Institute)
1991-2006.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence; report to the AFL-CIO Executive Committee on the Persian Gulf War, 1991; and "The Challenge to the
American Labor Movement," 2005 (typescript by Joyce)
box 13, folder 5
Kahn, Thomas (director, AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs)
1960-2004.
Scope and Contents note
Includes
Unfinished Revolution, 1960 (pamphlet by Kahn); memorial material upon the death of Kahn in 1992; and Rachelle Horowitz, "Tom Kahn and the Fight
for Democracy: A Political Portrait and Personal Recollection," circa 2004
box 13
Kirkland, Lane (president, AFL-CIO)
box 13, folder 8
Obituaries and memorial material
1999
Labor.
Scope and Contents note
Relates to international labor in general and especially to prospects for unification of international labor organizations
box 14, folder 1
General
1954-2007.
Scope and Contents note
Includes Jack Woddis,
The Mask Is Off! 1954 (pamphlet); and Anthony Carew, "Free Trade Unionism in the International Context," 2002 (conference paper)
box 14, folder 2
Internet printout
2001-2009
box 14, folder 3
General
1951-2007.
Scope and Contents note
Mainly printed news stories. Includes joint statement by the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations
and other unions,
Equal Sacrifice for the Defense of America, 1951 (pamphlet)
box 14, folder 4
Time magazine special issues on American labor
1940-1947
box 14, folder 5
Cahn, William,
A Pictorial History of American Labor, (book)
1972
box 15, folder 1
Labor and intelligence
1974-2004.
Scope and Contents note
Printed matter relating to connections between labor organizations and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Includes
An Analysis of Our AFL-CIO Role in Latin America, or Under the Covers with the CIA, 1974 (pamphlet); and Anthony Carew, "The American Labor Movement in Fizzland: The Free Trade Union Committee and the CIA,"
1998 (printed article)
box 15, folder 2
Labor diplomacy
1968-2007.
Scope and Contents note
Relates to the labor attaché program of the U.S. Department of State. Includes messages, memoranda and reports of the Department
of State and the U.S. Department of Labor; and correspondence and reports of Anthony G. Freeman
box 15, folder 3
Labor Research Association
1986
Lovestone, Jay (director, AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs)
box 15, folder 4
General
1953-2001.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photocopy of passport application by Lovestone, 1953; and photocopy of draft chapter from the book by Ted Morgan,
A Covert Life: Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anticommunist, and Spymaster, 1999
box 15, folder 5
Early printed writings by Lovestone
1927-1937.
Scope and Contents note
Includes "America Facing Europe," 1927;
America Prepares the Next War, 1928;
1928: The Presidential Election and the Workers, 1928;
The Labor Lieutenants of American Imperialism; What Next for American Labor? 1934;
Soviet Foreign Policy and the World Revolution, 1935;
People's Front Illusion: From "Social Fascism" to the "People's Front," 1937;
The American Labor Movement: Its Past, Present and Future; and
New Frontiers for Labor
box 15, folder 6
Maghreb region (North Africa)
1989-1993.
Scope and Contents note
Includes
Congrès Constitutif de l'Union Syndicale des Travailleurs du Maghreb Arabe, 1989; and
Charte des droits sociaux fondamentaux des travailleurs du Maghreb Arabe, 1991
box 15, folder 7
Mali
1970-1971.
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Cité d'Ouvriers Workers Housing Project, Sogoninnko, Mali," (AALC project proposal), 1970
box 15, folder 8
Meany, George (president, AFL-CIO)
1950-1980
box 15, folder 9
Morocco
1989-1996.
Scope and Contents note
Includes reports of the national congress of the Union Marocaine du Travail, 1989
box 16, folder 1
National Endowment for Democracy
1987-2008.
Scope and Contents note
Includes performance reviews and audit reports
box 16, folder 2
Organization of African Trade Union Unity
1965-1986
box 16, folder 3
Palestine
1977-1996.
Scope and Contents note
Includes report on trade unions in the West Bank and Gaza, 1996
box 16, folder 5
Randolph, A. Philip (president, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters)
1975-1992
box 16, folder 6
Ross, Michael (director, AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs)
2003-2007
box 16, folder 7
Rustin, Bayard (president, A. Philip Randolph Institute)
1977-1993
box 16, folder 8
Saudi Arabia. Ahmed Subhy Mansour, "The Religious Sunni Opposition in the Saudi Kingdom in the 20th Century," (holograph)
2002
box 16, folder 9
Shanker, Albert (president, American Federation of Teachers)
1997
box 16, folder 10
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr (Soviet dissident novelist)
1975
box 16, folder 11
AALC internal memoranda and working materials
1975-1996.
Scope and Contents note
Includes
AFL-CIO Program of Action in South Africa, 1990 (AALC report); "Management Assessment and Evaluation Report: South Africa Labor Union Assistance," 1990 (U.S. Agency
for International Development report); "Democratic Transition in South Africa," 1991 (draft AFL-CIO Executive Council statement);
and evaluation report of AALC programs in South Africa, 1995
box 16, folder 12
Collected material
1985-2007.
Scope and Contents note
Includes
ANC: The Inside Story, circa 1985 (pamphlet); "Conditions in South African Jails," 1986 (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions report);
Workers' World, 1993 (International Labour Research and Information Group magazine issues);
Breaking Boundaries, 1994 (Congress of South African Trade Unions pamphlet); and Jani Roberts, "Glitter and Greed: The Diamond Investigation,"
2001 (Internet article)
box 17, folder 1
Soviet Union
1980-1999.
Scope and Contents note
Includes Boris Shelomov,
How Soviet Trade Unions Look after Workers' Interests, 1982 (Soviet pamphlet);
The International Department of the CC CPSU under Dobrynin, 1988 (U.S. Foreign Service Institute report); and proceedings (in French) of plenary session of the All-Union Central Council
of Trade Unions of the Soviet Union, 1989
box 17, folder 2
Springer, Maida (African-American labor activist)
1999-2000.
Scope and Contents note
Includes Yevette Richards, "Race, Gender, and Anticommunism in the International Labor Movement: The Pan-African Connections
of Maida Springer," 1999 (Internet article)
box 17, folder 3
Stand, Kurt (East German spy)
1997-2000.
Scope and Contents note
Relates to Kurt Stand-Theresa Squillacote-James Clark espionage case
box 17, folder 7
General. Includes
Le Peuple, 1959 (Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail special magazine issue); Irving Brown memorandum on establishment of an AALC regional
office for northern Africa in Tunis
1970
Juliette Bessis
box 17, folder 8
Tlili, Ahmed. Includes photocopies of letters by Tlili, 1966-1967; and
Lettre à Bourguiba, 1988 (posthumous pamphlet by Tlili)
box 17, folder 9
Washington Area Labor Committee on Central America and the Caribbean
1986
box 17, folder 10
Weiner, Herbert E. (U.S. Department of State labor attaché)
1954-2007.
Scope and Contents note
Includes interview transcript, printed article by Weiner, and obituary
World Federation of Trade Unions
box 17, folder 11
General
1985-2006.
Scope and Contents note
Includes AFL-CIO and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions internal memoranda and working materials relating to
the WFTU
box 18, folder 1
Continuity and Change: The World Federation of Trade Unions and International Labor Unity, 1988 (AFL-CIO Free Trade Union
Institute report)
box 18, folder 2
World Congress (10th : 1982 : Havana). Printed pictorial report
box 18, folder 3
General Council session (41st : 1988 : New Delhi). Proceedings
box 18, folder 4
World Congress (12th : 1990 : Moscow). Proceedings
box 18, folder 5
World Congress (15th : 2005 : Havana). Reports and summaries
box 18, folder 6
Flashes from the Trade Unions (WFTU publication)
1987-1993
World Trade Union Movement (WFTU publication)
box 19, folder 5
Miscellaneous WFTU issuances
1984-2005.
Scope and Contents note
Includes
African Trade Unions and Foreign Debt, (pamphlet) 1987
box 19, folder 6
Worldwide Labor Officers' Conference (2005 : Washington). Conference materials. Includes "A Labor Diplomacy Strategy for the
Muslim World" (report of the Advisory Committee on Labor Diplomacy)
Audiovisual File
circa 1910s-2000s.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs, audiotapes, and videotapes, arranged by physical form
Photographs. Depicts American, African and other international labor leaders, and scenes at World Assembly of Youth, International
Labour Organisation, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, AFL-CIO, African-American Labor Center, and other events
circa 1910s-2000s
box 20, folder 1
Numerically keyed photographs, with individual numbers on the back of each photograph, and keyed individual descriptions arranged
by number. Individuals depicted include I. W. Abel, Bella Abzug, Habib Achour, Omer Becu, Mahjoud Benseddik, Bill Bradley,
David Brombart, Irving Brown, Abdou Diouf, Enzo Friso, Hubert H. Humphrey, John T. Joyce, Thomas Kahn, Andrew Kailembo, Edward
Kennedy, Lane Kirkland, George Meany, Jay Naidoo, Patrick O'Farrell, Yuri Orlov, William Rogers, Maida Springer, Margaret
Thatcher, Ahmed Tlili, John Vanderveken, and David Wirmark
box 20, folder 2
Captioned photographs. Individuals depicted include Cyrille Adoula, David Brombart, Irving Brown, Elmer Cope, Arthur Deakin,
Dwight Eisenhower, Alfred Gruenther, Jay Lovestone, George Meany, Robert Murphy, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Michael
Ross, Walther Schevenels, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and Vincent Tewson
box 20, folder 3
Captioned photographs. Individuals depicted include David Brombart, George W. Bush, Arthur Deakin, Samuel Gompers, William
Green, Léon Jouhaux, Walter Reuther, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Tran Quoc Buu, and Emile Vandervelde
box 20, folder 4
Uncaptioned photographs of Irving Brown and others. Other individuals depicted include Arnold Beichman, David Brombart, David
Dubinsky, Jerry Funk, Jacob Javits, Jay Lovestone, George Meany, Daniel Moynihan, Nguyen Cao Ky, Richard M. Nixon, Walter
Reuther, William Rogers, and Maida Springer
box 20, folder 5
Uncaptioned photographs of George Meany and others. Other individuals depicted include Habib Achour, David Brombart, John
F. Kennedy, and Walter Reuther
box 20, folder 6
Uncaptioned photographs of Lane Kirkland and others. Other individuals depicted include David Brombart, Jay Naidoo, and Yuri
Orlov
box 20, folder 7
Uncaptioned photographs. Individuals depicted include Kofi Annan, James Baker, Arnold Beichman, David Brombart, Abdou Diouf,
David Dubinsky, Jerry Funk, Samuel Gompers, William Green, Hubert H. Humphrey, John T. Joyce, Thomas Kahn, Patrick O'Farrell,
Yuri Orlov, Frances Perkins, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bayard Rustin, and Leonard Woodcock
box 20, folder 8
Uncaptioned photographs of David Brombart and others
box 20, folder 9
World Assembly of Youth photographs
circa 1950s-1960s.
Scope and Contents note
Individuals depicted include David Brombart, Jawaharlal Nehru, and David Wirmark
box 20, folder 10
Zambian election observation photographs
1991
Scope and Contents note
Individuals depicted include David Brombart and Jimmy Carter
box 21
Roosevelt, Franklin D. Speech excerpts
1933-1945
box 21
Kirkland, Lane. Eulogy at George Meany funeral
1980
box 21
Worldnet French-language television program featuring David Brombart
1989
box 21
Force Ouvrière May Day celebration, Paris, France, featuring Marc Blondel and David Brombart
1996
box 21
Memorial service for Lane Kirkland, Washington, D.C.
1999
Memorabilia
undated
Scope and Contents note
Convention badges, lapel pins, and assorted commemorative items
Oversize File
1952-1990.
Scope and Contents note
Oversize memorabilia, serial issues, and photograph
box 24
Framed mementos
1968-1990
box 24
Oversize serial issues including articles on the American labor movement and Irving Brown
1957-1970
box 25
Plaque commemorating International Labour Organisation conference
1976
box 25
Fortieth anniversary reproduction of International Confederation of Free Trade Unions manifesto
1989
box 25
Revue WAY bound volume, (World Assembly of Youth French-language newspaper)
1957-1961
box 25
Oversize photograph of International Confederation of Free Trade Unions dinner
1952
World Assembly of Youth File II
1958-1964
Scope and Contents note
Issuances of the World Assembly of Youth
box 26, folder 1
Bound volume of printed reports and resolutions, and issues of
Appel à l'action
1958-1964.
box 26, folder 2
Bound volume of reports and conference proceedings
1962.
box 26, folder 3
Bound volume of reports and conference proceedings
1963-1964.
box 27, folder 1
International Labour Organization File II
1974
Scope and Contents note
Journal article
Subject File II
1965-2009
Scope and Contents note
Conference proceedings, clippings, printed articles, and serial issues, arranged alphabetically by topic
box 27, folder 2
Assisting Independent Trade Unions in Cuba Conference, Washington, D.C., Briefing book
2009
box 27, folder 3
Cuba sindical. Serial issue
2008
box 27, folder 4-5
Labor and intelligence
1965-1969.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings and journal articles relating to connections between the AFL-CIO and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
box 27, folder 6
Mozambique, Newspaper issue
1988
box 28
Material not yet described