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Jennie Matyas and the I.L.G.W.U. : oral history transcript of tape-recorded interviews conducted in 1955 by Corinne L. Gilb
for the Oral History Project, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley, 1957.
BANC MSS 69/167 c FILMLOCALPhonotape 278 BLOCAL
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Title:
Jennie Matyas and the I.L.G.W.U. : oral history transcript of tape-recorded interviews conducted in 1955 by Corinne L. Gilb for the Oral History Project, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley, 1957Creator/Contributor:
Matyas, Jennie, 1895-, creator, iveCreator/Contributor:
Gilb, Corinne Lathrop, 1925-, ivrCreator/Contributor:
University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Industrial Relations., Oral History Project.Abstract:
Account of early life in Hungary to 1905; arrival in New York, 1905; work in garment industry in New York from 1911; her career
in the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union from its inception, with comments on communist infiltration, union organization
on the west coast, especially in San Francisco, problems with Negro and Chinese ethnic groups; appointment as vice-president
of the union, and initiation of health, education, retirement and welfare benefits for the union; observations on national
and local politics, and her activity in the Olson campaign; her interest in compulsory health insurance; and her work on the
U.S. Manpower Commission. Indexed at end. (409 leaves).
Date:
1957 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Labor movement -- United States -- History
Labor unions -- United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- United States -- History
Mouvement ouvrier -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Syndicats -- États-Unis -- Personnel -- Biographies
Travailleurs du vêtement -- Syndicats -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Clothing workers -- Labor unions
Labor movement
Labor unions -- Officials and employees
United States
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
United States -- California -- Berkeley
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Phonotape also available.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or for permission to publish to the Director of
the Institute for Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley.
Original microfilm held by the Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
Biographies.History.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
microfilm
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 547:12) and positive. + related material
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 69/167 c FILMLOCAL
Phonotape 278 BLOCAL
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or for permission to publish to the Director of
the Institute for Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley.