Department Store and Office Workers' Organizing Collection
1916-1947, inclusive
; 1930-1941, bulk
Department Store Employees Union and Office Workers' Union
Rand School of Social Science (Role: Donor)
The collection contains pamphlets, leaflets, newsletters and clippings relating to sit-down strikes, department store and office workers strikes and organizing in the 1930s. Also included is printed material from the Office Workers' Union and the Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250 including some agreements. General information on AFL and CIO unions, TUUL strikes, sit-down strikes, coal strikes, and longshoremen's strikes in California and Hawaii is also included.
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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Series I: General Files.
American Federation of Labor: Statistics, Programs, Bibliography, 1930-1939, inclusive
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Communist Party: Ohracle (Ohrbach's employees newsletter), May 1936
1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Congress of Industrial Organizations and Independent Unions: Affiliation Listings, undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250: 1250 Organizer (newsletter), undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250: A & S Chapter - A & S Beacon (newsletter), 1947, inclusive
1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250: Bulletin (newsletter), 1939, inclusive
1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250: General Correspondence and Contracts, 1937-1941, inclusive
1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250: Hearn's Department Stores Contracts, 1935 , 1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250: Leaflets, undated , 1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250: Macy's Chapter - R.H. Macy Unionizer (newsletter), 1936, inclusive
1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250: Newspaper Clippings, 1934-1940, inclusive
1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250: Ohrbach's - Ben Goodman Case, 1936, inclusive
1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250: Pitkin Avenue Woolworth, 5310 Chapter - 1250 Chain (newsletter), 1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250: Stern Chapter - Stern News (newsletter), undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department Stores: Organizing Information, undated , 1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Research Association: "Labor Developments in 1940", 1940, inclusive
1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Industrial Conference Board and National Negro Congress, 1938 , 1941, inclusive
1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Recovery Administration: Code of Fair Competition for the Retail Trade, 1933, inclusive
1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New Era Retail Clerks Union of America: Meeting Notice, May 1937
1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union: Clippings, 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union: Leaflets, undated , 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union: Office Worker (newsletter), 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Accountants Section: Leaflets, undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: A & S Local - We Declare (newsletter), 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Bloomingdale's Local - Bloomingdale's Own Brand (newsletter), 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Gimbel Local (Leaflets), 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Hearn Local (Leaflets), 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Klein Local (Leaflets), 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Leaflets, undated , 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Lerner Group (Leaflets), undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Lerner Group - Lerner Worker (newsletter), 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Macy Group (Leaflets & Newspaper Clippings), undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Macy Group - The Macy Worker (newsletter), 1932-1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Martin's Local - Martin's Events (newsletter), undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Namm Local (Leaflets), undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Ohrbach Local (Leaflets), undated , 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Ohrbach Local - The Green Box Moves On (newsletter), 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Department Store Section: Petrie-Red Robin Local (Leaflets), 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Dry Goods Section: Leaflets, undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Industrial Agents Chapter: Leaflets, undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Insurance Chapter: Leaflets, 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union: Jewish Morning Journal Strike (Leaflets), 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Literary Trades Section: American Mercury Strike (Leaflets), undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, National Bellas Hess Section: Leaflet, 1931, inclusive
1, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Newspaper Section: Leaflets, 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Receiving Department Workers Section: Receiving News (newsletter), undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office Workers' Union, Wall Street Section: Leaflets, undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Retail Clerks International Protective Association (AFL), 1936-1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
San Francisco Department Store Strike: Statistics and History, undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sit-Down Strikes: Bibliographies and Outline for Study, 1930s, inclusive
1, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sit-Down Strikes: House of Representatives, Resolutions and Remarks, 1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sit-Down Strikes: Legal Opinions, 1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sit-Down Strikes: Papers, 1937 , 1938, inclusive
1, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes, 1931, inclusive
1, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes, 1932, inclusive
1, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes, 1933, inclusive
1, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes, 1934, inclusive
1, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes, 1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes, Jan 1941-May 1941
1, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes: Coal Workers, undated, inclusive
1, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes: Dock Workers of California and Hawaii, 1916, inclusive
1, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes: Red International of Labor Unions, 1932, inclusive
1, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes: Newspaper Clippings (Ohrbach's and Klein's), 1934-1935, inclusive
1, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes: Trade Union Unity League, 1933, inclusive
1, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strikes: White Collar and Professional Workers, 1934-Mar 1936, inclusive
1, Folder: 65 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employees Union: Publications, 1945, inclusive
1, Folder: 66 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Works Progress Administration: Union Protests against Curtailment Program, 1936-1937, inclusive
1, Folder: 67 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)