Series II: Special Topics. (Reel 7099/114, Part 1: Frames 1-782)
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(Reel 2, Part 1: Frames 1-782)
Subseries A: Women's Trade Union League.
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Women's Trade Union League (Reel 2, Part 1: Frames 1-186): The items are divided, somewhat haphazardly, into three groups: general material (frames 1-60), speeches and articles by Rose Schneiderman (frames 63-157), and miscellaneous (frames 158-186). Included in the first group are: typed copies of reports in the Chicago Union Labor Advocate of the founding meetings of the National WTUL in 1903 (by one of the participants, Ellen Lindstrom), of the national "convention" of 1907 (actually a small conference held during the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor), and of early meetings of the Chicago and Boston branches; a typed report by Rose Schneiderman of her work as organizer for the New York WTUL in 1908-1909; minutes of a meeting of the Law Enforcement Committee of the New York WTUL in 1913; and the script of the League's surprise party for Schneiderman in 1943. In the second group (speeches and articles), each ofthe first two speeches lacks page 1. In a speech or article at the end of the group Schneiderman looks back over the fifty-year history of the New York WTUL after its decision to disband.
WTUL Training School, 1913-1938, inclusive
WTUL Clippings and Articles, 1904-1950, inclusive
WTUL Resolutions and Minutes, Members of Executive Committee, 1903-1919, inclusive
WTUL Executive Board Meeting Minutes, Letters and Finances, 1911-1950, inclusive
WTUL Executive Board Meeting Minutes, 1930-1938, inclusive
WTUL Executive Board Meeting Minutes, 1939; 1943
WTUL Speeches, Schneiderman, 1906-1955, inclusive
WTUL Miscellaneous Reports, etc., 1908-1933, inclusive
WTUL: Luncheon, 1949; 25th Anniversary Dinner, 1943, 1943-1949, inclusive
WTUL: Catalogs of Exhibits, 1935-1951, inclusive
Subseries B: Woman Suffrage.
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Woman Suffrage (Reel 2, Part 1: Frames 187-233): Includes two speeches, presumably by Rose Schneiderman, given at a "suffrage school" in Washington, DC, in 1913.
Woman's Suffrage, 1913-1916, inclusive
Woman's Suffrage (not microfilmed): Flier for a Series of Public Speaking Engagements by Schneiderman, undated
Subseries C: First International Congress of Working Women.
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First International Congress of Working Women (Reel 2, Part 1: Frames 234-243): Contains several documents relating to the WTUL's efforts to convene this Congress, held in Washington DC in October 1919.
First International Congress of Working Women, 1919, inclusive
Subseries D: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (Reel 2, Part 1: Frames 244-279): Consists largely of minutes of the Waist Makers Conference in New York City, 1910-11, of which Schneiderman was secretary.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, 1910-1911, inclusive
Subseries E: New York State Department of Labor. Industrial Board. Committee on Sanitation and Comfort.
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New York State Department of Labor. Industrial Board. Committee on Sanitation and Comfort (Reel 2, Part 1: Frames 280-450): Includes letters to Schneiderman and other members from the committee's head, Pauline Goldmark, together with reports, drafts of sanitary regulations, and related papers. (See also letters on Reel 1, frames 356 and 363.)
New York State Department of Labor. Industrial Board. Committee on Sanitation and Comfort, 1913-1914, inclusive
Subseries F: Labor Advisory Board, National Recovery Administration.
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Labor Advisory Board, National Recovery Administration (Reel 2, Part 1: Frames 451-661): ALoosely organized, includes three Schneiderman speeches, some correspondence, various internal memoranda and minutes, and an unsigned typescript history of the board.
Draft History of the Board, undated, inclusive
Statements, Speeched, undated, inclusive
Memorandum and Minutes, 1933, inclusive
Subseries G: Miscellaneous Speeches and Broadcasts by Rose Schneiderman.
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Miscellaneous Speeches and Broadcasts by Rose Schneiderman (Reel 2, Part 1: Frames 662-782): Contains typsecripts of speeches and radio broadcasts given from 1935-1947.
