J. B. S. (Jacob Benjamin Salutsky) Hardman Papers
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J. B. S. (Jacob Benjamin Salutsky) Hardman (1882-1968) was a Russian-born author, social philosopher, and editor and leader who served the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America as director of education and cultural activities and as editor of its organ, The Advance(1920-44). He also edited Naye Welt, a Yiddish-language socialist weekly, and American Labor Monthly. He organized the American Labor Press Association, and was chairman of the Inter-Union Institute for Labor and Democracy (publisher of Labor and Nation, which he founded and edited from 1944-1953). The papers contain correspondence (some in Russian and Yiddish), materials apparently collected for an unrealized autobiographical project titled, "Odyssey," other biographical materials, numerous drafts of published and unpublished writings, clippings, and files on his labor and political activities containing a mix of correspondence, internal documents and printed ephemera.
Historical/Biographical Note
J. B. S. (Jacob Benjamin Salutsky) Hardman (1882-1968) social philosopher, author, editor and leader in the development of American trade unionism for over sixty years, was born in Vilna in 1882. Because of his revolutionary and trade-union activities he was exiled in 1908. He came to the United States where he became active in the Socialist Party and the trade-union movement. He was editor of Naye Welt, a socialist weekly, and of American Labor Monthly, also a socialist-oriented journal, 1923-1924; director of education and cultural activities of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America for twenty-four years and editor of the union's official organ, The Advance. He organized and was president of the American Labor Press Association and served as chairman of the Inter-Union Institute for Labor and Democracy, the publisher of Labor and Nation, which he founded and edited from 1944-1953.
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J. B. S. Hardman, 1882-1968: Biographical Sketch, by Felicja Figa and Franklin L. Jonas ( Bulletin of the Tamiment Library, no. 48, March 1973, pp. 1-6).
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically (sometimes by keyword) within each series, except for correspondence, which is arranged chronologically.
The files are grouped into six series:
Series I: Personal Correspondence
Series II: Biographical
Series III: Business Correspondence
Series IV: Writings
Series V: Labor and Political Activities
Series VI: Clippings
Files are arranged alphabetically (sometimes by keyword) within each series, except for correspondence, which is arranged chronologically.
The files are grouped into six series:
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- I, Personal Correspondence
- II, Biographical
- III, Business Correspondence
- IV, Writings
- V, Labor and Political Activities
- VI, Clippings
Scope and Content Note
The papers contain personal correspondence (1908-1953), business correspondence (1925-1968), biographical material, writings by Hardman on labor and politics, manuscript and published articles by others sent to him for editorial comment, material on labor and political activities, and clippings on labor-related issues. Hardman was active in many organizations, including the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Inter-Union Institute for Labor and Democracy, American Labor Press Association, Columbia University's Council for Research in the Social Sciences, Brookwood Labor College, the Jewish Socialist Federation, Workers Party of America, Conference for Progressive Labor Action, and other organizations. His work and activities within these organizations are documented in the collection.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Tamiment Library has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1908-1970, are expected to enter the public domain in 2039.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; J.B.S. (Jacob Benjamin Salutsky) Hardman Papers; TAM 050; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Mrs. Virginia Mishnun Hardman, 1971. The accession numbers associated with this gift are 1971.005 and 1971.006.
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Processing Information
Non-print materials were separated from this collection during initial processing and were established as a separate collection, the J.B.S. (Jacob Benjamin Salutsky) Hardman Photographs (PHOTOS 188). In 2013, the photograph collection was reincorporated into the J.B.S. (Jacob Benjamin Salutsky) Hardman Papers.
