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Series V: Labor and Political Activities, 1923-1967, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Content Note

This series includes records of the Inter-Union Institute for Labor and Democracy (1942-1953), incomplete committee minutes and copies of papers presented at the Columbia University Seminars on Labor (1948-1967), and material relating to the Hardman's expulsion from the Workers Party of America in 1923, his involvement in the American Workers Party in the mid-1930s, records of the Conference for Progressive Labor Action, a survey on attitudes of labor leaders done for Elmo Roper and Louis Harris by Hardman in 1950, and material on Hanna Goldstein Hardman's studies at the New York School of Philanthropy and her work on immigrants.

Letter to a Confused Liberal, 1951, inclusive

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Mature Collective Bargaining: Prospects and Problems, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, 1952, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Testimony: "Communist Domination of Certain Unions": Senate Committee on Labor and Welfare, 1952, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Codetermination: Labor's Middle Way in Germany, foreword by Hardman, 1957, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Address to Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, NYC, Jan 7, 1938

Box: 31, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Union Profiles (typescripts by various authors): IAM, Teamsters, Needle Trades, IATSE (by Roy Brewer), undated, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1948-1949, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor (statements), 1949, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1949-1950, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1950-1951, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1951-1952, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1952-1953, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1953-1954, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1954-1955, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1954-1955, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1955-1956, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1956-1957, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1957-1958, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1958-1959, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1959-1960, inclusive

Box: 33, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 196-1961, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1961-1962, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1962-1963, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia University Seminar on Labor (Jobs-Employment), 1963-1964, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1964-1965, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1965, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1965-1966, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1966, inclusive

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Columbia University Seminar on Labor, 1967, inclusive

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Columbia University Research, 1957-1964, inclusive

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Inter-Union Institute, 1942-1944, inclusive

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Inter-Union Institute, 1945, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inter-Union Institute: Conference on Labor and its Position, 1945, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inter-Union Institute, 1946, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inter-Union Institute, Proceedings of Meetings, 1946, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inter-Union Institute, 1947, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inter-Union Institute, 1948, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inter-Union Institute, 1949, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inter-Union Institute, 1950-1953, inclusive

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Inter-Union Institute, 1954, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inter-Union Institute: Finance Reports, 1946-1960, inclusive

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Inter-Union Institute: Legal/Tax Matters, undated, inclusive

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Labor and Nation, undated, inclusive

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Labor Theory: Commentaries on Perlman Theory, undated, inclusive

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Labor Theory: National Conference of Labor Educators, undated, inclusive

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Labor Theory: Perlman, undated, inclusive

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Labor Theory: Saposs and Carey Typescripts, undated, inclusive

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Labor Theory, Mar 13, 1966

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Labor Theory, Articles on, undated, inclusive

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Labor Theory, Articles on, undated, inclusive

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Labor Theory, undated, inclusive

Box: 37, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

American Workers Party, 1933-1934, inclusive

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American Workers Party: Clippings, undated, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Workers Party of America, Hardman's Expulsion from, 1923, inclusive

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Conference for Progressive Labor Action (printed items), undated, inclusive

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Conference for Progressive Labor Action: Correspondence, 1929, inclusive

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Conference for Progressive Labor Action: National Executive Committee Minutes, 1929-1933, inclusive

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United Conference for Progressive Political Action, 1938, inclusive

Box: 38, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Elmo Roper's Papers (CBS Radio), Jan 1949-Mar 1949

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Elmo Roper's Papers (CBS Radio), Apr 1949-Jun 1949

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Elmo Roper's Papers (CBS Radio), Jul 1949-Sep 1949

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Elmo Roper's Papers (CBS Radio), Oct 1949-Dec 1949

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Elmo Roper's Papers (CBS Radio), Jan 1950-Mar 1950

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Elmo Roper's Papers (CBS Radio), Apr 1950-Jun 1950

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Elmo Roper's Papers (CBS Radio), Jul 1950-Sep 1950

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Elmo Roper's Papers (CBS Radio), Oct 1950-Dec 1950

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Elmo Roper's Papers (CBS Radio), Jan 1951-Jun 1951

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Elmo Roper's Papers (CBS Radio), Jul 1951-Dec 1951

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Elmo Roper's Papers (CBS Radio), Jan 1952-Jun 1952

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Elmo Roper's Papers (NBC Radio), Jul 1952-Dec 1952

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Elmo Roper's Papers (NBC Radio), Jan 1953-Mar 1953

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Elmo Roper's Papers (NBC Radio), Apr 1953-Jun 1953

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Elmo Roper's Papers (NBC Radio), Jul 1953-Sep 1953

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Elmo Roper's Papers (NBC Radio), Oct 1953-Dec 1953

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Elmo Roper's Papers (NBC Radio), Jan 1954

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Roper: L. Harris Questionnaire, 1950-1951, inclusive

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Roper: L. Harris Questionnaire-Raw Results, 1950-1951, inclusive

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L. Harris Labor Leadership Studies, undated, inclusive

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The Private Thinking on Public Issues, Louis Harris, undated, inclusive

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Labor Examines Itself, undated, inclusive

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Allen, Walter M., "A Survey of the Extent of Unionizing of Daily Newspaper Pressrooms", undated, inclusive

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Bailer, Lloyd H., "Non-White Color Line", undated, inclusive

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Barbash, Jack, "Communist Unionism-Aims and Means", undated, inclusive

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Barbash, Jack, "The Elements of Industrial Relations", Jan 14, 1963

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Barbash, Jack, "Industrialism and Women's Status", undated, inclusive

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Barbash, Jack, "The ILGWU as an Organization in the Age of Dubinsky", Jul 12, 1967

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Barbash, Jack, "John R. Commons and the Americanization of the Labor Problem", Dec 1966

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Barbash, Jack, "The Labor Movement in the Changing Industrial Order", Aug 24, 1963

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Barbash, Jack, "Labor and the Common Market", Nov 10, 1962

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Barbash, Jack, "The Practice of Union Democracy", Feb 26, 1959

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Barbash, Jack, "The Present Status and Future Course of the American Labor Movement", Oct 18, 1962

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Barbash, Jack, "Rationalization in the Union", undated, inclusive

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Barbash, Jack, "Steel Unionism", undated, inclusive

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Barbash, Jack, "Unions and Politics", Feb 20, 1964

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Barkin, Solomon, "Free Enterprise", undated, inclusive

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Barkin, Solomon, "Operational Pattern of Textile Unionism", Jul 1954

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Bell, Daniel, "The Growth of American Unions", Dec 14, 1954

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Bell, Daniel, "Labor Profiles", Apr 8, 1953

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Bernstein, Irving, "Union Growth and Structural Cycles", undated, inclusive

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Brewer, Roy H., "International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture of the U.S. and Canada, AFL", undated, inclusive

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Cox, Archibald, "The Role of Law in Preserving Union Democracy", Apr 30, 1958

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Cunningham, Elizabeth, "Cultural Activities in Small Town New Jersey", undated, inclusive

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David, Henry, "From Speech of Hon. James J. Davis, AFL Convention", 1931, inclusive

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Dunlop, John T., "The Public Interest in Internal Affairs of Unions", undated, inclusive

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Elby, Kermit, "Democracy, How Many Crimes…?", undated, inclusive

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Elby, Kermit, "The Expert in the Labor Movement", undated, inclusive

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Elby, Kermit, "Why Labor Leaders are Lonesome", May 14, 1952

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Epstein, Albert, "The Union Dollar-In Profile", undated, inclusive

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Hayes, A. J., "I.A.M.", undated, inclusive

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Hedges, M. H., "Counter-Balance in Suburbia, USA", undated, inclusive

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Lipset, Seymour M., "International Typographical Union", Jul 16, 1951

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Lipset, Seymour M., "The Law and Trade Union Democracy", 1960-1961, inclusive

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Mayer, Martin P., "Cases in the State Courts", undated, inclusive

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Mayer, Martin P., "Union Members' Rights and the Courts", undated, inclusive

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Meyer, Arthur S., "Union Policy and Power in Collective Bargaining", undated, inclusive

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Neufeld, Maurice F.; The Historical Relationships of Liberals and Intellectuals to Organized Labor in the U.S.", Nov 1963

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Mills, C. Wright, "The Intellectual and the Labor Leader", Apr 8, 1945

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Pearlman, Leo: Comments on Hardman Manuscript A(pamphlet in, undated, inclusive

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Piore, Norma, "Communication Workers of America, C.I.O.", undated

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Plumb, Gleen E., "An Industrial Program", Jan 1, 1920

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Polakov, Walter N., "Engineering Service for the Labor Union", Feb 17, 1949

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Raskin, Abraham H., "The Labor-Industry Question: As Labor Sees It", Apr 15, 1947

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Reuther, Walter-Report of the President, undated, inclusive

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Rorty, James, "Camp Followers and Fellow Travelers", undated, inclusive

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Samson, Leon, "Towards a United Front" (outline), undated, inclusive

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Saposs, David J., "Rebirth of the American Labor Movement", Dec 28, 1955

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Seidman, Joel, "The Needle-Trades: Practical Idealism in the Labor Movement", undated, inclusive

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Slichter, Sumner H., "The Position of Trade Unions in the American Economy", May 1, 1958

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Slichter, Sumner H., "Social and Economic Impact of the Pension Trend", Feb 13, 1950

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Shister, Joseph, "Power Patterns in a Local Labor Movement", undated, inclusive

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Shister, Joseph, "Power Structure and Relationship in an Industrial Center (Buffalo, NY)", undated, inclusive

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Strand, Axel, "Study Trip to the United States", undated, inclusive

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Taft, Philip, "Opposition to Union Officers in Elections", Feb 1944

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Taft, Philip, "Reflections on the Present State of the Labor Movement", undated, inclusive

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Taft, Philip, "Understanding Union Administration", undated, inclusive

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Tenenbaum, Frank, "A Philosophy of Labor", undated, inclusive

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Tippett, Tom, "The Illinois Miners", Feb 7, 1930

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Tyler, Gus, "A Political Theory of the Labor Movement", undated, inclusive

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Warner, Aaron, "The Role of the Union in the Shop in Britain", 1955, inclusive

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Wartenberg, George, "International Typographical Union", undated, inclusive

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Wolman, Leo, and Gustav Peek, "The Changing Role of Labor and Labor Groups in our Social Structure", undated, inclusive

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Wladka [early drafts of portions of the English translation of On Both Sides of the Wallby Vladka Meed?], undated, inclusive

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Conferences Attended, undated, inclusive

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Proceedings: New York State Industrial Union Council, Jun 19, 1942-Jun 20, 1942

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