Aaron Bindman Papers
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Aaron Bindman was a union organizer and secretary treasurer of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Local 208 (Chicago, Ill.), from 1946-53. The collection contains an autobiographical sketch and curriculum vitae, correspondence, speeches, articles, some pertaining to various teaching/research related travels, including to New Zealand, the USSR, Sweden, Saskatchewan, Canada, etc.
Historical/Biographical Note
Aaron Bindman was a union organizer and secretary treasurer of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Local 208 (Chicago, Ill.), from 1946-53. After four years as a carpenter, he enrolled in the University of Illinois, received a PhD in sociology, which he taught for twenty years.
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The collection contains an autobiographical sketch and curriculum vitae, correspondence, speeches, articles, some pertaining to various teaching/research related travels, including to New Zealand, the USSR, Sweden, Saskatchewan, Canada, etc. A thin file labeled American Student Union contains a delegates badge from its 5th convention in March, 1939, and an undated letter from George Seldes, circa 1939-41. Bindman was also an amateur sculptor, and there are some two dozen photographs of his work and of himself sculpting.
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Materials are open without restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection, created by Aaron Bindman, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Louise and Aaron Bindman 2009. The accession number associated with this gift is 2009.059.
