Herman W. Benson Typescript "Insurgency and Reform in the Painters Union, 1960-1967"
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Abstract
Herman W. Benson is a union member and labor journalist. This collection contains a typescript of an unpublished paper by Herman W. Benson regarding the reform movement in the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers in the 1960s.
Historical/Biographical Note
Herman W. Benson was a member of the United Auto Workers and the United Rubber Workers. As a labor journalist, he served as the trade union editor of Labor Action and as editor and publisher of Union Democracy in Action. Benson is the author of Democratic Rights For Union Members: A Guide To Internal Union Democracy .
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. Materials are in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typescript of an unpublished paper by Herman W. Benson regarding the reform movement in the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers in the 1960s.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives 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 1974, are expected to enter the public domain in 2095.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Herman W. Benson Typescript "Insurgency and Reform in the Painters Union, 1960-1967"; WAG 280; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in repository; provenance is unknown. The accession number associated with this collection is 1950.280.
