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M90-226
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Part 16 (M90-226): Additions, 1942-1976 4.5 cubic feet (4 record center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 oversize
folder) : Additions, 1942-1976, to TWUA records belonging to Irving Kahan, director of education
and publicity and editor of Textile Labor including documentation on union activities,
strikes, conventions, and organizing through news releases, correspondence, background
information, special edition newspapers; and organizing pamphlets, posters, and
literature. There is information on J.P. Stevens, byssinosis, Cone Mills, and
advertising. For related material see also M87-299.
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Box
1
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Oil Workers Union, CIO, Organizing handbills
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Box
1
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International Labor Press Association Awards of Merit, American Federation of
Labor, Congress of Industrialized Organizations/Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO)/(CLC),
1957, 1960-1961, 1964-1966, 1972-1976
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Box
1
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Pro-TWUA literature, flyers
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Irving Kahan files
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Box
1
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Advertising and public relations, Henry Zon and Associates,
1968-1970
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Box
1
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Public Relations Committee, 1968-1969
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“Boycott kit,” materials related to strikes and
boycotts
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Box
1
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Photographs
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Box
1
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Leaflets, advertisements
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Box
1
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Letters of appeal, Farah strike
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Box
1
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Picketing
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Box
1
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Fact sheets
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Box
1
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Newsletters
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News releases
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Box
1
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1959 April 30-1966 March 30 249 folders
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Box
2
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1966 April 6-1973 September 18 287 folders
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Box
3
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1973 September 20-1976 June 2 114 folders
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Box
3
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Byssinosis, Brown Lung disease, news articles, memos, and background
materials, circa 1969-1971 3 folders
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Box
3
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J.P. Stevens, news articles, memos, and background material,
1965-1969 3 folders
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Box
4
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1949 convention, correspondence regarding Congress of Industrial
Organizations (CIO) convention recording
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Box
4
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1950 convention
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1952 convention
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Box
4
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7th Biennial Convention badge “Press”
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Box
4
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Correspondence 2 folders
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Box
4
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Call, Executive Council report
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Box
4
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Committees
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Box
4
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Exhibits
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Box
4
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Honest Ballot Association
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Box
4
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Newspapermen
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Box
4
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Photographer and printer
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1954 convention
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Box
4
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Committees
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Box
4
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Resolutions
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Box
4
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Correspondence, K. Fiester, L. Rogin 2 folders
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Box
4
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Decorations
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Box
4
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Exhibits
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Box
4
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Program
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Box
4
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Memorial service, M. Bishop
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Box
4
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Theater tickets
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Box
4
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Kit
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Box
4
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Reports
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Box
4
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Convention supplement, T.L.
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Box
4
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1955 AFL-CIO convention
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Box
4
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1956 convention, correspondence
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Box
4
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Education Department, Cone Mills, correspondence, documents, reports,
collections, 1951-1955
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Organizing literature
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Box
5
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Hartford, Connecticut
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Box
5
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Birmingham, Alabama
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Box
5
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Box
5
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Wage increase, Rayon
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Box
5
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“Let's Show 'Em Again,” 1951
August
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Box
5
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Advertising, cotton strike, 1951 March
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Box
5
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Cotton Rayon special edition, 1951
February
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Box
5
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Orders on “Why,” wage differential, chain mills, 1950
October
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Box
5
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“Ben Franklin,” 1951 March
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Box
5
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“Poor Mr. Boss,” 1951 March
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Box
5
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“Who Says it's Cold,” 1951
March
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Box
5
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It Took Both Hands, 1951 August
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Box
5
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Textile Labor Victory Edition,
1951 October
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Box
5
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John W. Vandercook, excerpts from broadcast on state of wages,
1955 July 5
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Box
5
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Testimony of W. Pollock, Senate Committee on Labor Welfare, 1955
April 22
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Box
5
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“Pep Up Your Organizing Campaign with Attractive
Cards”
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Box
5
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Emil Rieve, column on how Taft-Hartley hits union
“responsibility,” 1948 July 6
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Box
5
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Strike bulletins, 1951
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Box
5
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“A Raise? Sure- But You'll Have to Pay for It!”
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Box
5
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“A Home of Your Own, To Raise a Union Family In”
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Box
5
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Bernard Nossiter, “Slump in Textiles,” The Nation, 1955 January 22
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Box
5
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“Hey, Get Out of that Easy Chair!”
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Box
5
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“Are You Caught in the Middle?”
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Box
5
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“We Can't Afford to Give You Decent Wages”
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Box
5
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“Come in and Get Yours,” Carpet Workers
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Box
5
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“A Dollar and Hour Minimum: What Will it Mean to
You?”
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Box
5
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“Why U.S. Congress Should Boost Minimum Wage Law”
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Box
5
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“Down at the Shop”
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Box
5
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“How Far Did You Have to Stretch for Your Nickel?”
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Box
5
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“How High is Up? How Low is Down”
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Box
5
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“It is Long Overdue- The Textile Workers Need, Deserve, and Should
Receive a Wage Increase”
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Box
5
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“Wages are Going Up-Up-Up and are You Coming
Along?”
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Box
5
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Letter from William Pollock to Mr. E. Howard Bennett, editor of America's Textile Reporter, 1956 March
5
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Box
5
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Report of the Organizing Committee to the Executive Council, 1956
February 27
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Box
5
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United Textile Workers (UTW)
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Box
5
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Arms Textile Manufacturing
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Box
5
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Beaverbrook Mills
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Box
5
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Berkshire Fine Spinning
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Box
5
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William Carver Company
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Box
5
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Dacotah Cotton Mills
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Box
5
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“Dyers; Raise Sweeping South ... Did You Get
Yours?”
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Box
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“Meet the Union for Dyeing, Finishing, Printing, and Bleaching
Workers”
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Box
5
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Gnoic Workers
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Box
5
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Hayward-Shuster Woolen Mills
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Box
5
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Johnson & Johnson Chicopee Workers
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Box
5
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Laundry Workers Organizing Committee
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Box
5
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James Lee Carpet
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Box
5
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Massachusetts Mohair Plush
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Box
5
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Mooresville Mills
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Box
5
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Nashua Finishing
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Box
5
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Owens-Corning Fiberglass
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Box
5
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Pontiac
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Box
5
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Royal Cotton Mill
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Box
5
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Virginia Mills
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Box
5
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Wallesford Woolen Company
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Box
5
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Waumber Dyeing and Finishing
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Box
5
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Cannon Mills
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Box
5
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CWA Mills
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Box
5
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Chatham Manufacturing
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Box
5
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Cherokee Textile
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Box
5
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Clark Thread
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Box
5
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Cleveland Worsted
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Box
5
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Coats and Clark
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Box
5
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Firestone Mill
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Box
5
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Cone Mills, Salisbury, New York
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Box
5
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Cranston Print
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Box
5
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P.H. Hanes
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Box
5
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Lee's Carpet
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Box
5
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Louise Workers
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Box
5
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Lowland Workers
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Box
5
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Modern Venetian Blinds
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Box
5
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Mooresville Cotton Mills
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Box
5
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New Braumfels Textiles
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Box
5
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Roanoke Pupils
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Box
5
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Shelby Cotton
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Box
5
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Spofford Mill
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Box
5
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Standard-Coosa-Thatcher
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Box
5
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Union Bleachery
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Box
5
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U.S. Rubber
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Box
5
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Valdese Manufacturing
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Box
5
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Van Roalte, Dunkirk, New York
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Box
5
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West Point Manufacturing
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Box
5
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American Thread
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Box
5
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Boger and Crawford
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Box
5
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Avondale Mills, campaign, 1955
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Box
5
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S. Blumenthal and Company
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Box
5
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International Packing
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Box
5
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Gastonia Combed Yarn
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Box
5
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Davis and Geck
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Box
5
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Dalton
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Box
5
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Communication Workers
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Box
5
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Lennett
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Box
5
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Headline leaflet
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Box
5
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Spinning Gold, Kempton
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Box
5
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TWUA Triples Woolen/Cotton Wages
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Box
5
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Ruffin, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) leaflet
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Box
5
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Turn the Tables on High Prices
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Box
5
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Speeches of Introduction
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Box
5
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Burlington leaflets
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Box
5
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Textile Unionist, publication for Burlington workers
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Box
5
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American Enka
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Box
5
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Aleo Manufacturing
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Box
5
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John McCarthy's leaflets, 1949 July 2
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Box
5
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Alden Rug
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Box
5
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Burlington Mills, 1955-1957
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Box
5
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“E” list opinion molders
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Box
5
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Miscellaneous
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Box
5
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Union Election Papers
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Box
5
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Newsletter and releases
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Oversize Folder
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Textile Labor, newspaper special editions,
1942-1944, 1952-1953 : These issues are very fragile.
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