Highlander Research and Education Center Records, 1917-2017

 
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 + Part 14 (M2019-039; Audio 515A/245): Additions: Highlander Education and Research Center Archives, 1931-1997
HREC-0004 Emil Willimetz Papers
Container Title
Series: HREC-0004 Emil Willimetz Papers, 1940-1983
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box). 
Scope and Content Note: This record group primarily contains materials related to Emil Willimetz's work in the labor movement, with a focus on Tennessee and the southeastern United States. Formats include flyers, organizing pamphlets, correspondence, news clippings, and petitions. One folder also includes some personal information about Willimetz, including a transcript from Black Mountain College.
Box-Folder   52/1
  HREC Box/Folder   1/1
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), organizing leaflet and information on minimum wage 1941 September
Box-Folder   52/2
  HREC Box/Folder   1/2
CIO Organizers, Harriman, Tennessee, clippings and releases about an incident in which two CIO organizers were beaten and covered with tar 1941 September
Box-Folder   52/3
  HREC Box/Folder   1/3
Furniture Workers, C.B. Atkin Company 1941 June-October
Box-Folder   52/4
  HREC Box/Folder   1/4
Grundy County Crusaders, report of attack on Highlander 1940 December
Box-Folder   52/5
  HREC Box/Folder   1/5
Hosiery Workers, Magnet Mills, Clinton, Tennessee 1941
Box-Folder   52/6
  HREC Box/Folder   1/6
Progressive Labor, three issues of independent newspaper published in Knoxville, Tennessee 1941 September-October
Box-Folder   52/7
  HREC Box/Folder   1/7
Personal, includes transcript from Black Mountain College, proposals, and reports and black and white photograph of Willimetz 1940-1983
Box-Folder   52/8
  HREC Box/Folder   1/8
Willimetz, Joie, illustrated letter to friends about establishment of Highlander Nursery School, articles about community cooperative day care 1949 March-1951 September