American Federation of Hosiery Workers Records, 1922-1965

Container Title
Subseries: SERIES 7: Convention File, 1939-1965
Physical Description: 3 boxes 
Scope and Content Note

Box one of this file contains correspondence, memoranda, convention calls, agenda, committee and delegate lists, news releases, and speeches. Subject matter relates to preparations for conventions, the business transacted at the conventions, and post-convention reports of the General Secretary-Treasurer to the National Committee and to the branches. Dates for papers in box one are 1947-1954, 1963, 1965.

Boxes two and three contain printed and bound reports by officers of the union to the convention, and include reports on the several departments of the union, such as Research and Education, Organization, or the Social Security Department. Dates of printed reports in boxes two and three are 1939-1944 and 1946-1963.

In Emil Rieve's 1939 report to the convention, his last as president of the union, he outlined the history and accomplishments of the union during his term in office.

Arrangement of the Materials: Box 1 chronological; Boxes 2 and 3 chronological.
Convention
Box   1
Folder   1
1947
Box   1
Folder   2
1948
Box   1
Folder   3
1949
Box   1
Folder   4
1950
Box   1
Folder   5
1951
Box   1
Folder   6
1952
Box   1
Folder   7
1953
Box   1
Folder   8
1954
Box   1
Folder   9
1963
Box   1
Folder   10
Special Convention for merger with Textile Workers Union of America, 1965
Officer's Reports to Convention (Printed)
Box   2
Volume   1
1938
Box   2
Volume   2
1939
Box   2
Volume   3
1940
Box   2
Volume   4
1941
Box   2
Volume   5
1942
Box   2
Volume   6
1943
Box   2
Volume   7
1944
Box   2
Volume   8
1946
Box   2
Volume   9
1947
Box   2
Volume   10
1948
Box   2
Volume   11
1949
Box   2
Volume   12
1950
Box   3
Volume   1
1951
Box   3
Volume   2
1952
Box   3
Volume   3
1953
Box   3
Volume   4
1954
Box   3
Volume   5
1955
Box   3
Volume   6
1957
Box   3
Volume   7
1959
Box   3
Volume   8
1961
Box   3
Volume   9
1963