American Federation of Labor Records, 1888-1955

 
Contents List
Container Title
U.S. Mss 117A/5C
Subseries: File C: General File
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence (personal and official), reports, pamphlets, clippings, and other materials pertaining to economic and social problems of interest to Boris Shishkin as economist for the AFL. Child welfare, education, national defense, wartime price control, and post-war planning and readjustment are some of the leading segments of the file. There are also typewritten manuscripts of articles for the American Federationist.
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by subject.
Box   1
Alaskan International Highway
Box   1
Alien Registration Act of 1940
Box   1
Alien Registration
Box   1
Aliens
Box   1
Allen Economic Letter
Box   1
Allis Chalmers Case, 1937
Box   1
American Economic Association
AFL
Box   1
American Federationist
American Federationist Manuscripts
Box   1
1941-1942
Box   2
1944-1946
Box   2
Consumer War Pledge
Box   2
Convention, 1937-1946
Box   2
Convention clippings
Box   2
Defense Committee
Box   2
Organization of Federal Labor Unions, 1948
Box   3
Releases, 1944-1946
Box   3
American Free World Association
Box   3
American Jewish Committee
Box   3
American Labor Conference on International Affairs
Box   3
American Political Science Association
Box   3
American Society for Public Administration
Box   3
American Society for Russian Relief
Box   3
American Youth Commission
Box   3
American Youth Hostel
Americans for Democratic Action
Box   4
Anti Inflation Proposals
Box   4
First Annual Convention, 1948
Box   4
Domestic Policy
Box   4
Foreign Policy Committee
Box   4
National Conference, 1947
Box   4
National Board Meeting, 1947
Box   5
Political Program
Box   5
Students for Democratic Action
Box   5
Universal Military Training
Box   5
Wallace for President
Box   5
Americans United for World Organization
Box   5
The Annals - American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
Anti-Trust Cases
Box   5
1946-1949
Box   6
1950-1951
Box   6
Atlantic Monthly
Box   6
Austin-Wadsworth (Draft Labor Bill)
Box   6
Bridgeport Herald
Box   6
Bureau of Applied Social Research
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Box   6
Joint Labor Research Advisory Committee, 1947-1948
Box   7
Price Subcommittee
Box   7
Business Outlook
Box   7
Buy American Act - Domestic Origins Act
Box   7
C.A.R.E.
Box   7
Cartels
Box   7
Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems
Box   7
Census Bureau
Box   7
Central Valley
Box   7
Chamber of Commerce
Child Welfare
Box   7
1945-1949
Box   8
1945-1949, continued
Box   8
Child Labor Material, 1943-1949
Box   8
Children's Bureau
Box   8
EMIC Program (Emergency Maternity Infant Care)
Hazardous Occupations
Box   8
Logging
Box   8
Shipbuilding
Box   8
Health - Maternal and child
Box   9
Health - Maternal and child, continued
Box   9
Legislation
Box   9
National Commission on children in wartime
Box   9
National Commission on children & youth
Box   9
State Planning
Box   9
Stateless Children's Sanctuary, Inc.
Box   9
White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1949-1950
Box   10
Child Welfare Information Service, Inc.
Box   10
Church and Labor
Box   10
Citizens Council for Community Planning
Box   10
Citizens Food Committee
Box   10
Citizenship, National Conference, 1948-1949
Box   10
Civilian Production Administration
Box   10
Clandening Award
Box   10
Committee for Economic Development, 1946
Box   11
Community Improvement
Box   11
Construction Committee, Inc.
Box   11
Consumer - General
Box   11
Constitutional Amendment, National Conference on
Box   11
Contracts, April 1942
Box   11
Cooperative Committee
Box   11
Copyrights
Box   11
Cost Accountants, National Association of
Box   11
Cost of Living - Abroad
Box   11
Council for Industrial Cooperation
Box   12
Council of Social Agencies-Social Survey
Box   12
D M Digest
Box   12
Debt Financing
Box   12
Defense, National
Box   12
Defense-Releases
Box   12
Defense Program
Box   12
Dimock, Marshal E. (speeches)
Box   12
Dodd, William E.
Box   12
Douglas, William O.
Box   12
Economic Development, 1941
Education
Box   13
American Labor Education Service
Box   13
Committee for the Extension of Labor Education
Box   13
American Labor Education Service (Guide)
Box   13
General
Box   13
Information for Wage Negotiations
Box   13
Institute of Labor Studies
Box   13
Education Films
Box   13
Elliot, Harriet
Employment
Box   14
Conference on
Box   14
Employment Service, State and Federal
Box   14
Inquiries, 1945-1949
Box   14
Farm Security Administration
Box   14
Federal Civil Works Administration
Box   14
Federal Communications Commission
Box   15
Federal Trade Commission
Food for Freedom
Box   15
General
Box   15
National Consumers Food Conference, 1943
Box   16
Weekly News Service
Box   16
Forest Conservation
Box   16
Fortune Round Table
Box   16
Freedom of the Press
Box   16
G - Miscellaneous
Box   16
Grievance Procedure
Health
Box   16
General, 1940-1947
Box   16
Insurance
Box   16
Psychosomatic Problems
Box   16
Hillman, Sidney
Box   16
Holly Point Project
Box   17
Hours of Work (Forty Hour Week)
Box   17
Incentive Systems
Box   17
Income
Box   17
Independent Offices Appropriation Bill
Box   17
Industrial Feeding
Box   17
Industrial Peace
Box   17
Industrial Relations, 1935-1945
Box   17
Inflation
Box   17
Institute of Pacific Relations
Box   17
Institute of Public Affairs
Box   18
International Labor - General
International
Box   18
British Labor Study
Box   18
European Recovery Program, Committee on Foreign Aid, 1948-1949
Box   18
Virgin Islands
Box   18
International Judicial Association
Box   18
Kilgore Committee
Box   18
Kohler Case
Box   19
“Labors Contribution” (speech by Shishkin)
Box   19
Lane, Dennis
Box   19
Legal Service
OPA
Box   19
Businessmen Committee
Box   19
Consumers Drive
Box   19
Consumer Service
Box   19
Cost Approach to War Procurement
Box   19
Cost of Living Conference
Box   19
Decontrol
Box   19
Enforcement
Box   19
General
Box   19
Labor Advisory Committee
Box   20
Labor Advisory Committee, 1945
Box   20
Labor Office
Box   20
Memos from Labor Office
Box   20
Labor Participation and Representation
Labor Policy Committee
Box   21
Minutes of meetings, 1942-1945
Box   21
Executive Committee
Box   21
Miscellaneous correspondence
Box   21
Membership, procedures
Box   21
Statements
Box   21
Organized Transportation Plans
Box   21
Personnel
Box   22
Price adjustments
Box   22
Profit Report
Box   22
Quarterly Reports
Box   22
Reconversion Pricing
Box   22
Regional and State Offices
Box   22
Regional Labor Representation
Box   22
Rent Department
Box   22
Resolutions and Complaints
Box   22
Speeches and Statements
Box   22
Surplus Property
Box   23
Tri-Partite Panel Letters
Box   23
Contract Distribution Discussion
Box   23
General Bulletins
Box   23
Industry Advisory Committee
Box   23
Labor Division
Box   23
Personnel
Box   23
Production Planning Board
Box   23
Minutes
Box   23
Regulation
Post War Planning
Box   23
Aircraft
Box   23
AFL Committee
Box   23
Post War Forum, 1944
Box   23
Britain
Box   23
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Box   23
Canada
Box   23
Chamber of Commerce Conference
Box   23
Commission to Study Organizing Peace
Box   23
CIO Committee
Box   23
Contract Termination
Box   24
Correspondence , (to 1942)
Box   24
Education
Box   24
Employment, 1944
Box   24
General
Box   24
International
Box   24
Jobs
Box   24
Labor Institute
Box   24
Labor Relations
Box   25
Nation
Box   25
National Planning Association
Box   25
National Resouces Planning Board
Box   25
Price Control, Rollbacks
Box   25
Statements
Box   26
NYU
Box   26
Peace Plans
Box   26
Reconstruction
Box   26
Reconversion
Box   26
Regional
Box   26
Reparations
Box   26
Speaking Engagements
Box   26
Statements
Box   27
Surplus Material
Box   27
War Contracts Termination
Box   27
“We Work for the Future” (talk by William Green)
Box   27
World War I
Price Control
Box   27
Correspondence
Box   27
Enforcement
Box   27
Extension
Box   28
Farm Products
Box   28
Food
Box   28
Food: Scanlon Committee
Box   28
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Box   28
General, 1941-1946 and undated
Box   29
“Hold the Line” order
Box   29
Legislation, 1944-1946
Box   29
Low End Goods
Box   30
Maximum Average Price Order
Box   30
Meat
Box   30
Miscellaneous items
Box   30
Pamphlets and reports
Box   30
Profits
Box   30
Publicity
Box   30
Recalculation
Box   30
Reconversion pricing
Box   30
Regulations
Box   30
Subsidies
Box   30
Textiles
Box   30
Tie-in-sales
Box   30
Price Control and Rationing, Exec. Council Report, 1942-1943