American Federation of Labor Records, 1888-1955

 
Contents List
Container Title
U.S. Mss 117A/11B
Subseries: File B: William Green Papers, 1915-1945
Scope and Content Note

The correspondence in File B is arranged alphabetically according to subject. Except for the material under the two headings, “Green Personal,” and “World War II Policy,” this series contains correspondence for the years from 1924 to 1939. The few Folders of Green's personal papers range in date from 1915 to 1928. They deal with his personal associations with the United Mine Workers prior to 1925, and organization of the union's publication. Also included are letters between Green and his political associates, correspondence with Samuel Gompers in the period immediately prior to Gompers' death, copies of Green's reports as Secretary-Treasurer of the United Mine Workers, and some Auditor's Reports.

The World War II Policy files relate entirely to the period from 1941 to 1945.

Box   1
Alaska
Box   1
American Legion
Box   1
American Red Cross
Appointments
Box   1
Miscellaneous
Box   1
Presidential
Box   2
Arbitration, Compulsory
Box   2
Ballot, Presidential
Box   2
Banking, Credit, and Currency
Box   2
Barbers' Licenses, Legislation
Box   2
Bonus, Soldiers
Box   2
Boulder Dam
Box   2
Child Health
Box   2
Child Labor
Box   2
Cost of Living
Box   2
Cuba
Box   2
Disarmament
Box   2
Economy Legislation
Box   2
Equal Rights
Box   2
Espionage, Industrial
Box   3
Federal Employee
Box   3
Foreign Debt
Box   3
Foreign Service
Box   3
Green, Personal
Box   4
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Box   4
Injunctions
Box   4
Insurance
Box   4
Kansas Industrial Court
Box   4
Labor, Miscellaneous
Box   4
Latin American Countries
Box   4
Layoffs, Treasury Printers
Legislation
Box   4
Anti-Trust
Box   4
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Box   4
Miscellaneous
Box   4
Legislative Committee
Box   5
Meat Packers, Court Decree
Box   5
Mexico
Box   5
Musicians
Box   5
Muscle Shoals
Box   5
Mussolini
Box   5
Narcotics
Box   5
National Civic Federation
Box   5
National Economic Council
Box   5
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Box   5
Oleomargerine
Box   5
Open Shop
Box   5
Pan American Federation of Labor
Box   5
Papermakers Union
Box   5
Parks
Box   5
Patents
Box   5
Pensions
Box   5
People's Legislative Service
Box   5
Postal Workers
Box   5
Public Works
Box   6
Rackets
Box   6
Reclamation
Box   6
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Box   6
Recovery, Economic Proposals
Box   6
Relief, Emergency Credit
Box   6
Retirement
Box   6
Revenue Bills, U.S.
Box   6
Seamen, Alien
Box   6
Share-The-Work Movement
Box   6
Ship Building
Box   6
Silver, Monetary
Box   7
Slavery, 1926-1929
Box   7
Slavery, International Conference
Box   7
Strikes, 1925-1931
Box   7
Subsidy, Ships
Box   7
Taxation
Box   7
Unemployment Legislation, Relief
Box   8
Vocational Education
Wages and Hours
Box   8
General
Box   8
Eight Hour Day
Box   8
Twelve Hour Day
Box   9
Workmen's Compensation
World War II Policy
Box   9
Pledges of support for defense effort by affiliated unions
Box   9
Requests by affiliated unions for conference on defense cooperation
Box   9
Priorities
Box   9
Japanese War on China
Box   9
European War, Aid to Britain
Box   9
National War Labor Board
Box   9
Special Executive Council Meeting
Scope and Content Note: Report on Labor's Policy to President Roosevelt, to individual members of Congress, and to labor organizations. Replies from labor leaders and members of Congress. Two letters from President Roosevelt, 1941, December 13 and December 24.
Box   10
No Strike Policy
Box   10
Conference of International Unions, December 16, 1941
Note: Includes letters from Frances Perkins, December 13 and December 24, 1941.
Box   10
War Production Crisis; Joint Statement of A.F.L. and C.I.O.
Box   10
Labor's Victory Board, combined labor board of A.F.L. and C.I.O.
Note: Includes letters from Roosevelt, 1942, January 22 and January 27.
Box   10
Green's Labor Day Speech, 1943
Box   10
Production cut-back, 1945
Box   10
Yellow Dog Contracts