Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Midwest visual materials

Descriptive Summary

Title: Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Midwest visual materials
Dates: 1914-1975,
Predominant Dates: bulk 1968-1975
Identifier: 1991.0356, 1975.0053
Creator: Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Chicago and Central States Joint Board
Size: 5.8 linear feet, including approximately 300 images (4 boxes, 1 folder).
Size: 0.3 linear feet (1 box)
1975.0053 accession
Language: Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Conditions for Access

Advance appointment required to view color material in cold storage or negatives in cool storage; please email research@chicagohistory.org.

Conditions Governing Use

Credit photographer(s).

Preferred Citation

Please cite collection as Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Midwest visual materials (Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.

Acquisition Information

Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, 1975.0053 Unknown. Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Chicago and Central States Joint Board, 1991.0356 Gift.

Custodial History

Gift of Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Chicago and Central States Joint Board, 1991 (1991.0356).

Processing Information

Prolevel1975.532020Hannah ZuberFinal (no further processing planned)

Collections Department Storage1975.532016/08/18Brienne Callahan, volunteer; Dana LamparelloPre-processing skeletal catalog record.Adding as an accrual to Bib 4107, but changing title, so anything with title (i.e. related, etc.) needs to be updated; these fields reflect the changes. No known documentation for the these images, believed to be part of the 1975 accession.

Scope and Content

Black-and-white photographic prints, contact sheets (one color), and negatives depicting the activities of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, including union actions, meetings, and union members. Also includes several views of union members at demonstrations and political rallies. There is also an album of group portraits taken at annual conventions held in Chicago and New York between 1920 and 1940. Also includes material depicting people and events in national labor history, including an etching of Lucy Parsons and prints from the Ludlow Massacre/1913-1914 Colorado Coal Strike.

Related Material

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union records; the Chicago Union Label and Service Trades Council records; and the Chicago Union Label and Service Trades Council photograph collection (1989.0802).

Preliminary container list available.

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