Abraham Feinglass papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Abraham Feinglass papers
- Dates
- 1937-1981
- Creator
- Feinglass, Abraham,1910-1981
- Creator
- Feinglass, Bessie Chalfen
- Creator
- Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America -- Fur and Leather Dept., International Fur and Leather Workers Union of the United States and Canada, International Fur Workers Union of the United States and Canada, United States.Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Size
- 16.75 linear ft. (35 boxes)
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
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Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Custodial History
Gift of Bessie Feinglass (M1982.0060) and of the Joint Board of Fur, Luggage & Industrial Workers (M1985.0007).
Scope and Content
Correspondence, speeches, articles, memoranda, reports, reference materials, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation file spanning four decades on Feinglass's alleged left-wing activities, and bound vols. of periodicals Fur Worker and Fur and Leather Worker, issued by International Fur Workers Union of the United States and Canada and its successor International Fur and Leather Workers Union of the United States and Canada. Topics include human rights, civil rights, disarmament, trade unionism Israel & Histradut, Latin America, communism, world peace, the organized labor movement in the U.S. and Israel, and Chicago Commission of Inquiry Into the Status of Human Rights in Chile. Includes a few personal papers of his wife, Bessie Chalfen Feinglass, who was also involved in the advocacy of civil rights and world peace.
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Indexed Terms
- Feinglass, Abraham -- 1910-1981
- Feinglass, Bessie Chalfen
- Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America -- Fur and Leather Dept.
- Chicago Commission of Inquiry Into the Status of Human Rights in Chile
- International Fur and Leather Workers Union of the United States and Canada
- Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century
- Israel Economic conditions 20th century
- Communism -- United States -- 20th century
- Criminal investigation -- United States -- 20th century
- Disarmament -- United States -- 20th century
- Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Fur workers -- Labor unions -- North America -- 20th century
- Human rights -- Chile
- Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Jews, Russian -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Leather industry and trade -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Leather workers -- Labor unions -- North America -- 20th century
- Labor leaders -- United States -- 20th century
- Labor unions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Labor movement -- Israel -- 20th century
- Peace movements -- United States -- 20th century
- Political activists -- United States -- 20th century
- Women political activists -- United States -- 20th century
- Correspondence
- Newspaper clippings
- Periodicals
- Reports
- Speeches
Citation/Reference
NUCMC MS 92-798731.
Added Entry–Uniform Title
Fur and Leather Worker (Periodical)
Added Entry–Uniform Title
Fur Worker (Periodical)