Joe Jacobs papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Joe Jacobs papers
Dates: 1915-1991
Predominant Dates: (bulk 1933-1991)
Creator: Jacobs, Joe, 1907-1995
Creator: Hill, Joe,1879-1915 , Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America , Amalgamated Transit Union , Chicago Teachers Union , Jacobs, Burns, Sugarman & Orlove (Law firm : Chicago, Ill.) , United Food and Commercial Workers International Union , United Steelworkers of America , Upholsterers' International Union of North America
Size: 12.25 linear ft. (23 boxes)
Language: Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Scope and Content

Biographical materials, correspondence, research files, legal documents, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks (2 volumes; newsclippings 1938), and other papers of Joe Jacobs, a Chicago labor lawyer. Most of the collection relates to Jacobs' work with labor unions, including the Chicago Teachers Union, Upholsterers' International Union, United Steelworkers of America, Amalgamated Transit Union, and Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Also present are correspondence, articles, etc. relating to his work with the Illinois Labor Historical Society and materials documenting his Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson II memorabilia collections. The papers also include medical, financial, and other records regarding his daughter Helene Jacobs (box 2) which are closed until 2034.

Conditions for Access

Box 2 is closed until 2034.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Acquisition Information

Jacobs, Stephen M.2001.0109 Gift.

Custodial History

Gift of Stephen M. Jacobs (2001.0109).

Related Material

Chicago History Museum, Research Center, also has papers of Albert Gore, a law partner of Jacobs and the Chicago Teachers Union records.

Descriptive inventory available online.

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