Records of the Congress of Industrial Organizations
The CIO Records Collection originated from the main office of the national CIO located in Washington, DC. The records span from 1934-1958, but the vast majority encompass 1936-1955, the CIO's years as an independent labor federation. Throughout the CIO Records Collection researchers will find c...
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The CIO Records Collection originated from the main office of the national CIO located in Washington, DC. The records span from 1934-1958, but the vast majority encompass 1936-1955, the CIO's years as an independent labor federation. Throughout the CIO Records Collection researchers will find central office work completed by the entire CIO office staff, included most prominently are John Brophy, Katherine Pollick Ellickson, Len DeCaux, Walter Smethhurst, Anthony Smith, Allen Haywood, and Ralph Hetzel. Although much of the correspondence that the CIO office staff is responding to was mailed to CIO Presidents' John Lewis (1935-1940) and Phil Murray (1940-1952), only rarely do the records document work done by them. The records appear to be from a central office filing location which many people in the office had access to, filed into, and probably referred to while conducting routine office business. As a whole, the CIO Records Collection documents the creation of the CIO's central bureaucracy and all its component structures. |
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| Physical Description: | 59 linear feet; 116 boxes, 1 oversized box |
| Access: | Restrictions on AccessThere are no access restrictions. |