The Philip Murray Papers
The Philip Murray Papers are comprised of materials created between the formation of the Committee for Industrial Organizations in 1935 and Philip Murray's death in late 1952. The collection does not include any materials related to his positions in the United Mine Workers of America. Likewise,...
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The Philip Murray Papers are comprised of materials created between the formation of the Committee for Industrial Organizations in 1935 and Philip Murray's death in late 1952. The collection does not include any materials related to his positions in the United Mine Workers of America. Likewise, the original records from Murray's position as the chair of the Steelworkers Organizing Committee from 1936-1942 are also absent from the collection. His role as both the president of the renamed Congress of Industrial Organizations and the United Steelworkers of America are documented in the collection. The collection is primarily correspondence, but also includes a large run of scrapbooks and clippings, speeches, convention materials (such as proceedings), press releases, pamphlets, and photos. The original manuscript materials date from 1942 to 1952. The scrapbooks cover a larger portion of time, 1936-1952. The collection also includes a large amount of terse routine intra office communications sent by Murray directing staff to address a particular concern or issue or to respond to a specific letter. Historians have been disappointed with the dearth of materials relating to some important CIO subjects, such as the purging of communist influenced unions in 1949-1950. But the day-to-day functioning of Philip Murray's offices, particularly as it relates to his position as President of the USWA, is evident in the collection. Researchers will find materials related to important research topics. For example, the USWA southern districts (Districts #35 and #36), the Noel Beddow correspondence, and the Organizing (South) files all shed light on organizing workers in the south. The increased role of the federal government in labor relations during World War II, for instance, is documented in the National War Labor Board files. Other important topics, such as organizing, collective bargaining, and political action, are documented throughout the Murray Papers. |
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| Physical Description: | 123 linear feet; 184 boxes; 1 oversized box; 99 scrapbooks |
| Access: | Restrictions on AccessThere are no access restrictions. |