7 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.).

  1. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters records, 1920-1968

    41,000 items. 144 containers. 70 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Part I consists of general correspondence, subject files, and personal papers of the brotherhood's founder, A. Philip Randolph, documenting the growth and functions of the union chiefly after 1940. Part II consists of correspondence and subject files of brotherhood officials Benjamin F. McLaurin (international field organizer), A. Philip Randolph (founder and president), and Ashley L. Totten (secretary-treasurer), and other subject files, financial records, and miscellaneous records.

  2. Woody Guthrie manuscript collection, 1935-1950

    3 boxes. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    The Woody Guthrie manuscript collection includes unpublished correspondence, most are letters from Guthrie to Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, dated 1940-1942; plus drawings; essays; song lyrics; and a songbook, "Songs of Woody Guthrie."

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  3. Lewis Graham Hines papers, 1916-1959

    13,800 items. 30 containers plus 15 oversize. 13.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Labor leader and public official. Correspondence, speeches and writings, subject files, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Hines's activities in organized labor, especially with the American Federation of Labor, and as an official in state offices in Pennsylvania and with the federal government.

  4. National Committee on Atomic Information records, 1945-1948

    29,500 items. 97 containers plus 1 oversize. 39.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Clearinghouse for information on the atomic age. Correspondence with scientists and organizations, reports, memoranda, speeches, articles, financial records, clippings, and printed material reflecting the committee's attempts to promote understanding of the implications of atomic energy in a nontechnical form through the presentation of a popular program in the press, on the radio, and with a speaker's bureau.

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  5. Leo Goodman papers, 1913-1982

    86,000 items. 246 containers plus 5 oversize and 1 classified. 124 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Labor union activist. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, membership files, speeches and writings, subject files, appointment calendars, and other papers documenting Leo Goodman's career as a labor activist and lobbyist concerned with adequate and affordable housing and safety for workers in atomic energy, particularly as director, CIO National Housing Committee, and as secretary, AFL-CIO Atomic Energy Technical Committee.

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  6. Genevieve Fallon Steefel papers, 1944-1950

    1,000 items. 3 containers. 1 linear foot. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Civic leader. Political bulletins, flyers, speeches, announcements, and print and near-print material relating to political campaigns of the Progressive Party and letters and other papers collected by Steefel during her service as a member and leader of various progressive organizations, including the presidential campaign of Henry A. Wallace in 1948.

  7. Jack Kroll papers, 1919-1969

    3,600 items. 19 containers plus 1 oversize. 7.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Labor leader. Correspondence, speeches, articles, subject files, clippings, and miscellaneous material documenting Kroll's activities as director of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) Political Action Committee and as co-director of the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education.