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Archives at Cornell

Boycotts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

ACT UP Ithaca records

 Collection
Identifier: 7561
Abstract

Records include subject files on women and AIDS, communities of color, health/community organizations, HIV exclusion (INS immigration policy), treatment data, Queer issues, Rep. James Seward, Senator Jesse Helms; files on various ACT UP actions, the national Marlboro-Miller boycott called in 1990, Board of Education's policy, and presidential candidate's positions on AIDS (1992); Also, member Ned Brinkley's files on local and national ACT UP events and news.

Dates: 1989-1993.

ACTWU J. P. Stevens Organizing Campaign Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5619/049
Abstract

This collection consists of materials given to labor organizers by the ACTWU during its campaign to unionize J.P. Stevens owned mills in the Sounthern United States. The records include histories of the union, the J.P. Stevens Company, legal decisions, training modules, a history of organizing in the South, and information about byssinosis also known as 'Brown Lung.'

Dates: 1966 - 1978

Archives Organization File Additional records

 Collection
Identifier: 5956
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of various pamphlets relating to labor and work.

Dates: 0000-2999

ATHM Textile Industry Film

 Collection
Identifier: 6524/009 F
Scope and Contents Although this volume contains listings labeled cotton manufacturing accounts, woolen manufacturing accounts, gristmill, and store, as well as Northboro Manufacturing Co., it is thought to be a journal of that company. The entries show evidence of the barter system in practice at this time, listing sums due for dressing cloth, carding, weaving, repairing a spinning jenny, etc. The names of workers or customers are listed for each entry. Goods sold include corn, barley, straw, gin, candles,...
Dates: undated

Black Caucus of Ithaca records

 Collection
Identifier: 6572
Abstract

The Black Caucus of Ithaca records include materials concerning the civic organizations' work.

Dates: 1979-1981.

United Steelworkers of America, Local 2601 Minute Books and Roster Book on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5009 mf
Abstract

Include discussions on wages and benefits, workers' education, job safety, union solidarity, the AFL-CIO merger, the purge of communist members, and various strikes.

Dates: 1942-1961

Utica Trades Assembly Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5278
Abstract

The records include Utica Trades Assembly minutes and other administrative records, financial records and correspondence.

Dates: 1880-1932