Box 107
Container
Contains 33 Results:
[CIO stickers], undated
File — Box: 107, Folder: 20
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
undated
[Organizing - United Mine Workers of America], 1941-1942, 1954, undated
File — Box: 107, Folder: 21
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
1941-1942, 1954, undated
High Point, North Carolina - World War II ad and correspondence between Mrs. Annie Ross and politicians, 1943, undated
File — Box: 107, Folder: 22
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
1943, undated
[News article - Taft-Hartley], 1952
File — Box: 107, Folder: 23
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
1952
[Copies of telegrams to John Clark, President, International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers], 1952, undated
File — Box: 107, Folder: 24
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
1952, undated
[Correspondence re: Mine-Mill telegram], 1953
File — Box: 107, Folder: 25
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
1953
[Labor Board Election results], January 1, 1952-February 6, 1953
File — Box: 107, Folder: 26
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
January 1, 1952-February 6, 1953
[Statement of M. H. Ross re: red-baiting and news article], 1953
File — Box: 107, Folder: 27
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
1953
[International travel and transfer card and letter, International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers], 1941
File — Box: 107, Folder: 28
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
1941
[Speech notes by M. H. Ross], undated
File — Box: 107, Folder: 29
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
undated
Birmingham, Alabama: CIO, Southern Conference on Human Welfare, red-baiting: leaflets and newsclippings, 1937
File — Box: 107, Folder: 30
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
1937
[News articles - labor, Georgia elections], 1946, undated
File — Box: 107, Folder: 31
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
1946, undated
[Section of The Southerner - Dalton, Georgia], July 1955
File — Box: 107, Folder: 32
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
July 1955
[CIO article, Dublin Courier-Herald - Dublin, Georgia], August 15, 1946
File — Box: 107, Folder: 33
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
During the 1940s, Mike H. Ross worked with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers and then as an International Representative for the United Furniture Workers of America - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and part of the CIO's "Operation Dixie". Operation Dixie was a movement during the 1940s by the CIO to organize southern labor into unions. The South was not labor-friendly during this time, especially to organizations or people who wanted to do away with Jim...
Dates:
August 15, 1946
"Proud Days - Henry Wallace's Campaign for the Presidency" by Pat Sullivan, undated
File — Box: 107, Folder: 1
Identifier: I
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
By 1948, many working Americans had become dissatisfied with American ideas of economics and politics. They decided that they deserved better pay and wanted equality between the races (no more Jim Crow), more peaceful relations with the Soviet Union, and better living conditions all around. These people joined together to form a third party in the 1948 elections, the Progressive Party. Henry A. Wallace ran for president on this ticket, and Mike H. Ross ran for United States Congress in North...
Dates:
undated
[Committee for North Carolina - Southern Conference for Human Welfare], 1940s
File — Box: 107, Folder: 2
Identifier: I
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
By 1948, many working Americans had become dissatisfied with American ideas of economics and politics. They decided that they deserved better pay and wanted equality between the races (no more Jim Crow), more peaceful relations with the Soviet Union, and better living conditions all around. These people joined together to form a third party in the 1948 elections, the Progressive Party. Henry A. Wallace ran for president on this ticket, and Mike H. Ross ran for United States Congress in North...
Dates:
1940s
[North Carolina - Progressive Party], 1940s
File — Box: 107, Folder: 3
Identifier: I
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
By 1948, many working Americans had become dissatisfied with American ideas of economics and politics. They decided that they deserved better pay and wanted equality between the races (no more Jim Crow), more peaceful relations with the Soviet Union, and better living conditions all around. These people joined together to form a third party in the 1948 elections, the Progressive Party. Henry A. Wallace ran for president on this ticket, and Mike H. Ross ran for United States Congress in North...
Dates:
1940s
[Correspondence - Clyde R. Hoey (North Carolina Senator) to M. H. Ross], 1948
File — Box: 107, Folder: 4
Identifier: I
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
By 1948, many working Americans had become dissatisfied with American ideas of economics and politics. They decided that they deserved better pay and wanted equality between the races (no more Jim Crow), more peaceful relations with the Soviet Union, and better living conditions all around. These people joined together to form a third party in the 1948 elections, the Progressive Party. Henry A. Wallace ran for president on this ticket, and Mike H. Ross ran for United States Congress in North...
Dates:
1948
[Photo of M. H. Ross in paper re: 1948 elections], circa 1948
File — Box: 107, Folder: 5
Identifier: I
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
By 1948, many working Americans had become dissatisfied with American ideas of economics and politics. They decided that they deserved better pay and wanted equality between the races (no more Jim Crow), more peaceful relations with the Soviet Union, and better living conditions all around. These people joined together to form a third party in the 1948 elections, the Progressive Party. Henry A. Wallace ran for president on this ticket, and Mike H. Ross ran for United States Congress in North...
Dates:
circa 1948
[M. H. Ross campaign cards], circa 1948
File — Box: 107, Folder: 6
Identifier: I
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
By 1948, many working Americans had become dissatisfied with American ideas of economics and politics. They decided that they deserved better pay and wanted equality between the races (no more Jim Crow), more peaceful relations with the Soviet Union, and better living conditions all around. These people joined together to form a third party in the 1948 elections, the Progressive Party. Henry A. Wallace ran for president on this ticket, and Mike H. Ross ran for United States Congress in North...
Dates:
circa 1948