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AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southeastern Office records
Collection
Identifier: L1985-16
Abstract:
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southeastern Office records, 1974-1984, consists of correspondence and printed materials pertaining to E.T. Kehrer's involvement with community action groups.
Dates:
1974-1984
Found in:
Special Collections
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southeastern Office records
Collection
Identifier: L1986-01
Abstract
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southeastern Office records, 1969-1983, consist of press releases, educational materials, publications, and correspondence. Shortly after the merger in 1955, the AFL-CIO set up a Civil Rights Department, which was designed to investigate various fields of civil rights activity.
Dates:
1969-1983
Found in:
Special Collections
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southern Office records
Collection
Identifier: L1983-26
Abstract:
The records, 1964-1979, of the Southern Office of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department consist primarily of correspondence and related reports, surveys, statements, and newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence is between Director E.T. (Al) Kehrer and various AFL-CIO departments, notably his superiors Don Slaiman (1965-1974) and William Pollard (1974-1979). There is also substantial correspondence between Kehrer and the AFL-CIO state and city labor councils in the South; apprenticeship...
Dates:
1964-1979
Found in:
Special Collections
E. T. Kehrer papers
Collection
Identifier: L1989-22
Abstract:
E.T. (Edward Thomas) "Al" Kehrer (1921-1996) was a labor union official born near Brighton, Michigan. Kehrer served as the Southeastern Regional Director of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) (1953-1964) and Southern Director for the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department (1965-1989). His papers, 1940-1989, include records relating to educational activities (1940-1950); professional activities files (1953-1980) containing correspondence, expense reports, and weekly calendars...
Dates:
1940-1989
Found in:
Special Collections
Southern Labor Archives biography files
Collection
Identifier: L-Biography Files
Abstract:
The Southern Labor Archives Biography Files are an artificial collection of printed material, such as clippings, programs, and flyers amalgamated by the Southern Labor Archives staff to provide information on local, state, and national labor leaders important to the various holdings in the Southern Labor Archives.
Dates:
circa 1970s-1990s
Found in:
Special Collections
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