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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
AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department records
Collection
Identifier: L1989-17
Abstract
The records of the AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department, spanning 1962 to 1988, include correspondence, minutes, reports, writings, financial records, printed materials, clippings, membership cards, photographs, and artifacts that document the activities of the office's director, E.T. "Al" Kehrer, in facilitating the employment of minorities and women in the region.
Dates:
1962-1988
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
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Southeast Regional Office records
Collection
Identifier: L1980-18
Abstract:
The collection consists of the records of the Southeastern Regional Office of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union from 1945-1980. Includes administrative records (1945-1977) containing correspondence to or from Jack Handler, Regional Counsel, Directors E.T. Kehrer, Martin J. Morand and Nick Bonanno; subject files relating to farm workers, the General Electric strike (1960), organizing activities in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and; the 1960 Presidential election; financial...
Dates:
1945-1978
Found in:
Special Collections
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