Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Jacob Samuel Potofsky, 1964.
Creator: | Potofsky, Jacob S. 1894-1979 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 833 pages Sound recording 3 reels | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteUnion official
Scope and ContentsFamily background and education in Russia; emigration to United States, Chicago; first job in Hart, Schaffner and Marx; 1910 Chicago clothing worker strike; United Garment Workers; Sidney Hillman; arbitration agreements; formation of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; industrial unionism; union banking; experiments with unemployment insurance; cooperative housing; the Depression; the New Deal
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975
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