Abraham Feinglass Collection of Visual Materials |
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Container List for the Collection
at the Chicago Historical Society |
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By
Diane Ryan, 1987 |
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© Copyright 2004, Chicago Historical Society,
Clark Street at North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614 |
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Title: |
Abraham Feinglass collection of visual materials |
Inclusive
dates: |
[1930-1980, bulk 1940-1980] |
Creator: |
Feinglass, Abraham, 1910-1981 |
Accession
no.: |
1985.0471 |
Extent: |
Call #:
1985.0471 PPL 685 photographic prints : b&w ; 31
x 51 cm. (12 x 20 in.) or smaller. 1 album (298 photographic prints) ;
60 x 48 cm. (23 1/2 x 19 in.) 2 photomechanical prints : b&w ;
24 x 15 cm. (9 1/2 x 6 in.) or smaller. 1 drawing : b&w ; 30 x 21 cm. (12
x 8 in.) Call #:
1985.0471 PCP0005 16 photographic prints : col. ; 11 x
14 in. smaller. Call #:
1985.0471 PPN0075-0076 47 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. or
smaller. Call #: 1985.0471 PNG 1 folder of non-graphic material. |
Restriction: |
Credit photographers. Advance appointment required to view color material
in cold storage. |
Summary: |
Primarily depicts union meetings, conferences, conventions, in Chicago
and other cities; and leaders of the International Fur and Leather Workers Union
(I.F.L.W.U.) and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North
America while Feinglass served as I.F.L.W.U. president (1954-1955) and
international vice-president of Fur & Leather Dept. of Amalgamated Meat
Cutters (1956-1980). Includes a few photographs of demonstrations by factions
of these groups; relations with labor groups in Greece, Israel, France and
Canada; selected political leaders; and informal photographs and one
caricature of Chicago area residents, Feinglass and his wife, Bessie. |
Provenance: |
Gift of Bessie Feinglass, 1982 (1985.0471). |
Related
collections: |
A related collection is the Abraham Feinglass papers in the Archives
& Manuscripts Collection, Chicago Historical Society. |
Digital
resource: |
http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/finding_aids/1985/ph1985-471
Feinglass.htm Finding aid available online |
Online
catalog headings: |
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Container list: |
Box 1 1930-1949 Box 2 1950-1959 Box 3 1958-1969 Box 4 1962-1981 Box 5 Other topics, 1930-1981 Box 6 Rolled photographs Box 7 Album Box X Photoprints--Color Negatives--B&w |
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