Register of the David Brombart papers, 1917-2009
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Register of the David Brombart papers,1917-2009
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Dale Reed
- Date Completed:
- 2009, revised 2011
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- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun, revisions and container list by Elizabeth Konzak.
© 2010, 2011 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: David Brombart papers
Dates: 1917-2009
Collection Number: 2009C36
Creator: Brombart, David, 1933-
Collection Size:
23 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes
(12.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, conference materials, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to the African-American
Labor Center, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations participation in the international labor movement.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Administrative Information
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[Identification of item], David Brombart papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2009.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Biographical/Historical Note
| 1933 |
Born, St. Gilles-les-Bruxelles, Belgium |
| 1954-1958 |
Youth secretary, Parti Socialiste Belge |
| 1958-1964 |
Labor secretary, World Assembly of Youth, Paris and Brussels |
| 1964-1979 |
Assistant to the executive director, AFL-CIO African-American Labor Center, New York |
| 1975-1977 |
Member, United States delegation to the International Labour Organisation |
| 1979-1983 |
AFL-CIO deputy director for international cooperation, London |
| 1983-1986 |
Senior staff member, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Brussels |
| 1986-1997 |
Deputy and acting executive director, AFL-CIO African-American Labor Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 1997-2005 |
Senior fellow, Institute of International Studies, Washington, D.C. |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of the Belgian-American labor official David Brombart primarily concern the involvement of the American Federation
of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) in the international labor movement, its opposition to the Communist-affiliated
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), and its cooperation with United States government agencies in fostering democratic
trade unionism in Africa and elsewhere. Before joining the AFL-CIO, Brombart worked in the World Assembly of Youth (WAY),
an international organization established in opposition to Communist front youth organizations, and funded in part by the
United States Central Intelligence Agency. From its establishment in 1964 until his retirement in 1997, he was actively involved
in the AFL-CIO's African-American Labor Center (AALC). He also represented the American labor movement in the International
Labour Organisation (ILO) and in the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).
The collection is arranged in twelve series. The first three,
Personal Documents, Correspondence, and Speeches and Writings, consist of papers of David Brombart spanning the course of his career. The next five series document his work in specific
capacities. They include the
World Assembly of Youth File, International Labour Organization File, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions File,
AFL-CIO File,
and
African-American Labor Center File. The
AFL-CIO File covers activities of branches of that organization other than the African-American Labor Center. A
Subject File is arranged topically and includes some material that might have been placed elsewhere (especially in the
African-American Labor Center File), but that is narrowly focused on specific subjects. The
Subject File also contains material on Islamic countries and other topics with which Brombart was concerned during later years as a fellow
at the Institute of International Studies. The final three series,
Audiovisual File, Memorabilia, and
Oversize File consist of material that is distinctive because of physical format. The Audiovisual File includes a large number of photographs
documenting activities of the organizations in which Brombart was involved.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
African-American Labor Center.
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
AFL-CIO.
Labor movement.
Labor movement--Africa.
Labor movement--United States.
Collection Contents
Box/Folder: 1
Personal Documents,
1962-2009.
Scope and Content Note
Personal identification cards, passports, certificates, invitations, clippings, and miscellany,
Box/Folder: 1 : 1
Passports and identification cards,
1970-1991
Box/Folder: 1 : 2
Certificates, invitations, clippings, and miscellany,
1962-2009
Box: 1--2
Correspondence,
1939-2008.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent
Box/Folder: 1 : 7
Beichman, Arnold,
1973-1995
Box/Folder: 1 : 15
Humphrey, Hubert H.,
1968
Box/Folder: 1 : 19
Lovestone, Jay,
1967-1983
Box/Folder: 1 : 24
Senser, Robert A.,
2001-2002
Box/Folder: 2 : 2
Tévoédjrè, Albert,
1973-1977
Box/Folder: 2 : 3
Weiner, Herbert,
1981-1983
Box: 2--3
Speeches and Writings,
1966-1997.
Scope and Content Note
Speeches and writings by David Brombart, arranged chronologically
Box/Folder: 2 : 4
Speech re Africa, typescript notes,
1966
Box/Folder: 2 : 5
Hypocrisy of Soviet 'Aid' to Developing Countries,
AFL-CIO Free Trade Union News,
1970 December.
Scope and Content Note
Printed copy, and printed French and Italian translations
Box/Folder: 2 : 6
Brown Cites Principles of International Labor Solidarity,
AALC Reporter, printed copy,
1971 July
Box/Folder: 2 : 7
Intercontinental Trade Unionism and U.S. Labor, typescript,
1973 February 23
Box/Folder: 2 : 8
Report on the I.L.O., African-American Labor Center annual staff meeting presentation, typescript,
1977 April
Box/Folder: 2 : 9
Speech, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions forum, Nouakchott, Mauritania, Typescript (in French),
1978 March
Box/Folder: 2 : 10
Speech, Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Mali congress, Typescript (in French),
1978 July 17
Box/Folder: 2 : 11
International Trade Union Gatherings, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions draft document, Typescript,
1987
Box/Folder: 2 : 12
Arafat Meets the Social Democrats, Interco Press column,
1988 November.
Scope and Content Note
Printed Spanish translation only
Box/Folder: 2 : 13
Toward Reconciliation in South Africa, Interco Press column,
1989 May.
Scope and Content Note
Printed Spanish translation only
Box/Folder: 2 : 14
Speech, Union Marocaine du Travail congress, Casablanca, Morocco, Typescripts (in English and French),
1989 December
Box/Folder: 2 : 15
African Marxism and the Example of Benin,
AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs Bulletin, Printed copy,
1990
Box/Folder: 2 : 16
Introduction to
AFL-CIO Program of Action in South Africa 1990 (pamphlet), Printed copy,
1990
Box/Folder: 2 : 17
No Peace Dividend for the International Free Trade Union Movement, Working materials, drafts, and processed copy,
1990
Box/Folder: 2 : 18
Gorbatchev's Network of Interlocking Fronts Moving West, Conference on Soviet-Controlled Front Organizations in Crisis presentation,
Rosslyn, Virginia,
1990 June 14.
Scope and Content Note
Draft, processed copy, and conference correspondence and agenda
Box/Folder: 2 : 19
England's Most Notorious Pro-Communist Labor Leader, Interco Press column,
1990 November.
Scope and Content Note
Printed Spanish and Portuguese translations only
Box/Folder: 2 : 20
Somalia's Torn History, Processed,
1991
Box/Folder: 2 : 21
Zambia: Democracy and the Future of Africa, Interco Press column, Processed,
1991
Box/Folder: 2 : 22
International Labor Condemns Iraq, Interco Press column,
1991 January.
Scope and Content Note
Printed Spanish, Hindi and Bengali translations only
Box/Folder: 2 : 23
The Angolan Spring,
AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs Bulletin, Printed copy,
1991 February.
Box/Folder: 2 : 24
Liberia: Another African Tragedy, Interco Press column,
1991 July. Printed Spanish translation only
Box/Folder: 2 : 25
Speech, Hassan Fathy Institute conference, Bal Harbour, Florida, Processed,
1992 February 21.
Box/Folder: 2 : 26
Review of Joel Kotek,
Students and the Cold War, Processed draft and correspondence,
1997 February 13.
Box/Folder: 2 : 27
Africa and Labour, Typescript (incomplete),
undated.
Box/Folder: 2 : 28
African Trade Unionism in Question, Typescript,
undated.
Box/Folder: 2 : 29
Speeches, Typescripts (in English and French),
undated.
Box: 2
World Assembly of Youth File,
1960-2009.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and printed matter by and about the World Assembly of Youth
Box/Folder: 2 : 30
Operational correspondence,
1960-1964.
Scope and Content Note
Mainly with Frank Ferrari
Box/Folder: 2 : 31
World Assembly of Youth issuances,
1962-1999.
Scope and Content Note
Includes
New Trends and Development of Trade Unionism, 1963 (pamphlet);
WAY Forum, 1969 (special 20th anniversary serial issue); and David Wirmark,
The World Assembly of Youth (WAY) in the 50s and the 60s, 1999 (pamphlet)
Box: 2
Retrospective correspondence. Mainly with David Wirmark relating to a history-writing project on the World Assembly of Youth
Box/Folder: 3 : 1
Printed matter,
1964-2009.
Scope and Content Note
Bulletins, printed articles, and Internet printout, relating mainly to revelations of U.S. Central Intelligence Agency funding
of the World Assembly of Youth. Includes David Maunders, "Controlling Youth for Democracy: The United States Youth Council
and the World Assembly of Youth,
Box: 3
International Labour Organization File,
1975-1980.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, personal documents, printed matter, and photographs (in scrapbooks) by and about the International Labour
Organisation
Box/Folder: 3 : 2
General,
1975-1980.
Scope and Content Note
Letters, statement, and memoranda, press releases, and printed matter, relating to the withdrawal of the United States from
the International Labour Organisation in 1977 and its return in 1980. Includes printed proceedings of several ILO sessions,
Box/Folder: 3 : 3--4
Scrapbooks,
1975-1977.
Scope and Content Note
Letters, personal documents, printed matter, and photographs, documenting David Brombart's service as a member of the American
delegation to the ILO
Box: 3--4
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions File,
1949-1999.
Scope and Content Note
Internal and public documents of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Box/Folder: 3 : 5
General,
1980-1999.
Scope and Content Note
Memoranda, bulletins, correspondence, lists, and other internal documents emanating from the International Confederation of
Free Trade Unions
Box/Folder: 3 : 6
May Day Manifesto,
1984
Scope and Content Note
Draft manifesto by David Brombart for the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, working materials, and printed
copies (in English, French and Flemish)
Box/Folder: 4 : 1--2
International Trade Union News (publication of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions)
1983-1984
Box/Folder: 4 : 3
Miscellaneous International Confederation of Free Trade Unions publications,
1949-1988.
Scope and Content Note
Bulletins and pamphlets, including report of the preparatory founding conference, 1949; and constitution, 1983
Box: 4--5
AFL-CIO File,
1959-2000.
Scope and Content Note
Internal and public documents of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and of its various
international institutes other than the African-American Labor Center
Box/Folder: 4 : 4
General,
1965-1996.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, planning documents, financial data, and other internal documents emanating from
the AFL-CIO, and relating especially to its various international institutes and to their proposed consolidation
Box/Folder: 4 : 5
Convention (21st : 1995 : New York). Printed matter from the convention
Box/Folder: 4 : 6
American Institute for Free Labor Development,
1987-1996.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, memoranda, and reports emanating from the American Institute for Free Labor Development
Box/Folder: 4 : 7
Asian-American Free Labor Institute,
1987-1996.
Scope and Content Note
Memoranda and reports emanating from the Asian-American Free Labor Institute
Box/Folder: 4 : 8
Committee on Defense,
1987
Scope and Content Note
Report on the Strategic Defense Initiative to the AFL-CIO Executive Council by the AFL-CIO Committee on Defense
Box/Folder: 4 : 9
Department of International Affairs,
1990
Scope and Content Note
"Across Frontiers: Spreading the Message of Free Trade Unionism: A Report on President Lane Kirkland's Visit to Poland and
the USSR and an AFL-CIO Delegation to the Second Miners Congress in the USSR" (report by the AFL-CIO Department of International
Affairs)
Box/Folder: 4 : 10
Free Trade Union Institute,
1992-1994.
Scope and Content Note
Report, memorandum, and brochure emanating from the Free Trade Union Institute
Box/Folder: 5 : 1
International Affairs Committee,
1994-1995.
Scope and Content Note
Consolidated reports of the various AFL-CIO international institutes to the AFL-CIO International Affairs Committee
Box/Folder: 5 : 2
Solidarity Center (American Center for International Labor Solidarity),
1999-2000.
Scope and Content Note
Report, brochure and personnel list emanating from the Solidarity Center
Box/Folder: 5 : 3
Miscellaneous AFL-CIO publications,
1959-1985.
Scope and Content Note
Pamphlets and serial issues, including
Questions and Answers on American Labor and World Affairs, 1959 (pamphlet); and
Wer ist der Imperialist?,
Box: 5--8
African-American Labor Center File,
1964-1997.
Scope and Content Note
Internal and public documents of the AFL-CIO African American Labor Center, arranged chronologically
Box/Folder: 5 : 4
1964-1966.
Scope and Content Note
Includes U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development grant agreements; and Karl Butler, "Feasibility
Study for the Establishment of a Pan-African Cooperative Training Center," 1966
Box/Folder: 5 : 5
1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes "Rapport préliminaire de la Conférence panafricaine coopérative" (Cotonou, Dahomey); and
AALC Geneva, June 1967 (pamphlet)
Box/Folder: 5 : 6
1968-1969.
Scope and Content Note
Includes U.S. Agency for International Development contract and operating procedures; "Second Exchange of Views" at the International
Labour Organisation conference, 1968; and report of the Conférence Régionale Economique (Ouagadougou, Upper Volta), 1969
Box/Folder: 5 : 7
1970-1972.
Scope and Content Note
Includes "Report on the Evaluation of Activities of the African-American Labor Center," 1972
Box/Folder: 6 : 1
1973-1974.
Scope and Content Note
Includes U.S. Agency for International Development grant and audit; and George R. Martens, "Bibliography of African Trade
Unionism," 1973
Box/Folder: 6 : 2
1975-1977.
Scope and Content Note
Includes
Africa's Trade Union Press, 1976 (report of Pan-African Colloquium on the Trade Union Press, Lomé, Togo,
Box/Folder: 6 : 3
1978-1979.
Scope and Content Note
Includes proceedings of the African-American Trade Union Symposium on Employment and Trade, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire,
Box/Folder: 6 : 4
1981-1983.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Georges Martens, "Le syndicalisme en Afrique occidentale d'expression française de 1945 à 1960," 1982; and "African
Trade Unions: A List of African Trade Unions," 1983
Box/Folder: 6 : 5
1985-1986.
Scope and Content Note
Includes AALC report of 1985 activities to its Board of Directors
Box/Folder: 7 : 1
1987
Scope and Content Note
Includes AALC report of 1987 activities to its Board of Directors
Box/Folder: 7 : 2
1988
Scope and Content Note
Includes audit; and grant budget submission to the U.S. Agency for International Development
Box/Folder: 7 : 3
1989
Scope and Content Note
Includes audit; and AALC report of 1989 activities to its Board of Directors
Box/Folder: 7 : 4
1990
Scope and Content Note
Includes audit; AALC report of 1990 activities to its Board of Directors; and project proposal for 1991-1995 submitted to
the U.S. Agency for International Development
Box/Folder: 7 : 5
1991-1992.
Scope and Content Note
Includes AALC report of 1992 activities to its Board of Directors
Box/Folder: 8 : 1
1993-1994.
Scope and Content Note
Includes proceedings of Forum on Conditionality for the Defense of Worker Rights in Africa, San Francisco,
Box/Folder: 8 : 2
1995
Scope and Content Note
Includes directory of African trade union federations; program submission for 1996-2001 to the U.S. Agency for International
Development; AALC report of 1995 activities to its Board of Directors; and proposed bylaw changes
Box/Folder: 8 : 3
1996-1997.
Scope and Content Note
Includes descriptions of U.S. Agency of International Development program changes
Box/Folder: 8 : 4
Undated.
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes and summaries of unidentified international labor meetings with AALC participation in Geneva, Switzerland
Box: 8--19
Subject File,
1917-2009.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, speeches, lists, conference material, grant proposals, bulletins, printed articles,
Internet printout, bibliographies, pamphlets, serial issues, clippings, and other printed matter, arranged alphabetically
by topic. Includes internal and public documents of the African-American Labor Center relating to specific countries
Box/Folder: 8 : 5
Africa,
1951-1995.
Scope and Content Note
Material on Africa in general, and especially on labor in Africa. Includes
Les peuples dépendants s'adressent aux Nations Unies: mémoire du Congrès des peuples, circa 1951 (pamphlet)
Box/Folder: 8 : 6
Algeria,
1997-2002.
Scope and Content Note
Relates mainly to the assassination of the Algerian labor leader Abdelhak Benhamouda in 1997
Box/Folder: 8 : 7
Ames, Aldrich (Soviet spy),
1994
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation affidavit in support of warrant for arrest of Ames and wife on espionage
charges
Box/Folder: 9 : 1
Belgium,
1917-2006.
Scope and Content Note
Relates mainly to labor and socialist movements in Belgium. Includes Viscount Bryce,
La dernière phase en Belgique, 1917;
Le cinquantième anniversaire du P.O.B. [Parti Ouvrier Belge], 1885-1935: album-souvenir, 1935; Camille Huysmans, About Belgium,
Box/Folder: 9 : 2
Blondel, Marc (secretary-general, Force Ouvrière [France]),
1996
Scope and Content Note
Includes speech by Blondel
Box: 9
Brown, Irving (director, AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs)
Box/Folder: 9 : 3
Personal papers of and writings by Brown, 1945-1980, including passport of Brown; memoranda and printed articles by Brown;
"Alternatives to Wars of Attrition: The Role of Democratic Forces in a Political Solution," 1971 (typescript by Brown); "Labor
and the Developing World," 1971 (typescript by Brown); and letters to Brown
Box/Folder: 9 : 4
Tributes to Brown and printed matter about him,
1946-1988.
Scope and Content Note
Includes French Communist broadside denouncing him
Box/Folder: 9 : 5
Obituaries of Brown and condolence letters upon his death,
1989
Box/Folder: 9 : 8
Central America,
1985-1986.
Scope and Content Note
Includes James McCargar, "El Salvador and Nicaragua: The AFL-CIO Views on the Controversy," 1985 (AFL-CIO Department of International
Affairs document); and Tom Barry and Deb Preusch, "AIFLD in Central America: Agents as Organizers," 1986
Box/Folder: 9 : 10
Committee for International Support of Trade Union Rights,
1988-1990
Box: 10
Communism. Relates to international communism in general and especially to international Communist front organizations
Box/Folder: 10 : 2
Report on Communist-Controlled Organisations, 1986-1992; "The Communist Propaganda Network and Perestroika," 1990; W. Spaulding,
"World Communism in 1992," 1992; and W. Spaulding, "World Communism: Current Status and Future Prospects," 1993
Box/Folder: 10 : 4
Dilling, Elizabeth,
The Red Network, 1934 (book)
Box/Folder: 10 : 5
Dahomey,
circa 1990.
Scope and Content Note
Ambroise Agboton Padonou,
J'ai survécu (pamphlet)
Box/Folder: 10 : 6
Egypt,
1993-2000.
Scope and Content Note
Relates mainly to AALC and Solidarity Center programs in Egypt
Box/Folder: 10 : 7
Europe,
1993-2002.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Sara-Nathalie Brombart, "Uneasy Partners in Foreign Policy-Making: European Political Cooperation and the European
Community," 1993; and Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick, "The Role of Nordic Trade Unions in the International Labour Movement,"
2002
Box/Folder: 10 : 8
France,
1940-2003.
Scope and Content Note
Relates mainly to Force Ouvrière and other labor movements, and to Trotskyism, in France. Includes Pierre Galoni, "Conférence
Franco-américaine des 14 et 15 janvier 1972," 1972; Diana Pinto, "Hamon and Rotman: La Deuxième Gauche," 1983; and Jean-Marie
Pernot, "Les relations internationales et les débuts de la CGT-FO," 2003
Box/Folder: 11 : 1
Freeman, Anthony G. (U.S. Department of State labor affairs officer and International Labour Organisation official),
2007
Scope and Content Note
Obituary and related material
Box/Folder: 11 : 2
Funk, Jerry (AFL-CIO and U.S. government official),
2002-2004
Box/Folder: 11 : 3
Germany,
1979-1984. Includes
German-American Trade Union Solidarity in the Struggle against Fascism, 1933-1945: How the American Trade Unions Helped their
Persecuted German Colleagues,
1984 (pamphlet)
Box/Folder: 11 : 4
Godson, Roy (president, Institute for International Studies), 1975-1995. Mainly printed writings by Godson. Includes his "American
Labor's Continuing Involvement in World Affairs," 1975; "The AFL Foreign Policy Making Process from the End of World War II
to the Merger," 1975;
The Kremlin and Labor: A Study in National Security Policy, 1977; and
Soviet Active Measures, People-to-People Contacts, and the Helsinki Process, 1986
Box/Folder: 11 : 5
Institute for Policy Studies,
1981
Box/Folder: 11 : 6
Intelligence,
1967-2009.
Scope and Content Note
Relates to intelligence operations and espionage in general. Includes several issues of
Political Warfare, 1990-1992;
Of Moles and Molehunters: A Review of Counterintelligence Literature,
Box/Folder: 11 : 7
International Centre for Trade Union Rights,
1990-2005
Box/Folder: 11 : 8
International Conference on Disarmament, Development and Conversion (1990 : Copenhagen). Conference materials
Box/Folder: 11 : 9
International Endowment for Democracy,
2006
Box/Folder: 11 : 10
International Federation of Trade Unions,
1964
Scope and Content Note
Walther Schevenels,
Quarante-cinq années: Fédération Syndicale Internationale,
Box/Folder: 11 : 11
International Workers' Conference in Solidarity with the Workers and People of the State of Kuwait (1990 : Cairo). Conference
material, relating to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, correspondence, and press coverage
Box/Folder: 11 : 12
Iraq,
1997-2006.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Felix Zorba and Roberto Sarti, "Uprisings and Betrayals: A Brief History of the Left in Iraq," 2003 (Internet article)
Box: 12
Hassan Fathy Institute. Relates to efforts of the Hassan Fathy Institute, in conjunction with the International Construction
Institute, to promote democratic construction trade unions in Islamic countries
Box/Folder: 12 : 2--3
Grant proposals to the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the National Endowment
for Democracy; concept papers; and correspondence with John T. Joyce,
2002-2006
Box/Folder: 12 : 4
Printed reports,
1988-2000,
Scope and Content Note
including
Statement of Principles of the Hassan Fathy Institute;
Early Deaths, Stunted Lives: The Hassan Fathy Project to Help Resolve the Global Housing Crisis (report to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Housing); and proceedings of the Hassan Fathy Institute
Construction Workers Rights Symposium
Box/Folder: 12 : 5
Fathy, Hassan,
Architecture for the Poor, (book),
1973
Box: 12
Ibn Khaldun Society,
1995-2005.
Scope and Content Note
Relates to efforts of the Ibn Khaldun Society, in conjunction with the Institute of International Studies, to promote democracy
in Islamic countries.
Box/Folder: 12 : 6
Correspondence with Khalid Durán, memoranda, and meeting and conference reports,
1995-2005
Box/Folder: 13 : 1
Grant proposals to the National Endowment for Democracy and the U.S. Institute for Peace,
1997-1998
Box/Folder: 13 : 2
TransState Islam issues, printed writings by Khalid Durán, and press coverage,
1995-2001
Box/Folder: 13 : 3
Israel,
1965-1991.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Akiva Eger,
The Role of Labour and Co-operation in the Development of Young States, 1965; and
La coopération et les travailleurs au service du développement national, 1968
Box/Folder: 13 : 4
Joyce, John T. (president, International Construction Institute),
1991-2006.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence; report to the AFL-CIO Executive Committee on the Persian Gulf War, 1991; and "The Challenge to the
American Labor Movement," 2005 (typescript by Joyce)
Box/Folder: 13 : 5
Kahn, Thomas (director, AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs),
1960-2004.
Scope and Content Note
Includes
Unfinished Revolution, 1960 (pamphlet by Kahn); memorial material upon the death of Kahn in 1992; and Rachelle Horowitz, "Tom Kahn and the Fight
for Democracy: A Political Portrait and Personal Recollection," circa 2004
Box: 13
Kirkland, Lane (president, AFL-CIO)
Box/Folder: 13 : 8
Obituaries and memorial material,
1999
Box: 14
Labor.
Scope and Content Note
Relates to international labor in general and especially to prospects for unification of international labor organizations
Box/Folder: 14 : 1
General,
1954-2007.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Jack Woddis,
The Mask Is Off! 1954 (pamphlet); and Anthony Carew, "Free Trade Unionism in the International Context," 2002 (conference paper)
Box/Folder: 14 : 2
Internet printout,
2001-2009
Box/Folder: 14 : 3
General,
1951-2007.
Scope and Content Note
Mainly printed news stories. Includes joint statement by the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations
and other unions,
Equal Sacrifice for the Defense of America, 1951 (pamphlet)
Box/Folder: 14 : 4
Time magazine special issues on American labor,
1940-1947
Box/Folder: 14 : 5
Cahn, William,
A Pictorial History of American Labor, (book)
1972
Box/Folder: 15 : 1
Labor and intelligence,
1974-2004.
Scope and Content Note
Printed matter relating to connections between labor organizations and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Includes
An Analysis of Our AFL-CIO Role in Latin America, or Under the Covers with the CIA, 1974 (pamphlet); and Anthony Carew, "The American Labor Movement in Fizzland: The Free Trade Union Committee and the CIA,"
1998 (printed article)
Box/Folder: 15 : 2
Labor diplomacy,
1968-2007.
Scope and Content Note
Relates to the labor attaché program of the U.S. Department of State. Includes messages, memoranda and reports of the Department
of State and the U.S. Department of Labor; and correspondence and reports of Anthony G. Freeman
Box/Folder: 15 : 3
Labor Research Association,
1986
Box: 15
Lovestone, Jay (director, AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs)
Box/Folder: 15 : 4
General,
1953-2001.
Scope and Content Note
Includes photocopy of passport application by Lovestone, 1953; and photocopy of draft chapter from the book by Ted Morgan,
A Covert Life: Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anticommunist, and Spymaster, 1999
Box/Folder: 15 : 5
Early printed writings by Lovestone,
1927-1937.
Scope and Content Note
Includes "America Facing Europe," 1927;
America Prepares the Next War, 1928;
1928: The Presidential Election and the Workers, 1928;
The Labor Lieutenants of American Imperialism; What Next for American Labor? 1934;
Soviet Foreign Policy and the World Revolution, 1935;
People's Front Illusion: From "Social Fascism" to the "People's Front," 1937;
The American Labor Movement: Its Past, Present and Future; and
New Frontiers for Labor
Box/Folder: 15 : 6
Maghreb region (North Africa),
1989-1993.
Scope and Content Note
Includes
Congrès Constitutif de l'Union Syndicale des Travailleurs du Maghreb Arabe, 1989; and
Charte des droits sociaux fondamentaux des travailleurs du Maghreb Arabe, 1991
Box/Folder: 15 : 7
Mali,
1970-1971.
Scope and Content Note
Includes "Cité d'Ouvriers Workers Housing Project, Sogoninnko, Mali," (AALC project proposal), 1970
Box/Folder: 15 : 8
Meany, George (president, AFL-CIO),
1950-1980
Box/Folder: 15 : 9
Morocco,
1989-1996.
Scope and Content Note
Includes reports of the national congress of the Union Marocaine du Travail, 1989
Box/Folder: 16 : 1
National Endowment for Democracy,
1987-2008.
Scope and Content Note
Includes performance reviews and audit reports
Box/Folder: 16 : 2
Organization of African Trade Union Unity,
1965-1986
Box/Folder: 16 : 3
Palestine,
1977-1996.
Scope and Content Note
Includes report on trade unions in the West Bank and Gaza, 1996
Box/Folder: 16 : 5
Randolph, A. Philip (president, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters),
1975-1992
Box/Folder: 16 : 6
Ross, Michael (director, AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs),
2003-2007
Box/Folder: 16 : 7
Rustin, Bayard (president, A. Philip Randolph Institute),
1977-1993
Box/Folder: 16 : 8
Saudi Arabia. Ahmed Subhy Mansour, "The Religious Sunni Opposition in the Saudi Kingdom in the 20th Century," (holograph),
2002
Box/Folder: 16 : 9
Shanker, Albert (president, American Federation of Teachers),
1997
Box/Folder: 16 : 10
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr (Soviet dissident novelist),
1975
Box/Folder: 16 : 11
AALC internal memoranda and working materials,
1975-1996.
Scope and Content Note
Includes
AFL-CIO Program of Action in South Africa, 1990 (AALC report); "Management Assessment and Evaluation Report: South Africa Labor Union Assistance," 1990 (U.S. Agency
for International Development report); "Democratic Transition in South Africa," 1991 (draft AFL-CIO Executive Council statement);
and evaluation report of AALC programs in South Africa, 1995
Box/Folder: 16 : 12
Collected material,
1985-2007.
Scope and Content Note
Includes
ANC: The Inside Story, circa 1985 (pamphlet); "Conditions in South African Jails," 1986 (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions report);
Workers' World, 1993 (International Labour Research and Information Group magazine issues);
Breaking Boundaries, 1994 (Congress of South African Trade Unions pamphlet); and Jani Roberts, "Glitter and Greed: The Diamond Investigation,"
2001 (Internet article)
Box/Folder: 17 : 1
Soviet Union,
1980-1999.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Boris Shelomov,
How Soviet Trade Unions Look after Workers' Interests, 1982 (Soviet pamphlet);
The International Department of the CC CPSU under Dobrynin, 1988 (U.S. Foreign Service Institute report); and proceedings (in French) of plenary session of the All-Union Central Council
of Trade Unions of the Soviet Union, 1989
Box/Folder: 17 : 2
Springer, Maida (African-American labor activist),
1999-2000.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Yevette Richards, "Race, Gender, and Anticommunism in the International Labor Movement: The Pan-African Connections
of Maida Springer," 1999 (Internet article)
Box/Folder: 17 : 3
Stand, Kurt (East German spy),
1997-2000.
Scope and Content Note
Relates to Kurt Stand-Theresa Squillacote-James Clark espionage case
Box/Folder: 17 : 7
General. Includes
Le Peuple, 1959 (Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail special magazine issue); Irving Brown memorandum on establishment of an AALC regional
office for northern Africa in Tunis,
1970; and Juliette Bessis,
Farhat Hached, 1977 (
Jeune Afrique special supplement)
Box/Folder: 17 : 8
Tlili, Ahmed. Includes photocopies of letters by Tlili, 1966-1967; and
Lettre à Bourguiba, 1988 (posthumous pamphlet by Tlili)
Box/Folder: 17 : 9
Washington Area Labor Committee on Central America and the Caribbean,
1986
Box/Folder: 17 : 10
Weiner, Herbert E. (U.S. Department of State labor attaché),
1954-2007.
Scope and Content Note
Includes interview transcript, printed article by Weiner, and obituary
Box: 17
World Federation of Trade Unions
Box/Folder: 17 : 11
General,
1985-2006.
Scope and Content Note
Includes AFL-CIO and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions internal memoranda and working materials relating to
the WFTU
Box/Folder: 18 : 1
Continuity and Change: The World Federation of Trade Unions and International Labor Unity, 1988 (AFL-CIO Free Trade Union
Institute report)
Box/Folder: 18 : 2
World Congress (10th : 1982 : Havana). Printed pictorial report
Box/Folder: 18 : 3
General Council session (41st : 1988 : New Delhi). Proceedings
Box/Folder: 18 : 4
World Congress (12th : 1990 : Moscow). Proceedings
Box/Folder: 18 : 5
World Congress (15th : 2005 : Havana). Reports and summaries
Box/Folder: 18 : 6
Flashes from the Trade Unions (WFTU publication),
1987-1993
Box: 18
World Trade Union Movement (WFTU publication)
Box/Folder: 19 : 5
Miscellaneous WFTU issuances,
1984-2005.
Scope and Content Note
Includes
African Trade Unions and Foreign Debt, (pamphlet) 1987
Box/Folder: 19 : 6
Worldwide Labor Officers' Conference (2005 : Washington). Conference materials. Includes "A Labor Diplomacy Strategy for the
Muslim World" (report of the Advisory Committee on Labor Diplomacy)
Box: 20
Audiovisual File,
circa 1910s-2000s.
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, audiotapes, and videotapes, arranged by physical form
Box: 20
Photographs. Depicts American, African and other international labor leaders, and scenes at World Assembly of Youth, International
Labour Organisation, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, AFL-CIO, African-American Labor Center, and other events,
circa 1910s-2000s
Box/Folder: 20 : 1
Numerically keyed photographs, with individual numbers on the back of each photograph, and keyed individual descriptions arranged
by number. Individuals depicted include I. W. Abel, Bella Abzug, Habib Achour, Omer Becu, Mahjoud Benseddik, Bill Bradley,
David Brombart, Irving Brown, Abdou Diouf, Enzo Friso, Hubert H. Humphrey, John T. Joyce, Thomas Kahn, Andrew Kailembo, Edward
Kennedy, Lane Kirkland, George Meany, Jay Naidoo, Patrick O'Farrell, Yuri Orlov, William Rogers, Maida Springer, Margaret
Thatcher, Ahmed Tlili, John Vanderveken, and David Wirmark
Box/Folder: 20 : 2
Captioned photographs. Individuals depicted include Cyrille Adoula, David Brombart, Irving Brown, Elmer Cope, Arthur Deakin,
Dwight Eisenhower, Alfred Gruenther, Jay Lovestone, George Meany, Robert Murphy, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Michael
Ross, Walther Schevenels, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and Vincent Tewson
Box/Folder: 20 : 3
Captioned photographs. Individuals depicted include David Brombart, George W. Bush, Arthur Deakin, Samuel Gompers, William
Green, Léon Jouhaux, Walter Reuther, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Tran Quoc Buu, and Emile Vandervelde
Box/Folder: 20 : 4
Uncaptioned photographs of Irving Brown and others. Other individuals depicted include Arnold Beichman, David Brombart, David
Dubinsky, Jerry Funk, Jacob Javits, Jay Lovestone, George Meany, Daniel Moynihan, Nguyen Cao Ky, Richard M. Nixon, Walter
Reuther, William Rogers, and Maida Springer
Box/Folder: 20 : 5
Uncaptioned photographs of George Meany and others. Other individuals depicted include Habib Achour, David Brombart, John
F. Kennedy, and Walter Reuther
Box/Folder: 20 : 6
Uncaptioned photographs of Lane Kirkland and others. Other individuals depicted include David Brombart, Jay Naidoo, and Yuri
Orlov
Box/Folder: 20 : 7
Uncaptioned photographs. Individuals depicted include Kofi Annan, James Baker, Arnold Beichman, David Brombart, Abdou Diouf,
David Dubinsky, Jerry Funk, Samuel Gompers, William Green, Hubert H. Humphrey, John T. Joyce, Thomas Kahn, Patrick O'Farrell,
Yuri Orlov, Frances Perkins, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bayard Rustin, and Leonard Woodcock
Box/Folder: 20 : 8
Uncaptioned photographs of David Brombart and others
Box/Folder: 20 : 9
World Assembly of Youth photographs,
circa 1950s-1960s.
Scope and Content Note
Individuals depicted include David Brombart, Jawaharlal Nehru, and David Wirmark
Box/Folder: 20 : 10
Zambian election observation photographs,
1991
Scope and Content Note
Individuals depicted include David Brombart and Jimmy Carter
Box: 21
Roosevelt, Franklin D. Speech excerpts,
1933-1945
Box: 21
Kirkland, Lane. Eulogy at George Meany funeral,
1980
Box: 21
Worldnet French-language television program featuring David Brombart,
1989
Box: 21
Force Ouvrière May Day celebration, Paris, France, featuring Marc Blondel and David Brombart,
1996
Box: 21
Memorial service for Lane Kirkland, Washington, D.C.,
1999
Box: 22-23
Memorabilia,
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Convention badges, lapel pins, and assorted commemorative items
Box: 24
Oversize File,
1952-1990.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize memorabilia, serial issues, and photograph
Box: 24
Framed mementos,
1968-1990
Box: 24
Oversize serial issues including articles on the American labor movement and Irving Brown,
1957-1970
Box: 25
Plaque commemorating International Labour Organisation conference,
1976
Box: 25
Fortieth anniversary reproduction of International Confederation of Free Trade Unions manifesto,
1989
Box: 25
Revue WAY bound volume, (World Assembly of Youth French-language newspaper),
1957-1961
Box: 25
Oversize photograph of International Confederation of Free Trade Unions dinner,
1952
Box: 26
World Assembly of Youth File II,
1958-1964
Scope and Content Note
Issuances of the World Assembly of Youth
Box/Folder: 26 : 1
1958-1964.
Bound volume of printed reports and resolutions, and issues of
Appel à l'action
Box/Folder: 26 : 2
1962.
Bound volume of reports and conference proceedings
Box/Folder: 26 : 3
1963-1964.
Bound volume of reports and conference proceedings
Box/Folder: 27 : 1
International Labour Organization File II,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Journal article
Box: 27
Subject File II,
1965-2009
Scope and Content Note
Conference proceedings, clippings, printed articles, and serial issues, arranged alphabetically by topic
Box/Folder: 27 : 2
Assisting Independent Trade Unions in Cuba Conference, Washington, D.C., Briefing book,
2009
Box/Folder: 27 : 3
Cuba sindical. Serial issue,
2008
Box/Folder: 27 : 4-5
Labor and intelligence,
1965-1969.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings and journal articles relating to connections between the AFL-CIO and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Box/Folder: 27 : 6
Mozambique, Newspaper issue,
1988
