Walther Schevenels papers, 1901-1986

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Creators:
Schevenels, Walther, 1894-
Abstract:
Correspondence, reports, speeches, writings, notes, bulletins, interviews, pamphlets, clippings, and printed matter, relating to European and international trade unions, the labor movement in Europe, communism in the labor movement, and the post-World War II European Recovery Program.
Extent:
19 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box (8.1 Linear Feet)
Language:
In French and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Walther Schevenels Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1894 November 11
Born, Belgium
1921-1924
Secretary, Federation of Metalworkers, Antwerp, Belgium
1924
General Secretary, Provincial Federation of Metalworkers, Antwerp
1924-1929
Lecturer, National Labor College, Uccle-Brussels and Popular University Extension, Antwerp
1925
Executive member, Socialist Party; Honorary Director, Cooperative Union, Antwerp; Secretary, Provincial Parliament, Antwerp
1929-1930
Assistant General Secretary, International Federation of Trade Unions, Amsterdam
1930-1945
General Secretary, International Federation of Trade Unions, Amsterdam, Paris, London
1945-1949
Assistant General Secretary, World Federation of Trade Unions, Paris. Resigns in dispute with Communists, 1949
1949-1951
Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee for the European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan)
1951-1966
General Secretary, European Regional Organization of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Brussels
1924
Author, Summarized Technology of Metal Industry and TradeUnion Administration
1926
Author, Elementary Economic Principles
1956
Author, Forty-five Years: International Federation of TradeUnions
1966 March 6
Died, Brussels
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1977.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Walther Schevenels Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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