Box 1
Container
Contains 9 Results:
Folder 1: Draft of an article on the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and its organizers in Columbus, Georgia, 1940
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The George Johnston Collection consists of articles, notes, photos, news clippings and letters about his effort to establish a labor union at the Swift Manufacturing Company in Columbus in 1946-47. The collection also includes both a formal memoir and an informal one. It offers detailed accounts not only of his union organizing activities, but an unvarnished, humane, clear picture of what life was like in Columbus,Georgia among mill workers, the Afro-American community, and other groups not...
Dates:
Other: 1940
Folder 2: Email from Dorothy Dierks, 2008
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The George Johnston Collection consists of articles, notes, photos, news clippings and letters about his effort to establish a labor union at the Swift Manufacturing Company in Columbus in 1946-47. The collection also includes both a formal memoir and an informal one. It offers detailed accounts not only of his union organizing activities, but an unvarnished, humane, clear picture of what life was like in Columbus,Georgia among mill workers, the Afro-American community, and other groups not...
Dates:
Other: 2008
Folder 3: Letters from Emil Luter and notes about him, bulk: 1947 - 1949
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The George Johnston Collection consists of articles, notes, photos, news clippings and letters about his effort to establish a labor union at the Swift Manufacturing Company in Columbus in 1946-47. The collection also includes both a formal memoir and an informal one. It offers detailed accounts not only of his union organizing activities, but an unvarnished, humane, clear picture of what life was like in Columbus,Georgia among mill workers, the Afro-American community, and other groups not...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949
Folder 4: Letters to Frances Tucker from George and Nora Johnston, 2009
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The George Johnston Collection consists of articles, notes, photos, news clippings and letters about his effort to establish a labor union at the Swift Manufacturing Company in Columbus in 1946-47. The collection also includes both a formal memoir and an informal one. It offers detailed accounts not only of his union organizing activities, but an unvarnished, humane, clear picture of what life was like in Columbus,Georgia among mill workers, the Afro-American community, and other groups not...
Dates:
Other: 2009
Folder 5: Letters to George Johnston, bulk: 1987 - 1988
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The George Johnston Collection consists of articles, notes, photos, news clippings and letters about his effort to establish a labor union at the Swift Manufacturing Company in Columbus in 1946-47. The collection also includes both a formal memoir and an informal one. It offers detailed accounts not only of his union organizing activities, but an unvarnished, humane, clear picture of what life was like in Columbus,Georgia among mill workers, the Afro-American community, and other groups not...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1987 - 1988
Folder 6: “More Labor Union Days” by George Johnston and cartoons drawn by Helene Johnston, 1949
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The George Johnston Collection consists of articles, notes, photos, news clippings and letters about his effort to establish a labor union at the Swift Manufacturing Company in Columbus in 1946-47. The collection also includes both a formal memoir and an informal one. It offers detailed accounts not only of his union organizing activities, but an unvarnished, humane, clear picture of what life was like in Columbus,Georgia among mill workers, the Afro-American community, and other groups not...
Dates:
Other: 1949
Folder 7: Operation Dixie :Union organizing for the CIO in the American South, 1946
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The George Johnston Collection consists of articles, notes, photos, news clippings and letters about his effort to establish a labor union at the Swift Manufacturing Company in Columbus in 1946-47. The collection also includes both a formal memoir and an informal one. It offers detailed accounts not only of his union organizing activities, but an unvarnished, humane, clear picture of what life was like in Columbus,Georgia among mill workers, the Afro-American community, and other groups not...
Dates:
Other: 1946
Folder 8: Stetson Kennedy, 2009
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The George Johnston Collection consists of articles, notes, photos, news clippings and letters about his effort to establish a labor union at the Swift Manufacturing Company in Columbus in 1946-47. The collection also includes both a formal memoir and an informal one. It offers detailed accounts not only of his union organizing activities, but an unvarnished, humane, clear picture of what life was like in Columbus,Georgia among mill workers, the Afro-American community, and other groups not...
Dates:
Other: 2009
Folder 9: Union Organizing by George Johnston of his CIO efforts in Operation Dixie. Written from his 1940's daybooks, 2009
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The George Johnston Collection consists of articles, notes, photos, news clippings and letters about his effort to establish a labor union at the Swift Manufacturing Company in Columbus in 1946-47. The collection also includes both a formal memoir and an informal one. It offers detailed accounts not only of his union organizing activities, but an unvarnished, humane, clear picture of what life was like in Columbus,Georgia among mill workers, the Afro-American community, and other groups not...
Dates:
Other: 2009