Finding Aid for Chicago Labor Education Program File, 1956-1999 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Chicago Labor Education Program File, 1956-1999

ID: 22/1/16

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Labor and Industrial Relations

Extent: 15.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: By type of material, and alphabetical or chronological thereunder

Subjects: Chicago, Illinois, Labor and Industrial Relations, Institute of, Labor Education, Unions

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Chicago Labor Education Program File including incoming, outgoing, and interoffice and external correspondence, primarily with unions and educational institutions (1966-98), project reports and proposals (1968-81), program files (1968-99), and course and conference materials (1973-95) of the Chicago Labor Education Program operated by Stanley Rosen, William J. Adelman and Helen Elkiss at the Chicago Circle Campus, concerning speakers, finances, books, films, advisory committee, training for union officers, labor history, unionism, urban problems, collective bargaining, labor law, speech, boycotts, racism, transportation, blacks, Jews, and women in the labor movement, politics, national elections, and the use of computers in unionism. Significant correspondents include Helen Elkiss, Stanley Rosen, and William J. Adelman.

Established in 1945,¹ the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations is responsible for fostering and coordinating education, extension, and research activities in labor and industrial relations, including advisory research and information services.² In 1946, the name Institute for Labor Relations was changed to Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations.³ In 2008, the Institute was redesignated the School of Labor and Employment Relations.⁴ It offers graduate, professional and extension training for labor, management and civic groups.⁵ The Chicago Labor Education Program was established to help union leaders improve their leadership skills.6

This unit covers:

-Interdisciplinary Seminar on Economic Development and Comparative Research

-Chicago Labor Education Program (February 1965)

 

1. Labor and Industrial Relations Building Dedication, November 29, 1962, p. 15.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 43rd Report, March 9, 1946, p. 1031.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 43rd Report, May 29, 1946, p. 1112.

4. Agenda Item no. 14, Meeting of July 24, 2008, Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda Items, RS: 1/1/801

5. University of Illinois Catalog, 1946-47, p. 280.

6. Announcing Chicago Labor Education Program, p. 1.

Chicago, Illinois
Labor and Industrial Relations, Institute of
Labor Education
Unions

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 12/21/83; 8/31/88; 10/3/90; 2/28/92; 7/14/92; 6/27/1995; 7/31/1995; 7/22/96; 7/8/1999; 5/11/00

Other Note: 12 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2201016.pdf

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