Mary Hillyer Blanshard, 1924-1965
The Mary Hillyer Blanshard series covers the period of 1924 to 1965 and is composed of correspondence, articles, speeches, and subject files. This series is especially valuable for its documentation of Mary Hillyer Blanshard's political involvement and her championship of organized labor and other progressive causes. Of note are files pertaining to her interest in the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. The researcher will find here strike pamphlets, newsletters, and a history of the shirt workers union. There is also material about the Keep Out of War Congress.