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Identifiant de l’institution contributrice
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MS 117
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Description
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fr
Correspondance, documents biographiques, écrits, albums, dossiers thématiques, coupures de presse ; brochures, manuels et autres documents imprimés ; et des souvenirs liés aux activités syndicales et électorales de Bélanger, ainsi qu'à son travail avec diverses agences et commissions gouvernementales. Les albums constituent la majeure partie de la collection et comprennent de la correspondance, des coupures de presse, des photographies, des cartes postales et divers souvenirs. Les correspondants comprennent : le service de conciliation des États-Unis du ministère du Travail des États-Unis ; le Conseil national du travail de guerre ; la Commission des effectifs de guerre du Bureau de gestion des urgences ; la Ligue des électrices du Massachusetts ; le Conseil pour la réforme constitutionnelle du Massachusetts, Inc. ; et la Maison Blanche.
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Déclaration de droit d’auteur et conditions d’utilisation
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Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.
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Biography, Administrative History and Provenance
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J. William Belanger was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire, in 1907 and began working in textile mills at the age of fourteen. By the time he was nineteen, he had worked in organized mills in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in the early 1930's, had returned to New England to work as an organizer for the United Textile Workers of America. In 1934, he lead a 17-day general strike, acting as Assistant Director for New England./n
In 1936 when the textile unions joined the CIO, Belanger served as Connecticut State Director of the Textile Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC-CIO), and later in Boston as the Assistant New England Regional Director of TWOC-CIO. In 1941, he was elected to the Executive Board of the Massachusetts State CIO, and made Secretary the following year. When the offices of Secretary and Treasurer were combined in 1946, Belanger was elected to the post. That same year he was chosen an International Vice President of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA), and in 1948, became President of the Massachusetts State CIO Council./n
Belanger worked with leaders in the Massachusetts State Federation of Labor (the state branch of the American Federation of Labor) to defeat the three anti-union referenda on the 1948 state ballot. The cooperation between the two state organizations led to their eventual merger in 1958. At the merger convention held in December of that year, Belanger was elected the first President of the Massachusetts State Labor Council, AFL-CIO. He held this post until 1964, when he was appointed Director of the Massachusetts Division of Employment Security./n
In addition to his union activities, Belanger served on a number of governmental agencies, civic agencies and commissions. He died in Naples, Florida, in 1986./n
Provenance: Acquired from J. William Belanger, 1986.
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Degré
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3 boxes (3 linear feet)
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Arrangement
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Cette collection est organisée en cinq séries :/n
Série 1. Biographie, 1944-1986/n
Série 2. Dossiers thématiques, 1932-1964/n
Série 3. Imprimés, 1948-1978/n
Série 4. Albums (grand format), 1934-1986/n
Série 5. Plaques et souvenirs, 1934-1986
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Remarques
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Processed by Ken Fones-Wolf, December 1987.
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Citation recommandée
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J. William Belanger Papers (MS 117). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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