Circular of The Committee, Embalmers’ Union No. 16720, titled “Union Men and Friends.” “The strike of Embalmers’ Union No. 16720 of St. Louis, Mo., which took place on November 15, 1919, has been temporarily called off until further notice. As the Undertakers’ Association flatly refused to recognize the Embalmers’ Union, and sent word they do not want anything to do with us as long as we are a Union, and some of the Undertakers have discharged their men, after all our efforts failed, we now appeal to Organized Labor and their friends. . . .”, ca. 1919

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection includes advertising circulars, circular letters, price lists, and brochures, many of which relate to the dry cleaning business; advertisements and letters promoting dry cleaning correspondence courses; ten issues of “Widder’s Practical Dyer” (1920-1921), published by the Widder Dye & Chemical Co., Inc., Brooklyn, New York; letters to Ernst Bader offering jobs and business opportunities in reply to an advertisement he placed in a dry cleaning trade magazine; papers regarding courses in hypnotism, magic, phrenology, and psychology; papers relating to dog shows and dog breeding; papers, relating to the Plymouth Rock Squab Company of Boston, Massachusetts; and family papers.