Ben Meyers papers

  • Creator Names Meyers, Ben, d. 2001.
  • Title Ben Meyers papers [manuscript], 1935-1943.
  • Physical description 2 linear ft. (5 boxes)
  • Collection summary Correspondence, affidavits, and other legal papers related to Ben Meyer's work as a lawyer for various labor unions, mainly the Chicago Newspaper Guild in its strike (1935-1940) against the Hearst newspapers in Chicago; for unions on strike against the Goldblatt Bros. (Goldblatt Brothers) department stores, Chicago (1940-1942); and for Ira Silbar and others tried by the State of Illinois for circulating Communist Party nominating petitions in St. David, Fulton County, Illinois (1940-1941).
  • Acquisition information Gift of the Abraham Lincoln Centre (Chicago, Ill.) in 1970 (M1970.0031).
  • Biographical or Historical Note Ben Meyers died in 2001 at the age of 95. His brother Irving Meyers also was a labor lawyer in Chicago.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the papers of Irving Meyers and his law partner, David Rothstein, in separate collections.
  • Names
    • Meyers, Ben, d. 2001 Archives.
    • Silbar, Ira.
    • Chicago Newspaper Guild.
    • Goldblatt Bros.
    • Hearst Corporation.
    • Chicago Newspaper Guild.
  • Subjects
    • Communism United States 20th century.
    • Department stores Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Labor unions Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Lawyers Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Newspaper publishing Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Strikes and lockouts Illinois Chicago 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 20th century.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Legal documents. aat
  • Geographic name
    • United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
    • United States Illinois Fulton County Saint David.