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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Industrial Workers of the World Records, WLU Coll. 0519, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Scope and Contents

Membership card and sleeve for Demetrius Paleone (sp?), who we believe was a Load Foreman for the Transportation Department. The book is inscribed with the Industrial Union No.8, Brooklyn Branch No.1, Oct. 16, 1919. The envelope is stamped with the Marine Transport Workers emblem and the date Sept 30, 1919.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Industrial Workers of the World. Marine Transport Workers
• Industrial technicians -- Labor unions
• Labor unions
• Membership cards