Carol Riegelman Lubin Papers, 1909-2005

The Carol Riegelman Lubin Papers document the personal life, professional career, and research interests of Carol Riegelman Lubin. The bulk of the collection highlights her career at the International Labour Organization (ILO) from 1935 to 1952, including substantial correspondence with John G. Winant, assistant director of the ILO; Carter Goodrich, chair of the governing body; and Isador Lubin, an economist who worked closely with the ILO. Also included are committee minutes, reports, speeches, and writings. Personnel files, documenting the challenges Lubin faced as a woman at the ILO, are also included. There is substantial personal correspondence, including letters from her family and friends; much of this correspondence was stored in envelopes when received. Also included are papers related to Lubin's role as a researcher and educator; her work within several social welfare organizations; and membership in various other organizations. Most of these papers were received in folders identified by subject. The archivist created the arrangement and folder titles. Loose materials were sorted and interfiled.

Series I, BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL, 1918-2005 (#1.1-5.9, FD.1, F+D.1), includes awards and certificates; appointment books for both Carol and Isador Lubin; curricula vitae; and a diary. Educational materials include elementary school letters, class lectures, master's thesis, an international student travel card issued by Smith College, and a diploma from Columbia University. There is substantial correspondence from Lubin's family, which provides insight into her friendship with James Shotwell and John G. Winant. There are also letters from friends and former colleagues with related material (greeting cards, clippings, invitations, and uncataloged photographs), including named correspondent files for Wilfred Benson and Isador Lubin. Folders are arranged alphabetically and thereunder chronologically with the exception of correspondence: family letters are followed by named correspondent files and those of friends and others.

Series II, RESEARCH PROJECTS, 1918-1956 (scattered) (#5.10-8.6, PD.3), includes correspondence, manuscripts, and travel diaries related to Lubin's early work as a researcher, editorial assistant, and secretary for James T. Shotwell from 1930 through 1934. Shotwell directed and participated in several overlapping projects: the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Social Sciences Research Council, and several international committees. Also included is a photograph of Lubin taking minutes at a conference held at the Hotel Bristol in Berlin (1931); speeches by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and other US officials (#6.2); reports and other historic documents related to the Paris Peace Conference and the founding of the ILO; and annotated drafts of Lubin's subsequent research project United States Policy toward the United Nations: Economic and Social Activities, conducted for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1955). The series is arranged alphabetically.

Series III, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION, 1931-1969 (#8.7-14.8), includes administrative and organizing records (minutes, articles, and other material related to the governing body); named correspondent files for John G. Winant, Carter Goodrich, and Isador Lubin highlight Lubin's role as an ILO official. Also included are committee records; conference proceedings; financial records; organizational history, including Lubin's draft for a proposed pamphlet; speeches and reports by Lubin and others; and some material related to her later work with the ILO Liaison Office with the UN. Lubin's personnel files, describing the challenges she faced in the workplace and security matters investigated by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), are also included. The series is arranged alphabetically; conferences are arranged chronologically therein.

Series IV, OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, 1936-2004 (#14.9-24.6), documents Lubin's leadership and organizing skills as a consultant, her professional affiliation with several social service organizations, and participation in membership organizations. The material is arranged in two subseries.

Subseries A, Teaching and consultant work, 1953-1981 (#14.9-16.8), includes correspondence, course descriptions, syllabi, and lectures related to Lubin's classes at Hunter College and proposed course work at the New School. Also included are correspondence and memoranda; conference ephemera; reports and studies related to her consultant work (community planner for the City of Reston, Virginia; contributor to the Draft Social Report published by the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; and consultant-monitor for the Ford Foundation's Home Advisory and Service Council Grant, which involved court-related family counseling in upstate New York). The series is arranged chronologically.

Subseries B, Social welfare and other organizations, 1936-2004 (#16.9-24.6), includes correspondence; memoranda; financial records; committee minutes; reports and proposals; and other material related to Lubin's work at the New York Urban Coalition, the United Neighborhood Houses of New York, Inc., and the New York State Association of Settlement Houses and Neighborhood Centers. Most of this material was maintained by Lubin in "chron files." Also included are correspondence, memoranda, minutes, conference ephemera, and other material related to membership organizations, which include the American Jewish Committee, the New York State Democratic Committee, and documents related to Lubin's work as a representative for the United Neighborhood Centers of America (formerly the National Federation of Settlements) and the National Assembly of Health and Welfare Agencies Title XX Task Force. Noteworthy items include Lubin's conference reports documenting New Delhi (India) schools for children, which she visited while attending the Society for International Development, 11th World Conference. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Series V, WRITINGS AND RELATED, ca.1920-2000, n.d. (#24.7-30.5), includes published and unpublished writings by Carol R. Lubin; correspondence, including publishing guidelines and permission requests; book proposals, draft manuscripts, and reviews for The ILO and the United States (unpublished), and Social Justice for Women: the International Labor Organization and Women (Duke University Press, 1990). Some folders of drafts include Lubin's original ILO documentation (correspondence, memoranda, and reports). Noteworthy items include Lubin's transcribed recordings of visits to a Palestinian women and girl's center for vocational and teacher training center organized by the UN Relief and Works Agency. Also included are clippings, reference files that include source material such as reports and studies on women in the field of labor, and research files, which Lubin organized by repository. These files contain biographical and interview notes related to notable women labor leaders, including Clara M. Beyer, Frances Perkins, and Esther Peterson. The series is arranged alphabetically.

Series VI, PHOTOGRAPHS, ca.1909-2005, n.d. (#PD.1v-PD.13), includes a photograph album of Lubin as a baby, her parents, and other family members. There are also photographs of Lubin socializing and traveling with friends, posing with staff members of the ILO and other organizations, receiving various awards, and her reunion at Smith College. Photographs used in her publication Social Justice for Women: the International Labor Organization (1990), are also included. The series is arranged chronologically.

Most of the photographs in this collection are or will be cataloged in VIA, Harvard University's Visual Information Access database. Others, referred to as "uncataloged" photographs, are not of sufficient research interest to warrant cataloging and are simply treated as part of the documents they accompany; they are marked on the back with an asterisk in square brackets [*].