Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Winn Newman papers,

Title

• Winn Newman papers,

Summary

• Correspondence, legal briefs, depositions, orders, motions, exhibits, transcripts, speeches and writings, subject files, biographical material, school and family papers, and printed matter documenting Newman's career as an attorney practicing chiefly in Washington, D.C., and specializing in employment discrimination cases and labor law. Includes material on opposition to the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court in 1991; litigation involving the rights of women and minorities; lawsuits on behalf of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) involving the comparable worth of female employees; and cases involving pregnancy discrimination, union access to employer equal opportunity data, job evaluation, pay equity, and sex and race wage discrimination. Other clients include American Association of Retired Persons; Americans for Democratic Action; International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers; International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council; Service Employees' International Union; and Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. Other organizations with which Newman was associated include Montgomery County (Md.) Compensation Task Force, National Committee on Pay Equity, and National Organization for Women.

Names

• Newman, Winn, 1924-1994

Headings

• -  Thomas, Clarence,--1948
• -  United States.--Supreme Court
• -  AFSCME
• -  American Association of Retired Persons
• -  Americans for Democratic Action
• -  International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
• -  International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
• -  Montgomery County (Md.).--Compensation Task Force
• -  National Committee on Pay Equity
• -  National Organization for Women
• -  New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council
• -  Service Employees International Union
• -  Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild
• -  Affirmative action programs--United States
• -  Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation--United States
• -  Equal pay for equal work--United States
• -  Job evaluation--Law and legislation--United States
• -  Labor laws and legislation--Cases--United States
• -  Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
• -  Pay equity--United States
• -  Pregnant women--Employment--Law and legislation--United States
• -  Sex discrimination in employment--United States
• -  Wages--Maryland
• -  Wages--United States
• -  Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
• -  Women's rights--United States

Notes

• -  Arranged in nine series. Series 1: Chronological File, 1990-1992; Series 2: Legal File, 1876-1993; Series 3: Subject File, 1938-1992; Series 4: Speeches and Writings File, 1950-1992; Series 5: Miscellany, 1938-1992; Series 6: 1999 Addition, 1974-1993; Series 7: 2015 Addition, 1966-1995; Series 8: Restricted File, 1938-1992; and Series 9: Oversize, 1960-1985.
• -  Gift, Winn Newman, 1993.
• -  Gift, Elaine Newman, 1995-2007.
• -  Sound recordings and videotapes transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
• -  Lawyer and union organizer. Named Irwin Newman; known as Winn Newman since 1946.
• -  Collection material in English.
• -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003025

Medium

• 129,500 items.
• 442 containers plus 2 oversize plus 11 restricted.
• 182.8 linear feet.

Repository

• Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home

Library of Congress Control Number

• mm93082044

Access Advisory

• Restrictions apply.

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/mm93082044

Additional Metadata Formats

• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record