Abraham Friedman papers
Collection, MC/13
- Creator:
- Friedman, Abraham
- 1921 – 1954
- Quantity
- 2 folders
- Language of Materials
- English.
- Call Number
- MC/13
- Administrative/Biographical History
- Abraham Friedman was born on October 9, 1895, in Russia. During World War I he served in Company F of the 13th Engineering Corps from September to December 1918. Beginning in 1919 as a rigger’s helper, Friedman eventually worked at the New York Naval Shipyard until at least 1954 as a rigger man and foreman in Shop 72. During his tenure at the Yard, Friedman was also assigned to the Maspeth Annex in Queens. Friedman was a member of Riggers Local #683 and the Employees Safety Club. He died on March 19, 1954.
- Scope and Content
- This collection consists of identification cards for Riggers Local #683, the New York Naval Shipyard, Coast Guard, and the Employees Safety Club, a blank sick leave form, correspondence regarding employment, a 1947 retirement digest, a Local #683 postcard from 1954, and a Shipworker newspaper clipping documenting his 20 years of employment. The documents and ephemera date from Friedman’s period of work from 1919 to 1954.
- System of Arrangement
- The collection contains 2 series: Documents and Ephemera.
- Access Points
- Civilians, Labor and Yard Workers
- Administrative Information
- Related Lots: 2011-D-010
- Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research.
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- Preferred Citation Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Abraham Friedman papers; MC/13; Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation Archives, Brooklyn, NY.