Mississippi Freedom Project

Scope and Contents Note The Hubert Albertz Collection (1902-1985) document Albertz’s activity as a union member who worked to reform the Building Services Employees Union (BSEIU) during a period when its leadership had ties to organized crime. The collection consists of a binder with bibliographic and biographical content on Hubert Albertz put together by his son George, copies of articles about Hubert’s plight, a timeline of organized crime in NYC in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, books on labor racketeers and government...