May Day / Labor Day, Subject File, May 2, 1886; May 1, 1896; May 1, 1918; May 1, 1934; April 27, 1935; April 1939; 1955; 1956; 1965; May 1971; 1972; 1988; 1991; August 1995; September 2, 1996; 1998; April 30, 2005; 2006; May 2006; 2008; undated

File — Box: 57, Folder: 11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains comic about Labor Day; a printed history of Labor Day; a packet from the Society of American Archivists that has ideas for publicizing May Day/Labor History Month; a calendar of events from the New York Labor History Association for Labor History Month; an issue of El Tecolote (Vol. 36, No. 8); photocopied and printed articles on Labor Day and May Day from Philip S. Foner, William Z. Foster, Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais, Rosa Luxemburg, Adrian A. Paradis, Howard Fast, Jane Filley, Ted Watts, and Vern Smith; other varying materials on the origins and history of Labor Day and May Day; flyers publicizing May Day and Labor Day events; an issue of O Cosmopolita (Vol. 11, No. 31); photocopies of May Day posters; and sheet music for a song by Mark Severn and Madge Kay titled "May First".

Dates

May 2, 1886; May 1, 1896; May 1, 1918; May 1, 1934; April 27, 1935; April 1939; 1955; 1956; 1965; May 1971; 1972; 1988; 1991; August 1995; September 2, 1996; 1998; April 30, 2005; 2006; May 2006; 2008; undated