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Labor unions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Keli Baars Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-020
Scope and Contents The Keli Baars Collection (1982-2000; undated) contains two boxes of notebooks, textbooks, manuals, homework, guides, reports, and other materials belonging to Keli Baars and relate to her training and career as an electrician. A majority of the collection consists of National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC) textbooks and course workbooks. For digitized material related to all tradeswomen archives collections please consult the ...
Dates: 1982-2000; undated

Holt Labor Library Audiovisual Recordings Collection

 Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-009
Dates: 1935-2009, undated; Majority of material found within 1960-2009

Holt Labor Library Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-034
Abstract

The collection comprises buttons, keychains, flags, banners, and black-and-white and color photographs, negatives and contact sheets related to various labor strikes, commemorative events, political party and labor union election campaigns, women's rights causes, anti-war activism and demonstrations, and socialist political causes.

Dates: 1948-2005, undated; Majority of material found within 1970-2000, undated

Holt Labor Library pamphlet and subject file collection

 Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-001
Abstract

This collection contains pamphlets, manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera related to labor movements and issues, Anarchism, Communism, Marxism, Socialism, Trotskyism, civil rights, anti-war and peace movements, the Soviet Union and the Russian Revolution, and related subjects in the arts, sciences, religion, sports, economics, education, and government.

Dates: 1902-2016; Majority of material found within 1930-1970

Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) and Joe Hill Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-024
Scope and Contents The Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W) and Joe Hill Ephemera Collection (1923-1990; undated) contains 26 items related to I.W.W; and member Joe Hill, a labor activist and songwriter who was accused of murder and executed by firing squad in 1915. Included in this collection are I.W.W. publications such as an appendix to the general constitution and by-laws, and pamphlets such as: Historical Catechism of American Unionism"; "One Big Union of All the Workers"; and "The General Strike for...
Dates: 1923,1944, 1946, 1963, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1990, circa 1970s; undated

"Layoff Revue", No. 1 "Murphy and Joe Take On the Big Business Empire", May 1972

 File — Box 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series consists of approximately thirty different leftist newspaper and publication titles. Most newspapers are represented by a single issue, but a few have multiple issues. This series is arranged alphabetically. See individual records for more information about each publication.

Dates: May 1972

Random Lengths News Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-032
Abstract

This collection contains clippings, notes, correspondence, photographs, half-tones, press releases, flyers, invoices, meeting minutes, reports, published newspaper issues, and other material generated by Random Lengths News.

Dates: 1848, 1853, 1967, 1971, 1985-2024; undated ; Majority of material found within 1990-2004

Revolutionary Socialist League collection

 Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-036
Abstract

The collection reflects the activities, statuses, and principles of the Revolutionary Socialist League, a Trotskyist organization that advocated for the unification of the working class, the rebuilding of the Fourth International, and for championing various social causes. It contains Internal Discussion Bulletins, reports, newsletters, position papers, and one Politial Resolution from the organization's Founding Convention.

Dates: 1973-1982, undated

Socialist Labor Party collection

 Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-037
Abstract

The collection reflects the activities, statuses, and guiding principles of the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) from 1976-1994. It comprises documents from National Conventions from 1976 to 1993, pamphlets, leaflets, one Constitution, and one catalogue from New York Labor News, the Party's publisher.

Dates: 1976-1994, undated

Tradeswomen Archive Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-036
Abstract This collection contains articles; clippings; magazines; newsletters; t-shirts; stickers; pins; tote bags; conference programs; photographs; flyers; and other material donated by women who worked in trades' professions (tradeswomen) such as: electricians, ironworkers, carpenters, and other trades. Also included is material related to tradeswomen involvement in labor unions, and the nontraditional women's occupation movement. For digitized material related to all tradeswomen archives...
Dates: 1971-2023; undated; Majority of material found within 1990-2020