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Subject Guide: Labor History

Archival and library highlights found at the Center relating to labor history and the individuals and organizations that fought for equal rights in the workplace.

Members of Morgnroyt (Dawn), a socialist organization or union, marching in a May 1st parade, Tarnów, Poland, 1933. Bund Archives Collection RG 1400. YIVO

Online Exhibits

Triangle Factory Fire Exhibit

Created by Cornell University's Kheel Center, this online exhibit includes information related to the Triangle Factory Fire event.

Labor Arts

Online source for powerful images of the past and present lives of working people. Users can browse by types of art, time periods, and themes.

The Samuel Gompers Papers

Samuel Gompers was the nation's leading trade unionist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. Includes digitized materials related to speeches and manuscripts.

Occupations: Radio mechanics undated (RG 380, YIVO)

Digital Collections

Eugene V. Debs Collection

Indiana State University Library's Debs collections includes a wide variety of documents and publications concerning Debs, his family and circle, socialism, and dissident sociopolitical movements.

Labor Legacy at the University of Pittsburgh

Labor Legacy website "maps" the historical terrain of the labor movement in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania for the use of both the academic and general public.