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Labor History
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Chicago Anarchists on Trial: Evidence from the Haymarket Affair, 1886-1887 
 "This collection showcases more than 3,800 images of original manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, prints and artifacts relating to the Haymarket Affair. The violent confrontation between Chicago police and labor protesters in 1886 proved to be a pivotal setback in the struggle for American workers' rights." Search by keyword or browse by subject, names, or transcript and exhibits from the trial of Illinois vs. August Spies et al. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ichihtml/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Mar 3, 2004 The Dramas of Haymarket
A history of the Haymarket Affair and the emerging power of labor, putting it in context beginning with the Great Chicago Fire and the national railroad strike of 1877. Presented as a tragedy in five acts with prologue and epilogue, this history includes visual materials, artifacts, video segments (requires QuickTime), and various documents. Archives contains "copies of most of the original manuscripts, artifacts, broadsides, photographs, prints, transcript of witness testimony and the accompanying evidence from the trial," and more.There are also suggested readings. From the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University. http://www.chicagohistory.org/dramas/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Political Parties & Theories, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 25, 2004 The Everett Massacre
This collection features "215 images including photographs, art work, oral histories and movies that help tell the story of the 1916 labor confrontation [in Everett, Washington state] known as the Everett Massacre." Includes a bibliography. From the Everett Public Library, Everett, Wash. http://www.epls.org/nw/dig_emassacre.asp Topics: Labor, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Oct 7, 2006 Kheel Center Labor Photos
Selected holdings from the vast Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives' collections, which include "images from the 20th century on film, paper, glass, and other media" and "provide invaluable documentation of the nature of labor and management history." Searchable, or browsable by subjects such as African Americans, art, children, parades, strikes, sweatshops, and women. From the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. http://www.laborphotos.cornell.edu Topics: Photograph Collections: History Last updated Apr 4, 2007 Lewis Wickes Hine's "Work Portraits"
Features 20 photos from "Lewis Wickes Hine's self described 'work portraits' series [which] began shortly after World War I when he returned from Europe. ... This time, instead of documenting the decrepit working conditions of men, women and children in American factories, he chose to glorify the inextricable communion between the worker and the machine in a more positive way." Includes a brief biography. From the New York Public Library. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/hinex/workport/work1.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography Last updated Mar 24, 2004 Sam Reiss: An Eyewitness to Labor History, 1948-1975
"Often referred to as 'labor's photographer,' Sam Reiss used his camera to capture historic events that shaped American labor." This online exhibit presents Reiss's photos of labor unions, demonstrations and rallies, labor and civil rights leaders, and related subjects. Browse by year or subject. From the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/collections/exhibits/tam/reiss/ Topics: Labor, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, United States History Last updated Aug 18, 2003 Union Women's Alliance to Gain Equality (1971-1982)
An exhibit of photographs of people and activities of the Union Women's Alliance to Gain Equality (Union WAGE), "an organization of socialist and progressive women from 1971 through 1982. It supported women organizing in the work place and included struggles for democratic rank and file unions." The photographs were taken by Cathy Cade from 1970 through 1975; many include images of workers on strike. From the Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/exhibit/cade/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Labor, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Women Last updated Jan 19, 2009 |
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