Labor cases, 1928-1943
Scope and Contents
Case studies and records of labor issues arranged alphabetically by city or town covering Nashville, Tennessee through Rochester, New York. Materials include overviews of conflicts and negotiations, suggested actions, resolutions, recommendations for conflict management, and other documents. In addition, materials may address union disputes, internal conflicts regarding policies and labor activities, anti-union efforts, and other matters relating to labor work. An example of works found here include a report and analysis of the New Bedford, Massachusetts strike and how the YWCA was involved.
Dates of Materials
- 1928-1943
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
However, by agreement with the YWCA of the U.S.A., microdexes known to contain financial records or personal health information (usually on job applications) were not digitized and/or not published in our online repository as part of the CLIR Digitizing Hidden Collections grant. These microdexes may still be accessed on the original microfilm, and digital files may be made available to individual researchers upon request.
Extent
622 frames (1 partial reel)
- Anti-communist movements
- Arbitration, Industrial
- Collective bargaining
- Conflict management
- Freedom of speech
- Labor disputes
- Labor unions
- Labor unions -- Organizing
- Left wing political movements
- Nashville-Davidson, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
- New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
- New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, United States
- Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
- Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
- Passaic, New Jersey, United States
- Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States
- Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States
- Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Piqua, Miami, Ohio, United States
- Pittsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
- Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, United States
- Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
- Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia, United States
- Strikes and lockouts
- Textile Workers' Strike, New Bedford, Mass., 1928
- Wages -- Women
- Women -- Employment
- correspondence
- minutes (administrative records)
- reports
- telegrams
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository