Labor, circa 1928-1944
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning labor legislation, standards and strikes in the United States in addition to bulletins addressing unemployment and the Great Depression. Documents include educational materials for local associations, discussions and descriptions of YWCA of the U.S.A. positions labor issues and policies, suggestions for getting involved and advocating for causes, and data and reports from local groups and associations. In addition, materials include summaries of proposed or passed legislation, descriptions of local work in labor matters, and studies.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: circa 1928-1944
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
564 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
- American Federation of Labor (Organization)
- United States. National Recovery Administration (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Bulletins
- Bulletins
- Memorandums
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- clippings (information artifacts)
- correspondence
- minutes (administrative records)
- programs (documents)
- reports
Topical
- Child labor
- Child labor -- Law and legislation
- Collective bargaining
- Convict labor
- Depressions -- 1929
- Employment -- Foreign countries
- Equal pay for equal work
- Foreign workers
- Hours of labor
- Hours of labor
- Labor laws and legislation
- Labor unions
- Minimum wage
- Sharecroppers
- Strikes and lockouts
- Strikes and lockouts -- Newspapers
- Unemployment
- Wages -- Women
- Wages -- Women
- Women -- Employment
- Women -- Political activity
- Women in the labor movement
- Work environment
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository