HIS3942: Labor in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

contains a wide array of documents and publications concerning Eugene V. Debs, who lived from 1855-1926, his family and circle, socialism, and dissident sociopolitical movements.

Interpretive exhibit examining the historical and cultural context of the the Industrial Workers of the World Photograph Collection at the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Records from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1905-1952.

Original source materials relevant to the history of American labor unions, management theory as it applies to labor and industrial relations, and the history of employees at the workplace. Includes the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) Collection.

The extensive photographic survey of child labor made by Lewis Hine (1874-1940) during the early twentieth century provided reform groups and the public with visual evidence of the negative impact that work had on children.

Most of the documents in this online collection are from the archives of the Trades Union Congress, and were collected by some of the workers' representatives on the Trade Boards. They include information about working conditions and wages in some of the sweatshop industries of the early 20th century.

An exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression.

Exhibition provides primary sources and information about the Lawrence Textile Strike.

Exhibition from the DPLA exploring child labor during the Progressive Era through documents and essays.

This primary source set uses illustrations, documents, and photographs to tell the story of the Homestead Strike.

A collection of photographs, documents, and oral history interviews related to the Bracero Program and its workers.

Explores the impact of World War I on labor in America

Primary source set documenting the labor movement among coal miners in West Virginia in the first part of the 20th century.

Archival film clips from 1894-1915, including footage of Americans at work.

The records of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) span the years 1883-1925 and consist of letterpress volumes of correspondence of Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) and William Green (1870-1952), presidents of the organization, and by other officials.

This collection of life histories consists of approximately 2,900 documents, compiled and transcribed by more than 300 writers from 24 states, working on the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal jobs program that was part of the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA) from 1936 to 1940. They chronicle vivid life stories of Americans who lived at the turn of the century and include tales of meeting Billy the Kid, surviving the 1871 Chicago fire, pioneer journeys out West, grueling factory work, and the immigrant experience.

Includes over 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States. Subjects strongly represented in the collection include city and town views, including streets and architecture; parks and gardens; recreation; and industrial and work scenes.

The Westinghouse Works Collection contains 21 actuality films showing various views of Westinghouse companies. The films were intended to showcase the company's operations. Exterior and interior shots of the factories are shown along with scenes of male and female workers performing their duties at the plants.

Working as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), Lewis Hine (1874-1940) documented working and living conditions of children in the United States between 1908 and 1924. The NCLC photos are useful for the study of labor, reform movements, children, working class families, education, public health, urban and rural housing conditions, industrial and agricultural sites, and other aspects of urban and rural life in America in the early twentieth century.

The collection contains, among other materials, posters, playbills, songsheets, notices, invitations, proclamations, petitions, timetables, leaflets, propaganda, manifestos, ballots, tickets, menus, and business cards. The material dates from the seventeenth century to the present day and covers innumerable topics, including labor organization.