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Reference Sources in Labor HistoryThis research guide is an updated version of the guide originally prepared by Andrew H. Lee. The main focus of this guide is U.S. labor history, but certain titles contain international coverage as well. Please contact Donna L. Davey, Tamiment Librarian, with questions or comments. Contents
BibliographiesThe following is a selected list of bibliographies on labor history topics. Call numbers reflect those in the Tamiment Library and may not be applicable to your local library. America's White Working-Class Women: A Historical Bibliography / Susan Estabrook Kennedy. New York: Garland Publ., 1981. Divided chronologically, from the 17th century to the 20th century, plus coverage of general works. Brief annotations, subject and author index. Z 7963 .E7 K45 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Pamphlets, 1889-1955: A Bibliography and Subject Index to the Pamphlets Held in the AFL-CIO Library / Mark E. Woodbridge, AFL-CIO, and Library. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1977. Pamphlet entries are arranged chronologically and then by author. No annotations. Z 7164 .L1 W66 American Labor History and Comparative Labor Movements; a Selected Bibliography / James C. McBrearty. Tucson, Ariz: University of Arizona Press, 1973. Labor history entries are divided chronologically with topical subject divisions; comparative labor movements section is arranged geographically. Author index. Z 7165 .L1 M15 American Women and the Labor Movement, 1825-1974: An Annotated Bibliography 2d ed. / Martha Jane Soltow and Mary K. Wery. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1976. Entries are topically arranged and cover employment, trade unions, working conditions, strikes, legislation, worker education, labor leaders and supportive efforts. Contains author, subject, and cross-reference indexes. Z7963 .E7 S635 1976 American Working Class History: A Representative Bibliography / Maurice F. Neufeld, Daniel J. Leab, and Dorothy Swanson. New York: Bowker, 1983. A revised and expanded edition of Neufeld's A Representative Bibliography of American Labor History, it provides selective coverage up to 1983 arranged by subject classification. 7261 unannotated entries for films, dissertations and theses, fiction, government and union publications, and articles from both scholarly and popular journals. Title, author and organization index. The bibliography is updated annually by Tamiment Library archivist Peter Filardo in the journal Labor History. The 1983 print edition is shelved at call number Z 7164 L1 N54 1983. American Working-Class History in Historical Journals, 1961-1972: A Bibliography / Andor Skotnes. New Brunswick: Labor Education Center, Institute of Management and Labor Relations, University Extension Division, Rutgers University, 1974. An unannotated bibliography with 533 entries from sixty-two journals. The bibliography is arranged by journal with articles in chronological order. There are author, subject, and photograph indexes. Z 7164 L1 S66 1974 The Autobiography of the Working Class: An Annotated, Critical Bibliography / John Burnett, David Vincent, and David Mayall. New York: New York University Press, 1984. Covers the working class of Great Britain, 1790-1945, in 3 volumes with annotations that include bibliographical information and details on family life, occupations, activities along with critical commentary. General, places, occupations, education, and dates indexes are included. Z 7164 .L1 B95 1984 A Bibliography of Labor History in Newsfilm / Richard Fauss. Morgantown: Institute for Labor Studies, Division of Social and Economic Development, Center for Extension and Continuing Education, West Virginia University, 1980. 4 volumes. A guide to labor history in the major newsfilm collections in the United States, excluding finished documentaries. Arranged by institution, subdivided by collection. Individual entries are arranged chronologically by industry, with film type, title, place, "call number," and date, and brief annotation. No overall index. HD 6508 F28 1980 v. 1-4 Black Labor in America, 1865-1983: A Selected Annotated Bibliography / Joseph Wilson and Thomas Weissinger. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. Entries arranged by author. Contains title and subject indexes. Z 7164 .L1 W54 1986 The Garment Industry in the United States, 1860-1975: A Historian's Bibliography / By Shirley Idelson, Leon Levy Fellow / Bibliographer, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, August 2007. http://www.gothamcenter.org/garment/bibliography Labor in America: A Historical Bibliography Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio Information Services, 1985. 2,865 entries arranged chronologically with subdivisions by topic, includes index. Covers 1973-1983. Z 7164 L1 L3 1985 Labor History in the United States: A General Bibliography / Gene S. Stroud. Urbana: Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois, 1961. This bibliography lists 2022 unannotated entries with a subject index. The entries exclude material not in English and most government reports or surveys. Entries are listed by author, with cross references. Z 7164 L1 S85 New York Labor Heritage: A Selected Bibliography of New York City Labor History, 1st ed. / Robert Wechsler. New York: Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, Tamiment Institute Library, New York University, 1981. NYC related entries arranged in three parts: time period; labor topics; and industries, occupations, unions. Z 7164 .L1 W38 A Representative Bibliography of American Labor History / Maurice F. Neufeld. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 1964. Entries are grouped under the headings Bibliographies, Guides, and Archival Sources; General Histories; Periods of Development; City, Regional, and State Labor Movements and Conditions; American Labor and International Affairs; Theories of teh American Labor Movement; and Individual Occupations, Trades, and Industries. Includes a comprehensive index. Z 7164 .L1 N55 1964 Something in Common: An IWW Bibliography / Dione Miles. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1986. Comprehensive annotated bibliography on the Industrial Workers of the World. Includes an IWW chronology, books, articles, pamphlets, newspapers and magazines, government documents and publications, and miscellaneous writings. With author and subject index. Z 7164 .T7 M54 1986 State Labor Proceedings: A Bibliography of the AFL, CIO, and AFL-CIO Proceedings, 1884-1974, Held in the AFL-CIO Library / Gary M. Fink. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1975. ISBN: 0837182786 A useful guide to the holdings of state federations now held by the George Meany Archives Library. An introduction explains the history and functions of state federations. Part I provides a capsule history and chronology of each state labor federation (except Hawaii), with references. The District of Columbia is included with Maryland. Annotations are not exhaustive, but are intended to serve as samples of the type of materials included that go beyond proceedings. Part II is a bibliography of all the publications included in Part I. HD 8055 A6 F55 Subject Index of Bulletins Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Subject Index of the Publications of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics up to May 1, 1915, published in 1915, and, Subject Index of Bulletins Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1915-59, published in 1960. / Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1979. Z 7165 .U455 1979 Work-Family Research: An Annotated Bibliography / Teri Ann Lilly, et al. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1997. Comprehensive coverage of the topic containing 934 annotated entries arranged by topic. Author index. Z 7165 .U5 W65 1997 The Worker in American Fiction; an Annotated Bibliography / Virginia Williamson Prestridge. Champaign, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations: University of Illinois, 1954. Chronological listings with brief annotations. Contains author, title and subject indexes. Z 1231 .F4 P7 BiographiesThe American Labor Who's Who. New York: Hanford Press, 1925. This dictionary provides brief biographical information in the "Who's Who" format for not only the U.S. but also abroad. Organization, occupation (which includes political prisoners), U.S., and international indexes. HD 8073 A1 A5 American National Biography / Garraty, John Arthur Garraty, Mark C. Carnes, and American Council of Learned Societies. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Available in print (E176 .D563 1999) and online. The electronic edition features over 17,000 original biographies, thousands of illustrations, hyperlinked cross-references and links to select web sites. New biographies added quarterly in January, April, July and October -- including articles on recently deceased notables as well as figures from the past who were not subjects in the print edition. NYU researchers may connect via http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html Browse labor-related biographies by choosing "Labor" from the complete list of realms of renown on the search screen. American Reformers: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary / Alden Whitman. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1985. Volume contains brief biographies and indexes by reformers profiled and categories, such as labor, and unions and employment. CT215 .A67 1984 Biographical Dictionary of American Labor / Gary M. Fink. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1984. Second edition of a valuable reference source. In addition to biographical entries, the volume contains appendices on union affiliation, religious preference, place of birth, formal education, political preference, and public offices as well as 22 tables of labor data and statistics. HD 8073 .A1 B56 1984 Biographical Dictionary of the American Left / Bernard Johnpoll and Harvey Klehr. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1986. Covers a cross-section of the leaders of the American Left, with the majority of entries focusing on the early 20th century. Source information follows biographical entries. Contains an index and six appendices, including one for major party affiliation and another listing those who abandoned the radical movement. An essential source. HX 84 .A2 B56 1986 Biography and Genealogy Master Index. 2nd ed. Miranda C. Herbert and Barbara McNeil. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1980. Index to current and retrospective biographical reference sources for individuals from around the world in various fields of activity in print (Z5305.U5 B56 1980) and online. NYU researchers may connect via http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BGMI?locID=new64731 Dictionary of Labour Biography / Joyce M. Bellamy and John Saville. London : Macmillan, 1972- Comprehensive and authoritative resource in 12 volumes. Last volumes contains a consolidated list of names for the earlier volumes plus a general index. HD 8393 .A1 B44 A Preliminary Bibliography of American Labor Leader Biographies / Cornell University. New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Library. Ithaca: ILR, 1961 (mimeograph). A useful but dated guide to biographies. Each entry contains birth and death dates (where available), and union affiliation. Entries include monographs and articles from mass market media and entries in biographical dictionaries. There is also an index to the entries by union. Z 7164 T7 C63 Who's Who in Labor. New York: Arno Press, 1976. An updated (but now out of date) edition of the 1946 title. Contains brief information on several thousand labor figures. There is a capsule description of the AFL-CIO, national unions, government offices "serving" labor, labor studies centers, glossary of terms, a bibliography of labor periodicals, and indexes to individuals by union and state.HD 8073 A1 W5 Who's Who in Labor; The Authorized Biographies of the Men and Women Who Lead Labor in the United States and Canada and of those Who Deal with Labor. New York: The Dryden Press, 1946. Sections on labor leaders and those who deal with labor (government commissioners, state government labor officials, etc). Contains appendices listing unions, labor press by state, union education directors, labor schools, chronology of labor legislation, glossary of labor terms, and the constitutions of the AFL and the CIO. HD 8073 A45 DirectoriesDirectory of Labor Organizations in New York State. Albany: Division of Research and Statistics, New York State Dept. of Labor, 1950-1971; followed by Directory of Employee Organizations in New York State. New York: Division of Research and Statistics, State of New York, Dept. of Labor, 1976-1982; and Directory of Labor Unions and Employee Organizations in New York State. New York: State of New York, Dept. of Labor, 1984-. 1990 print edition available in the Tamiment Library at HD 6504 D576. Electronic version of 2001-2002 edition (Scanned image TIFF format) available via New York State Library http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/10490812 Directory of Labor Unions in the United States, 1947-1953; followed by Directory of National and International Labor Unions in the United States, 1955-1970; and then Directory of National Unions and Employee Associations, 1971-1979. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Published by the Department of Labor for several decades, these directories provide easy access to a wealth of information on unions and employee associations. The last directory, published in 1980, also has historical data on union and association membership by state. Divided into five sections: structure; national unions, professional and employee associations; annual developments; union and association membership; and functions and activities. Indexes of organizations, officers, and officials are also provided. Continued by the Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations. HD 6504 A15 Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs, 1982-. A biennial publication, this is the privatized successor to directory published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Standard directory of unions with introductory essay, union entries arranged by state, listing of labor organizations. Indexes unions by abbreviation; unions by common name; and officers. HD 6504 D64 Trade Unions of the World. 6th ed. London: John Harper Publishing, 2005. Organized by country. Entries describe the history, development and status of trade unions and the state of labor law and practice and provide information on trade union centers and significant trade unions, where applicable. HD6475.2 .T734 2005 Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks & GuidesThe ABC-CLIO Companion to the American Labor Movement. Paul F. Taylor. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1993. Brief entries on the people, places and events related to labor, arranged alphabetically. Contains chronology, bibliography, and index. HD6508 .T39 1993 American Federation of Labor: History, Encyclopedia, Reference Book. American Federation of Labor. Washington, D.C.: AFL, 1919-60. 3 volumes in four containing useful and difficult to find information. Volume I (1919) contains a long historical account of the AFL along with AFL organizers by state, treaties, and descriptions of unions. Volume II (1924) also begins with a historical essay. Volume III (1960, in two parts) includes a series of photographs. Each volume has its own index. Reprinted by Greenwood Press (ISBN for the set: 0837195683) in 1977. HD 8055 A5 A42 v.1-3 American Labor Unions, What They Are and How They Work, 2nd ed. / Florence Peterson. New York: Harper, 1963. Describes how labor unions, as organisms, perform their functions and conduct their daily affairs. Divided into five sections: growth of the American labor movement, structure and internal government, unions and the law, unions and employers, and "off-the-job activities." Contains a glossary of labor terms, a directory of unions, and an index. HD 6508 P42 1963 The American Labor Year Book. New York City: Rand School of Social Science, 1916-1932. The yearbooks were prepared by the Department of Labor Research at the Rand School (the Tamiment Library is the successor to the school) to meet the needs of the labor movement. "[T]his volume represents the first attempt in this country to establish a reliable chronicle of the aims, struggles and achievements of labor throughout the world" (from the introduction by Morris Hillquit, p. 7). This guide provides detailed information on every aspect of the labor and socialist movements. Many of the essays are signed by major labor and socialist leaders. In 1916 it was divided into five parts, by 1931 it had grown to 15 parts. All the volumes have their own index. An invaluable source of information on the labor and socialist movements. Available on microfilm as part of Socialist Collections in the Tamiment Library. Ann Arbor: UMI, shelved at Film R-7124, Reels 51-52. HD 8059 A5 v.1-13 American Labor History: Research, Teaching and Bibliographic Aids / Dirk Hoerder. Berlin: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut Fur Nordamerikastudien, 1976. Basic guide to labor history sources (including Canada). Contains a directory of labor history institutions, bibliographies, reference works, historiographical sources, and newspaper index.HD 8066 H63 Encyclopedia of the American Left. 2nd ed. Mari Jo Buhle, Paul Buhle, and Dan Georgakas. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Includes articles on the people, organizations, movements and events related to labor in the U.S. HX 86 .E58 1990 Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-Class History. Eric Arneson. New York: Routledge, c2007. This three volume set contains more than 650 signed entries with bibliographies on the people, organizations, events, and issues related to labor history from the colonial era to the present. HD 8066 .A78 2007 First Facts of American Labor. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1984. Edited by Philip S. Foner, this begins by pointing out the difficulty of determining many first facts about American labor. Arranged alphabetically. Contains an index. Foner's first cited strike is 1619 at Jamestown. Unfortunately no sources are given. HD 6504 F55 1984 Handbook of Labor Unions / Florence Peterson. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Public Affairs, 1944. This guide provides basic directory information: name and address (including a brief history), affiliations, membership as of 1943, number of locals, territorial coverage, official journal, trade jurisdiction, governance, apprentice information, financial information including dues of both the international and its locals, benefits, agreements, strikes, and union labels. An index provides access by trades, i.e. actors, engineers, etc. HD 6508 P43 Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor. 2nd ed. J.C. Docherty. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2004. Table of contents available online at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip049/2003021283.html. HD4839 .D58 2004 Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Arthur Ivor Marsh and Victoria Ryan. Farnborough, Hants., England: Gower, 1980. Published in four volumes covering non-manual unions; engineering, iron and steel, coal, agriculture and chemicals; transport and construction; and textiles, printing, retail distribution and miscellaneous industries in Great Britain. Each entry gives a basic history of the union with membership characteristics, policy and identifies sources of information on the union. HD6664 .M26 Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor Robert E. Weir and James P. Hanlan. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2004. Includes signed entries on labor cases, various strikes, industries, unions, labor leaders, political parties, labor movements, legislation and other assorted topics. Recommended reading follows articles. Includes appendix of 55 labor documents. HD 8066 .H57 2003 The Labor Almanac / Adrian A. Paradis and Grace D. Paradis. Littleton: Libraries Unlimited, 1983. Organized into eight sections: labor history chronology, national labor organizations, prominent labor leaders (both living and deceased), principal legislation and executive orders, federal and state agencies concerned with labor relations, sources of information, glossary of terms, and an index are provided. One of the best sources for concise information, especially on labor legislation and events. HD 8072.5 P37 1983 Labor Conflict in the United States. An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1990. Edited by Ronald L. Filipelli, this encyclopedia provides 254 signed entries by scholars on major labor disputes involving the use of force, not limited to strikes or lockouts. Racial and ethnic conflict are included when competition for employment, a strike, or a union, were involved as in the San Francisco Anti-Chinese Riots of 1877. There is also an entry on slave rebellions. Each narrative entry provides a grasp of the "issues, events, personalities, and outcomes" and includes a brief bibliography. A labor history chronology, a glossary of terms, and a selected general bibliography are also included. HD 5324 L32 1990 Labor Fact Book. New York: International Publishers, v. 1-17; 1931-1965. Prepared by the Labor Research Association and published by the CPUSA, these books provide information on a wide range of labor related issues. Economic Statistics are provided in all the volumes, as well as trade union information. Scope of coverage varies over the years reflecting the changing political concerns. A reprint edition was published in 1972 by Oriole Editions in New York but this too is out of print. The reprint has a separate volume with an index to the set. HD 8072 L253 Labor Unions. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1977. ISBN: 0837189381. Edited by Gary Fink, this volume provides signed, historical sketches with suggestions for further reading on more than 200 unions and labor federations in the United States. The criteria for inclusion were "longevity, historical significance, size and economic power, and the influence." Thus the scope is not limited to AFL-CIO affiliates or to unions in existence when the volume was written. Useful appendices include national affiliations, chronology, union genealogies, executive leadership from the founding, and a glossary. Unions are listed under the first keyword of the organizational name, dropping words like Brotherhood or United. There is an index to names of individuals and organizations. HD 6508 L234 The Lexicon of Labor: More then 500 Key Terms, Biographical Sketches, and Historical Highlights Concerning Labor in America / R. Emmett Murray. New York: New Press, 1998. Brief definitions on all things labor. HD 8066 .M87 1998 St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and their Impact. Neil Schlager. Detroit: St. James Press/Gale Group/Thomson Learning, 2003. The 2-vol. set covers "more than 300 key events in labor history over the last 200 years, focusing on the relevance of these events to both the labor movement as a whole and to societal changes around the world. Each entry, written and signed by an expert in the field, is three to five pages in length and includes a description of the event, information about the key players involved and discusses the event in historical context. HD4839 .S74 2003 The U.S. Labor Movement: References and Resources / Stern, Robert N., and Daniel B. Cornfield. New York: G.K. Hall, 1996. Research guide organized topically, including sociology of the labor movement, social movement theory, organizational structure of the labor movement, movement mobilization, labor and politics, and anti-labor counter movements, among other subjects. Z 7164 .L1 S77 1996 U.S. Union Sourcebook. West Orange, N.J.: IRDIS, 1985. This directory provides membership, financial, and other data from the years 1897-1983. Divided into seven sections: overview, 1982-84 events, membership tables, finances, governance and structure, directory of labor organizations, and state and international union Statistics. Series appendices provide additional membership information. HD 8072 R53 Labor Libraries and ArchivesMartin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University Holt Labor Library, San Francisco Institute of Industrial Relations Library, University of CA, Berkeley Labor Archives Directory Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University ListservsH-Labor Online ExhibitsLabor Arts Labor & The Holocaust: The JLC and the Anti-Nazi Struggle Sam Reiss: An Eye Witness to Labor History, 1948-1975 New York City Labor History Map Triangle Factory Fire Exhibit Periodical GuidesThe sources listed below provide a great deal of information on trade union periodicals. In many you can look up the name of a union and see what journals it published, some even tell you the editors, number of pages, and advertising policies. The call numbers reflect those in the Tamiment Library and may not be applicable to your local library. The American Labor Press: An Annotated Directory. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Public Affairs, 1940. Compiled at the University of Wisconsin as a WPA project, this directory lists 676 periodicals, including 30 from Canada. The titles are arranged by union federation (at this time, the AFL and CIO were separate organizations) including independent unions and cooperatives. It also includes union publications issued by left political parties and organizations, general labor publications, and a separate section for Canada. The information provided includes the size, average length, price, advertising policy, and more. Z 7164 L1 A45 American Labor Union Periodicals: A Guide to Their Location / Naas, Bernard G. and Carmelita J. Sakr. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1956. Begun under the sponsorship of the Committee of University Industrial Relations Librarians, this acts as a union serial list with entries for over 1,700 periodicals. While out of date for holdings and listing only twenty libraries, this guide does provide important information on each title in the traditional union list format. It is divided into two parts with separate indexes for each part. Part I includes periodicals of federations, national, and international unions and their locals; Part II contains the periodicals of regional organizations in both the United States and Canada. Z 7164 L1 N14 Annotations: A Guide to the Independent Critical Press. 2nd updated ed. / Marie F. Jones. Baltimore: Alternative Press Center ; San Francisco : Independent Press Association, c1999. Documents and describes titles that were either indexed in the Alternative Press Index and/or members of the Independent Press Association as of Fall 1998. Entries are arranged alphabetically with subject index. Availability of full text and microform, periodical review, indexing and abstracting, subject index, publishing information, columnists and noted contributors, and other information is also included. PN 4784 U 53 A565 1999 The Immigrant Labor Press in North America, 1840s-1970s: An Annotated Bibliography / Dirk Hoerder. New York: Greenwood Press, c1987-. The Labor and Newspaper Preservation Project, based at the University of Bremen in Germany, has compiled an impressive guide to an important historical source. Covers Canada and the United States but excludes the publications of French-Canadian, Chicano, and Puerto Rican residents. It also omits those from South America, Asia, and Africa due to the "refusal" of any North American foundation to participate in the project. Each entry contains an introductory essay with endnotes, and a bibliography of sources. The annotated listings provide extensive bibliographic information. The listings are by ethnicity within a geographic region of Europe. Volume 1 covers Northern Europe: Danes, Finns, Icelanders, Norwegians, and Swedes. Volume 2 is Eastern and Southern Europe: Albanians, Armenians, Bulgarians, Byelorussians, Carpatho-Rusyns, Czechs, Estonians, Greeks, Hungarians, Jews, Latvians, Lithuanians, Poles, Romanians, Russians, Slovaks, Ukrainians, and Yugoslavians. Volume 3 contains Southern and Western Europe: "Dutch-Speaking Peoples," English and Scots, "French-Speaking Peoples," "German-Speaking Peoples," Irish, Italians, Portuguese, Spaniards, and Welsh. Each volume ends with a combined title index. The "Speaking Peoples" sections also have their own indexes. Scholarly introductory essays. Z 6953.5 A1 H63 1987 v.1-3 Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings, and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850-1941 / Reynolds, Lloyd George and Charles C. Killingsworth. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1944-45. 3 volumes subject index to journals and convention proceedings of fifty international union and federations. Indexing includes letters to the editor. Volume 1 is in two sections. Part I describes the project and indicates what was or was not indexed. Part II lists unions by industry. Volume 1 has its own indexes to unions and subjects covered in these two parts. Each union entry contains basic directory information followed by an evaluative section on its history and publications. Volumes 2 and 3 are the subject index to the union publications using fifteen hundred subject headings. There is a glossary of headings, explanation of the citation system, and a list of the unions indexed and their code numbers. An important and unique source of information. Z 7164 L1 R4 Labor Papers on Microfilm; A Combined List. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1965. A list of labor papers published in the United States available on microfilm and is meant to complement Naas' American Labor Union Periodicals, a Guide to their Location (see above). Each entry is arranged by title (except where noted in parentheses) within a topical section: [national] unions (by union), state & local (by state and then city), socialist & communist, anarchist, liberal & reform, farmer organizations, and general periodicals. There are indexes and limited bibliographic information. Z 7164 L1 W4 Periodical IndexesFollowing are periodical indexes useful for labor history research. For contemporary information, indexes to newspapers such as the New York Times and general periodical indexes should also be consulted. Call numbers are for the holdings of the Tamiment Library and may not apply to your local library. Alternative Press Index. Alternative Press Centre, and Radical Research Center. Citations to articles published in over 250 alternative, radical, and leftist publications in the U.S. Approximately 90% of the API's coverage is not found in the Reader's Guide or the Social Sciences Index. NYU researchers may connect at http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=AltPressIndex;FSIP Historical Abstracts. Santa Barbara, CA: American Bibliographical Center-Clio Press, 1955-1970. Abstracts and citations indexing over 2,000 journals, books, and dissertations. Covers world history (except the U.S. and Canada) since 1450. Available through NYU Libraries at http://serials.abc-clio.com/. Index to Labor Periodicals. New York: Labor Research Department, Rand School of Social Science, 1926-1927; later Index to Labor Articles. New York: Labor Research Department, Rand School of Social Science, 1928-1953. This publication was started because the Reader's Guide and other indexes did not include union and socialist publications in their coverage. Initially appearing monthly, it indexed union, socialist, and business journals to provide a more balanced coverage of issues of importance to labor. In addition to the subject index, each issue also lists the journals indexed. With the decline of the school and the growth of individual union research departments, the index was discontinued. It still provides the only published index of union publications for the years 1941-1950. Available on microfilm in the Tamiment Library shelved at Film R-7334 and also as part of Socialist Collections in the Tamiment Library, Film R-7124, Reel 53. Ann Arbor: UMI. The Left Index. Complete guide to the diverse literature of the Left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. A secondary emphasis is on significant but little known sources of news and ideas. Other topics covered include the labor movement, ecology and environment, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, sociology, art and aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization. Historically significant early Left publications, such as The People (established in New York, 1891), and The Class Struggle (1931-1937), along with classic texts by Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels and others, written in the formative years of the Left, are also covered. Available in print at Z7164.S67 L34; NYU researchers may access the online version at http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QLI Left Periodicals Index Card catalog acquired from the Reference Center for Marxist Studies. Contains 120 drawers with author and subject cards indexing a variety of left publications. Available in the Tamiment Library reading room. Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings, and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850-1941 / Reynolds, Lloyd George and Charles C. Killingsworth. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1944-45. 3 volumes subject index to journals and convention proceedings of fifty international union and federations. Indexing includes letters to the editor. Volume 1 is in two sections. Part I describes the project and indicates what was or was not indexed. Part II lists unions by industry. Volume 1 has its own indexes to unions and subjects covered in these two parts. Each union entry contains basic directory information followed by an evaluative section on its history and publications. Volumes 2 and 3 are the subject index to the union publications using fifteen hundred subject headings. There is a glossary of headings, explanation of the citation system, and a list of the unions indexed and their code numbers. An important and unique source of information. Z 7164 L1 R4 University of Michigan Index to Labor Union Periodicals. Ann Arbor: Bureau of Industrial Relations, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1960-1966. This index was begun at the initiative of the Committee of University Industrial Relations Librarians. Forty-one titles were indexed in 1960, eventually growing to fifty titles by its end. It was continued for three years by Michigan Index to Labor Union Periodicals. Z 7164 .T7 .U7 1966 Work Related Abstracts. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1973-87. Warren, MI.: Harmonie Park Press, 1988-1996. Indexing and abstracting of union periodicals including approximately 250 publications from labor, government, management, and other sources. Researchers should read the forward and consult the separately published biannual subject guides. An important indexing source for union publications. Z 7164 .L1 W68 1996 Primary SourcesTamiment Library Collections
The Tamiment Library holds rich collections relating to labor and social history, the history of the Left, the place of workers in American society, the evolution of labor law, women's history, and immigrant history, among other topics. The Library's Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives is the designated repository for the records of the New York City Central Labor Council, and the Council's member unions and affiliated organizations. Tamiment/Wagner holds more than 750 manuscript collections, a total of more than 15,000 feet of original papers and records. All of the Tamiment Library's archival, nonprint, and oral history collections are listed online in our Finding Aids / Collections List. The list contains links to finding aids for processed collections and brief descriptions for unprocessed collections. Researchers may also search Tamiment/Wagner finding aids from the NYU Libraries Search Finding Aids page. Some archival holdings have been microfilmed and microfilm reels may be borrowed through inter-library loan.
American Labor Unions' Constitutions and Proceedings, 1836-. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1983-. Given the diffusion of materials and the fact that the records of many defunct unions perished with the unions that created them, this is an extremely complete series. Entries are arranged alphabetically within twenty-two (loose) industry groups. Each entry is under the most recent official union name, and lists the union's affiliations, variant names, a brief chronology, and other basic information including referrals to related unions as well as mergers and successions (if material is available for the related unions). The entries are then divided into constitutions, proceedings, officers reports, and related documents. An index by union name and initials helps the user find the proper entry. The set, originally produced by another microfilm publisher, is now in microfiche as are the irregular supplements that bring it up to date. (Currently covering 1986-1990). This is a fundamental primary source for basic research. Microfilm is shelved at Film R-7020, and the fiche is shelved at Microfiche 80. The proceedings are currently being cataloged in BobCat. To browse catalog records completed to date, do a phrase search on the call number Film R-7020 or Microfiche 80. A Documentary History of American Industrial Society, edited by John R. Commons. New York: Russell & Russell, 1958. 10 vols. Labor History Archives in the United States: A Guide for Researching and Teaching / Daniel J. Leab and Philip P. Mason, eds. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1992. A revised and expanded compilation of lists that appeared in Labor History, this guide provides the essential information on forty libraries, archives and historical societies in the United States. An introductory essay by Philip Mason, former Director of Wayne State University's Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs, provides an important discussion on collections. The signed listings are arranged by region, beginning with New England and going west. The entries do not follow a standard format but each essay contains information about important holdings, access, and contact information. An integrated index provides access by subject, personal name, union, and institution. Z 7164 L1 L28 1992 The Radical Reader: A Documentary History of the American Radical Tradition / edited by Timothy Patrick McCarthy and John McMillian. New York: The New Press, 2004. A printed collection of primary source documents, arranged by subject. Chapter five concerns Land and Labor. HN 90 .R3 R355 2003 Societies and AssociationsCanada: workinghistories.ca
Canadian Committee for Labour History
Illinois Labor History Society
International Association of Labour History Institutions International Institute of Social History, Netherlands Labor and Working-Class History Association New York Labor History Association StatisticsHandbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data. Lanham, Md.: Bernan Press, c1997- TAM Ref HD8051 .A5. Electronic Edition, 6th ed., 2003 (available to NYU researchers from this link). Historical Data from the Census Bureau Statistical Abstract of the United States Union Membership and Coverage Database U.S. Department of Labor Unions
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