Collection  |  Manuscript/Mixed Material American Federation of Labor records, 1883-1925

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Title
American Federation of Labor records, 1883-1925
Summary
Letterpress books containing correspondence of Samuel Gompers, and William Green, presidents of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and other officials including James Duncan, Gabriel Edmonston, Frank K. Foster, and John McBride. Includes material pertaining to the formation of local unions, charters, bylaws, conduct of meetings, ethics, publicity, fund raising, arbitration, and boycotts. Subjects include the political principles of the AFL, communism, socialism, the anthracite coal strikes of 1897 and 1902, American Railway Union, International Association of Machinists, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, United Mine Workers of America, and The American Federationist, magazine of the AFL. Correspondents include Susan B. Anthony, Grover Cleveland, William Hugh Johnston, John L. Lewis, L.J. McGruder, P.J. McGuire, John Mitchell, John Morrison, Herman Robinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Daniel Joseph Tobin, Henry White, and Woodrow Wilson.
Contributor Names
American Federation of Labor.
Subject Headings
-  Anthony, Susan B.--(Susan Brownell),--1820-1906--Correspondence
-  Cleveland, Grover,--1837-1908--Correspondence
-  Duncan, James,--1857-1928--Correspondence
-  Edmonston, Gabriel--Correspondence
-  Foster, Frank K.--(Frank Keyes,)--1854-1909--Correspondence
-  Gompers, Samuel,--1850-1924--Correspondence
-  Green, William,--1870-1952--Correspondence
-  Johnston, William Hugh,--1874-1937--Correspondence
-  Lewis, John L.--(John Llewellyn),--1880-1969--Correspondence
-  McBride, John,--1854-1917--Correspondence
-  McGruder, L. J.--Correspondence
-  McGuire, P. J.--(Peter James),--1852-1906--Correspondence
-  Mitchell, John,--1870-1919--Correspondence
-  Morrison, John,--Esq.--Correspondence
-  Robinson, Herman--Correspondence
-  Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Correspondence
-  Tobin, Daniel Joseph,--1875-1955--Correspondence
-  White, Henry,--1866---Correspondence
-  Wilson, Woodrow,--1856-1924--Correspondence
-  American Railway Union
-  International Association of Machinists
-  International Brotherhood of Teamsters
-  United Mine Workers of America
-  American federationist
-  Anthracite coal industry--Pennsylvania
-  Anthracite Coal Strike, Pa., 1897
-  Anthracite Coal Strike, Pa., 1902
-  Arbitration, Industrial--United States
-  Boycotts--United States
-  Charters
-  Coal mines and mining--United States
-  Communism
-  Fund raising--United States
-  Labor disputes
-  Labor union meetings--United States--Planning
-  Labor unions--Moral and ethical aspects--United States
-  Labor unions--Organizing--United States
-  Labor unions--Public relations--United States
-  Labor unions--United States--By-laws
-  Professional ethics--United States
-  Publicity
-  Socialism
-  Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Pennsylvania
Notes
-  American Federation of Labor Records available through the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000094
-  Microfilm edition of volumes 1-355 (volumes 251, 310, & 313 not received by the Library of Congress) available, no. 13,745.
-  Microfilm edition of volumes. 356-357 available, no. 16,178.
-  Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1967-1974.
-  Gift, AFL-CIO, 1966-1969.
-  Labor organization.
-  Collection material in English.
-  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011070
-  Each volume contains an index of correspondents.
Medium
172,300 items.
354 containers.
341 microfilm reels.
90.3 linear feet.
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Library of Congress Control Number
mm78051185
Access Advisory
Open to research.
Language
English
Online Format
pdf
web page
Description
Labor organization. Letterpress books containing correspondence of Samuel Gompers and William Green, presidents of the American Federation of Labor. Other letters are signed by James Duncan, Gabriel Edmonston, Frank K. Foster, and John McBride.
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78051185
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American Federation Of Labor. American Federation of Labor records, -1925. 1883. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011070.

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American Federation Of Labor. (1883) American Federation of Labor records, -1925. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011070.

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American Federation Of Labor. American Federation of Labor records, -1925. 1883. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011070>.

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