A previous blog post recounted CatholicU’s Gilded Age and Progressive Era Labor Collections, part of Special Collections that includes materials from the New Deal and Postwar Era. These include the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 1935-1955; three high ranking CIO officials, Phillip Murray, John Brophy, and Harry C. Read; and Joseph Daniel Keenan of the Read More
Posts with the tag: John Brophy
The Archivist’s Nook: Digital Dreams – New Deal and Postwar Era Labor Collections
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: American Federation of Labor, Blogs, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Harry Cyril Read, John Brophy, Joseph D. Keenan, Msgr. Francis Haas, Msgr. George Higgins, Msgr. John A. Ryan, National Catholic Welfare Council (NCWC), Philip Murray, University Archives | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: Walter Reuther – 50 Years Later
Today’s guest post is authored by Kimball Baker, former graduate student of the Catholic University History Department.(1) A half-century ago, on May 9, 1970, America lost one of its greatest heroes, United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther, in the crash of a plane whose engine, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, was missing parts Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: AFL-CIO, Blogs, George G. Higgins, Humanities, John Brophy, Joseph D. Keenan, Phillip Murray, Uncategorized, University Archives | Comment