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
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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: Philip Murray – A Pennsylvania Scot in Big Labor’s Court
In 1904, a young coal miner in western Pennsylvania, terminated for fighting with his boss over fraudulent practices, was also evicted from his home and forced to leave town. He sadly observed the workingman “is alone. He has no organization to defend him. He has nowhere to go.”¹ Thereafter, this Catholic immigrant from Scotland, Philip Read More
Posted in: Digital Scholar Bytes The Archivist's Nook | Tags: American Federation of Labor, Blogs, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Humanities, Labor Leaders, New Deal, Philip Murray, social justice, United Mine Workers of America, United Steel Workers of America, University Archives | Comment