ProQuest history vault. Workers, labor unions, and the American left in the 20th century: federal records.

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Website/Database

Contributor:

ProQuest (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--United States--History--20th century--Sources--Databases.

Labor.

Labor unions--United States--History--20th century--Sources--Databases.

Labor unions.

Labor laws and legislation--United States--History--20th century--Sources--Databases.

Labor laws and legislation.

Working class--United States--History--20th century--Sources--Databases.

Working class.

New Left--United States--History--20th century--Sources--Databases.

New Left.

Politics and government.

History.

United States--Politics and government--20th century--Sources--Databases.

United States.

Genre:

Sources.

Databases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

History vault. Workers, labor unions, and the American left in the 20th century: federal records

Workers, labor unions, and the American left in the 20th century: federal records

Place of Publication:

[Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest, [2016]-

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This module consists of a wide range of collections documenting the American workers and labor unions in the 20th century, with a special emphasis on the interaction between workers and the U.S. federal government. Included are the Strike Files of the U.S. Department of Justice, records of the Woodrow Wilson Administration and American Workers and records on U.S. government surveillance of radical workers. The Wilson Administration files consist of Papers of the National War Labor Board (NWLB), Papers of the President's Mediation Commission, and records of the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations. The government surveillance files consist of U.S. Military Intelligence Reports on radicals from 1917-1941 and Department of Justice investigations of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), the Communist Party, and the use of military force by the federal government in domestic disturbances between 1900 and 1938. The other collections in this module covering unemployment relief in the 1930s, farm tenancy, labor strife during World War II, and records on migratory labor in the 1950s and 1960s.

Contents:

Bulletins of the U.S. Bureau of Labor and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1895-1919

Department of Justice investigative files, Part I: The Industrial Workers of the World

Department of Justice Investigative Files, Part II: The Communist Party

Department of Justice Investigative Files, Part III: The Use of Military Force by the Federal Government in Domestic Disturbances, 1900-1938

Labor Strife and Race Relations during World War II: Records of the Provost Marshal's Internal Security Division

Papers of the National War Labor Board, 1918-1919

Papers of the President's Committee on Migratory Labor, Part 1: Correspondence with States, 1955-1963

President's Special Committee on Farm Tenancy, 1936-1937

Records of the President's Organization on Unemployment Relief, 1930-1933

The President's Mediation Commission, 1917-1919

The Strike Files of the U.S. Department of Justice, Part 1, 1894-1920

U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations, 1912-1915, Unpublished Records of the Division of Research and Investigation: Reports, Staff Studies, and Background Research Materials

U.S. Military Intelligence Reports: Surveillance of Radicals in the United States, 1917-1941.

Notes:

Description based on contents viewed on June 8, 2017; title from home page.

OCLC:

989672853

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.