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Exhibit Resources
Labor-Related Resources and Links
- The Glovers of Fulton County.
A long-term research and documentation project that examines the glove
industry in Fulton County, New York. The Glovers of Fulton County is the first of the
University at Albany Department of History's "History and Media Initiatives" and is directed
by Professor Gerald Zahavi and doctoral student Susan McCormick.
- Labor and Industry
in Troy and Cohoes: A Brief History. Original text: James S. Corsaro
and Kathleen D. Roe; updated and revised for the Internet by Professor Gerald Zahavi
and doctoral student Susan McCormick, Department of History, University at Albany.
- A History of
Working People in Troy and Cohoes, New York: A Time Line, 1600s to 1977.
Created by Professor Gerald Zahavi, Department of History, University
at Albany.
- Research
Bibliography on the History and Industry of New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region.
Produced by Troy's RiverSpark Visitor Center, Troy, New York.
- The History of Labor in New York State Map. A "poster map of
the most important events in labor history from 1600 to present-day" issued by the
The New York Labor History Association in 1998. The maps are available from: Map Committee,
NYLHA, Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, Bobst Library, New York University, 70 Washington Square South,
New York, New York 10012. The New
York State AFL-CIO website provides additional ordering information.
Click here to re-enter the exhibit and see the
portions of the map related to the Hudson Valley, Capital District, and north to Plattsburgh.
- U.S. Labor and Industrial
History World Wide Web Audio Archive. Sponsored by the Department of History,
University at Albany. RealAudio format recordings drawn
from audio archives throughout the world as well as from University at Albany collections,
organized by topic and archival repository.
- The Triangle
Factory Fire, March 25, 1911. An exhibit of
original documents and secondary sources on the Triangle Fire held by
the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives at Cornell University's
School of Industrial and Labor Relations and by Cornell University Library's Division
of Rare and Manuscript Collections. Included with the exhibit is a
selected bibliography
of sources on sweatshops and the Triangle Fire.
- Federations and Unions
on the Internet. Site sponsored by the Ontario Secondary School
Teachers' Federation providing links to both teaching-related union websites and general
union and federation websites.
Labor-Related Archival Collections and Repositories
- Working
Lives: A Guide to the Records of the New York State Factory Investigating Commission.
Guide to records held by the New York State Archives and Records
Administration. In response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, the New York State
Legislature established the Factory Investigating Commission to study working conditions
in a variety of industries and businesses. The Commission's records provide a detailed
view of early twentieth century working life and reflect working conditions as reported
by the investigators who visited various factories and businesses.
- New York Child Labor Committee. Correspondence,
subject files, administrative materials, photographs, publications, financial records,
press releases, and other materials of the New York Child Labor Committee which was formed
in 1902 "in response to the growing awareness of the abuses of child labor in New York
State and the nation. The organization was formed by a number of prominent individuals
and social reform activists who desired to create greater control over child labor to end
the educational, economic and physical abuse children were suffering under extant labor
legislation." These records are held by the
New York State Library, Manuscripts and Special Collections.
- Tamiment Institute
Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives (New York University). Containing archival collections that document "labor history,
and the history of socialist, anarchist, communist and other radical political movements.
Utopian experiments, women's movements, struggles for civil rights and liberties, and
other forms of radical activity are also documented in this growing collection."
- The
Catherwood Library Kheel Center at Cornell
University. Extensive labor and business holdings documenting
labor and workplace history. The most detailed information is available on the needle
trades, railroads, teachers, arbitration, mediation, and management theory.
- The Archives of
Labor and Urban Affairs, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University.
Collects and preserves the records of the American labor movement, with
special emphasis on industrial unionism and related social, economic, and political reform
movements in the United States.
- Industrial
Relations Libraries, Urban and Labor Archive Links.
List maintained by the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State
University.
- Labor Archives and Collections in the United States.
New York: Tamiment Institute, Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives,
1990.
- Labor History Archives in the United States: A Guide for Researching
and Teaching.
Daniel J. Leab and Philip P. Mason. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State
University Press, 1992.
- Labor History.
Volume 31 (Winter-Spring 1990). Report covers over thirty-one
U.S. libraries, archives, and other institutions.
Capital District and New York State
Resources and Links
- New York History Net. This site
promotes the awareness and use of the vast amount of resources available on New York State
History.
- The New York State Archives and
the New York State Library.
Also available is the online catalog Excelsior:
The New York State Library/State Archives Online Catalog which can be used to search
the catalogs of the New York State Archives and the New York State Library. The Guide to Records
in the New York State Archives is also of use.
- The New York State Newspaper
Project. A project that "identifies, describes, preserves, and
makes available to researchers the significant newspapers in all communities in New York
State since the first publication in 1725."
- Douglas, Marilyn, and Melinda Yates. New York State census records, 1790-1925. Compiled
by Marilyn Douglas and Melinda Yates. Albany: University of the State
of New York, State Education Dept., New York State Library, 1981. New
York State Library LIB,132-4,NEWYS,81-71924
- Capital District Library Council
(CDLC). Provides a listing of repositories in the Greater
Capital District of New York State as well as other archival resources.
- Albany
Institute of History and Art (AIHA). Located in downtown Albany,
the AIHA contains collections that document the history, art, and culture
of the upper Hudson Valley region from the seventeenth century to the present.
- Albany County Hall of Records.
The Hall of Records holds the official records of Albany County
as well as the mayoral papers of Erastus Corning II, the longest serving mayor in
United States history (1941-1983).
- Albany
Academy Archives. The Albany Academy Archives preserves historical
documents and artifacts and is open for research. Its holdings document the school,
students, educational methodology and the trends in American history which have
affected the Academy.
- The Colonial Albany Social
History Project. Covers the rich social history of Colonial
Albany.
- Hudson Mohawk Industrial
Gateway. Founded in 1972 by eight area civic leaders, the Gateway
is the only comprehensive industrial heritage institute for the Hudson-Mohawk region. Its
primary function has been advocating historic preservation and adaptive reuse of the
industrial heritage of this area.
- Schenectady Museum's Hall of
Electrical History. This site provides basic contact information
for the largest collection documenting the history of General Electric, founded in
Schenectady in 1892.
- Union College.
Collections that document Union College and Schenectady, with
strengths in science and technology.
- Rensselaer County Historical Society.
"The Rensselaer County Historical Society is a dynamic non-profit, private educational
organization established in 1927 to connect local history and heritage with contemporary
life."
- Troy's RiverSpark Visitor
Center. Provides information about Troy's heritage and
includes a bibliography on Troy's history.
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