Primary Source Spotlight: Labor

Primary source sets

• The Industrial Revolution in the United States
• American Federation of Labor & Quarry Workers
• Anarchist Emma Goldman
• Anthracite Coal Strike
• The “Bonus” Army
• The cause of industrial panics in the United States 1903 by Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council
• Chicago Federation of Labor: historic newspaper coverage
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• With drops of blood. The history of the Industrial workers of the world leaflet 1919
• Eight-Hour Work Day
• First American Cotton Mill
• First Labor Day
• Flint Sit-Down Strike
• Frances Perkins
• Grace Abbott & child labor
• Illinois Federation of Labor: historic newspaper coverage
• Industrial Workers of the World primary source set
• Industrial Workers of the World: historical newspaper coverage
• Mexican Americans & United Farm Workers of America
• Work in America
• Works Progress Administration

Library collections

• America at Work, America at Leisure
  • Articles & Essays
• Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904
  • Articles: The Westinghouse World
  • Teaching resources
  • Timeline
• Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting
  • Articles & essays
• Work songs from Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
• Work songs from the The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip

Image collections

• National Child Labor Committee Photograph Collection
• Industry (selection of images depicting industry and mills)
• Labor and Labor Organizations (selection of images depicting labor and labor organizations)
• Capital & Labor – Life of the People: Realist Prints and Drawings, 1912-1948

Chronicling America historical newspaper collections

• Eight Hour Day
• Homestead Strike
• Labor front-page historical newspaper coverage (through 1922)
• Labor Day
• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Articles from the Library

• Analyzing Photographs: Child Labor from a Child’s Perspective Teaching with the Library
• Celebrating Labor In Custodia Legis 
• In Celebration of American Labor Folklife Today
• Child Labor Inside Adams 
• Child Labor Photos — What Do Children See? Picture This 
• Early Labor Rights and Activism: Learning about the 1938 Pecan Shellers Strike Teaching with the Library
• Employment and Labor Law: A Beginner’s Guide In Custodia Legis
• A Factory, a Fire, and Worker Safety Inside Adams 
• A Fashion Faux Pas of Epic Proportions Timeless Stories from the Library
• The First Monday of September Inside Adams
• Informational Text: Child Labor Reform Panels and Multimedia in the Early 20th Century Teaching with the Library
• Labor’s Day Inside Adams
• The Lore of Labor Timeless Stories from the Library
• A Roundup of Labor Day Resources for Teachers Teaching with the Library
• She Works Hard for the Money Inside Adams
• Singing in Solidarity: Women’s Voices Celebrate Labor Day Folklife Today
• Songs of Work and Industry The Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America
• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory In the Muse
• Workers of America Unite! Headlines & Heroes
• World War I: Workers Greet Labor Day 1918 with Optimism Timeless Stories from the Library

Labor teaching resources