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
- Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904
- Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting
- 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 of Congress September 13, 2012
- Celebrating Labor In Custodia Legis September 5, 2011
- Child Labor Inside Adams June 25, 2010
- Child Labor Photos — What Do Children See? Picture This August 31, 2012
- Employment and Labor Law: A Beginner’s Guide In Custodia Legis January 10, 2013
- A Factory, a Fire, and Worker Safety Inside Adams March 27, 2012
- A Fashion Faux Pas of Epic Proportions Library of Congress March 25, 2011
- The First Monday of September Inside Adams September 4, 2010
- Labor’s Day Inside Adams September 5, 2011
- The Lore of Labor Library of Congress August 30, 2007
- She Works Hard for the Money Inside Adams March 22, 2011
- Songs of Work and Industry The Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America
- The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory In the Muse