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American Industrial Union Collection of Newspaper Clippings on "History of the Riot Trials in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

 Collection
Identifier: 5524

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one scrapbook of clippings about the strike of Westinghouse Company workers in Pittsburgh in 1916, and the subsequent trial of Fred Merrick, Rudolph Bloom, and Anna Goldberg for their role in riots in Braddock. Clippings are local and regional newspapers, arranged in chronological order from to April 21 to July 7, 1916.

Dates

  • 1916

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Extent

0.33 cubic feet

Abstract

Scrapbook of clippings about the strike of Westinghouse Company workers in Pittsburgh in 1916.

Quantity:

0.3 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Scrapbooks.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, November 20, 2013
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, March 18, 2019
Title
American Industrial Union Collection of Newspaper Clippings on "History of the Riot Trials in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
March 18, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853