The Eight Hour Commission Reports
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Reports of the Eight Hour Commission from 1918, as well as a 1943 reproduction of a report from 1917.
Dates
- 1918-1943
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
The Eight Hour Commission was comprised of three appointees of the US President to to observe and report on the effects of the eight hour workday. The Commission was established by the US Senate in September 191.
Extent
0.33 cubic feet
Abstract
Reports of the Eight Hour Commission, which was appointed by the US President to observe the effects of instituting an eight hour standard workday.
Quantity:
0.3 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records.
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, July 02, 2013
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, August 18, 2015
- Title
- The Eight Hour Commission Reports
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- August 18, 2015
- 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
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853