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Frances Perkins Lectures

 Collection
Identifier: /3047 AV

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of lectures given by Miss Perkins at Cornell University in the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Subject areas covered are generally labor related with emphasis on the history of the labor movement during her appointment as Secretary of Labor. Discussed are the effect of the Roosevelt administration on labor; New York State labor; labor legislation; poverty; various labor leaders and labor organizations as well as significant labor incidents.

Dates

  • 1957-1965

Creator

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

8 cubic feet

Quantity:

4.7 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Transcripts, correspondence, audio cassette tapes.

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
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, March 12, 2012
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, May 22, 2014
Title
Frances Perkins Lectures
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
May 22, 2014
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