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
- Perkins, Frances (creator, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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Conditions Governing Use
Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Kheel Center webpage.
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 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/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