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Ileen DeVault Research Files for "Sons and Daughters of Labor: Class and Clerical Work in Turn-of the Century Pittsburgh" on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: /4213 mf

Abstract

This book shows how the workforce was changing at the turn of the Century in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "What social science later enshrined as the "collar line" may have existed, but its significance was not at all clear. Rather than being a clear social delimeter, the collar line existed as a murky area invested with contradictory social meanings" (p.172)

Dates

  • 1900-1915

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

Ileen DeVault is Professor of Labor History at Cornell University's ILR School in Ithaca, NY, where she teaches classes on labor and working-class history. She is also one of the co-chairs of the Equity at Work Initiative of The Worker Institute at Cornell, as well as a member of The Worker Institute Executive Committee. She is the author of "Sons and Daughters of Labor" and "United Apart: Gender and the Rise of Craft Unionism," as well as articles. Her current research is on issues involving the impact of workers' family status on their workplace experiences between 1880 and 1930 and in the present.

Extent

0.56 cubic feet

Quantity:

5 microfilm reels

Forms of Material:

Microfilm, case files.

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, May 01, 2014
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, October 04, 2016
Title
DeVault, Ileen Research Files for "Sons and Daughters of Labor: Class and Clerical Work in Turn-of the Century Pittsburgh" on Microfilm
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
October 04, 2016
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