Scope and Contents
Include pamphlets, official union bulletins, and miscellaneous publications.
The publication files include materials pertaining to union structure, politics, organizing activities, history, strikes, legal cases relating to the union, the imprisonment of union members, and the general subjects of socialism, economics, freedom of speech, and industrial revolution. Pamphlets were prepared by various union members and committees, including Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, William D. Haywood, William Trautmann, and Vincent St. John, There are, in addition, pamphlets written by prominent socialists, academicians, public figures, and social action agencies, including Daniel De Leon, Paul F. Brissenden, Max Eastman, and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Also, bulletins and union newspapers (1922-1953).
Open to researchers in keeping with repository rules.
Dates
- 1905-1960
Creator
- Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Russian
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.
Biographical / Historical
Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial union which waged campaigns for improved working conditions, wages and hours of work, as well as workers' control in mines, mills, lumber camps and factories.
Extent
9.61 cubic feet
Abstract
Includes pamphlets, correspondence, clippings and memorabilia relating to IWW strikes, legal cases and mob action against the IWW, and the activities of prominent IWW leaders, including William Haywood, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Joe Hill, and Ralph Chaplin.
Quantity:
9.2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts), memorabilia, pamphlets .
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, September 12, 2012
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, February 21, 2017
- Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- United States
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Anarchism and anarchists -- United States
- Building trades -- Labor unions -- United States
- Centralia Massacre, 1919.
- Criminal syndicalism -- United States
- Industrial Workers of the World
- Industrial Workers of the World. Centralia Publicity Committee
- Industrial Workers of the World. General Defense Committee
- Industrial Workers of the World. Joint Amnesty Committee
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 100 (New York, N.Y.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 1000 (Paterson, N.J.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 103 (New York, N.Y.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 110 (Middle West)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 120 (Spokane, Wash.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 210 (Mont.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 211 (Mont.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 212 (Mont.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 213 (Mont.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 214 (Mont.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 215 (Mont.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 216 (Mont.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 217 (Mont.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 218 (Mont.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 219 (Mont.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 220 (Mont.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 230 (Calif.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 300 (Chicago, Ill.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 330
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 400 (Chicago, Ill.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 440 (Chicago, Ill.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 510
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 520 (Chicago, Ill.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 573 (Detroit, Mich.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 600 (Chicago, Ill.)
- Industrial Workers of the World. Local 8 (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Ku-Klux Klan
- Labor unions -- United States -- Social action
- Labor unions -- United States -- Social activity
- Labor unions -- United States -- Songs and music
- Labor violence -- United States
- Lumbermen -- Labor unions -- United States
- Machinery industry -- Labor unions -- United States
- Metal-workers -- Labor unions -- United States
- Miners -- Labor unions -- United States
- Petroleum workers -- Labor unions -- United States
- Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States
- Strikes and lockouts -- Iron mining -- United States
- Strikes and lockouts -- Miners -- United States
- Strikes and lockouts -- Textile industry -- United States
- Strikes and lockouts -- United States -- Research
- Syndicalism -- United States
- Textile workers -- Labor unions -- United States
- Workers' Prison Relief Committee (Paterson, N.J.)
- Title
- IWW Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- February 21, 2017
- 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