Eight-hour movement

Abstract The collection consists of the manuscript holdings of the American Bureau of Industrial Research, which document working class history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The manuscript collections included are the John Samuel papers (1868-1907); the Joseph P. McDonnell papers (1869-1906); the Albert R. Parsons papers (1876-1893); the Edward H. Rogers papers (1865-1908); the Ira Steward papers (1863-1883); the Thomas Phillips papers (1865-1908); miscellaneous cooperative...

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Leaflets, periodical articles, pamphlets, speeches, lectures, minutes, annuals, conference reports covering topics in British labor history including strikes, trade-unions, the eight-hour movement, women and work, and socialism.

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Consist of scrapbooks of materials relating to the International Typographical Union (ITU) and to Murphy's service on the Shorter Work Day Committee of ITU Local 6.

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The Terence Vincent Powderly Papers, 1864-1937 (reels 1-94) [5503A mf] ; John William Hayes Papers, 1880-1921 (reels 1-15) [5503b mf]

Abstract These records include correspondence, reports, speeches, notes, printed matter, minutes of meetings, proceedings of the League and of the International Congress of Working Women, biographical material on the League's officers, and correspondence between the National League and its local branches. Major issues covered include the eight-hour day, minimum wage, establishment of sanitary work areas, federal aid to education, civil rights, price controls and social security. Unpublished guide...