Labor movement

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the complex of organizations and individuals advocating improved conditions for the working population. Works limited to the efforts of organized labor are entered under Labor unions.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Michael E. Bennett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0846
Scope and Contents

This collection includes floppy discs and slides.

Dates: 1985 - 2000

Chicago Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1178
Scope and Contents

The author of the diary writes about teaching music lessons, looking for work (perhaps affected by the Great Depression), and attending the 1934 Chicago World's Fair, among other things.

Dates: 1934

David Grieve Patent Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1005
Abstract

This collection contains a patent from 1797 for David Grieve for an invention in looms. The patent is signed by President John Adams, Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, and Attorney General Charles Lee.

Dates: 1797

Martha Sue Thrasher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0453

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