Labor Temple (New York, N.Y.)
Variant namesEstablished 1910 as a mission to working-men of New York City by the Home Missions Committee of the Presbytery of New York, after a plan of Rev. Charles Stelzle. In 1915 it was formally organized as the American International Church (Presbyterian) but continued to be known as the Labor Temple. Will Durant directed the Labor Temple School until the 1930s. Its management was taken over by the Board of National Missions' Unit of City and Industrial Work in 1943 and continued as a community center and meeting place for striking workers' unions.
From the description of Records, 1908-1966 (bulk, 1938-1940). (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 47855969
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| creatorOf | Labor Temple (New York, N.Y.). Records, 1908-1966 (bulk, 1938-1940). | Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS |
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| associatedWith | Charles Stelzle, 1869-1941. | person |
| associatedWith | Durant, Will, 1885-1981. | person |
| associatedWith | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New York. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Unit of City and Industrial Work. | corporateBody |
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| New York (State)--New York |
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| Church work with the working class |
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Active 1908
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