Samuel Gompers papers 1884-1925

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Samuel Gompers papers 1884-1925

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1170

Samuel Gompers (1850-1924), labor leader, was president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) from the year of its founding in 1886 until 1924. Collection consists of scrapbooks, testimonials and memorials, photographs, certificates, printed matter, and ephemera. Scrapbooks contain correspondence and clippings related to Gompers's public and private life. Testimonials, memorials and certificates are tributes to his activities. Also, photographs of Gompers and various groups, membership cards, dues books, artifacts, and ephemera.

11 linear feet (10 boxes, 42 v., 1 oversize folder)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311205

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924

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Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) was President of the American Federation of Labor and a member of the President's First Industrial Conference in 1919. He was a member of the President's Unemployment Conference in 1921. ...

American Federation of Labor

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Labor organization. From the description of American Federation of Labor records, 1883-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980267 ...

Gompers family

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American Labor Mission to Europe.

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