Guide to the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Printed Ephemera Collection on the League for Industrial Democracy, 1905-1986

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Guide to the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Printed Ephemera Collection on the League for Industrial Democracy, 1905-1986

1905-1986

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The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Printed Ephemera Collection on the League for Industrial Democracy is an artificial collection, collected and assembled by the Tamiment Library over the course of several decades. Founded in 1905, the LID is an educational organization focusing on increasing democracy in cultural, political and economic life. The collection consists of printed ephemera put out by the group nationally, including, fliers, brochures, leaflets, publications lists, pamphlets and songbooks. Also included in the collection are materials from affiliated and precursor groups, the Intercollegiate League for Industrial Democracy, the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, and the Student League for Industrial Democracy. There are also a few files from local LID chapters from Akron, Ohio, Boston, Massachusetts and New York City.

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