American Federation of Labor Records 1883-1925

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American Federation of Labor Records 1883-1925

Labor organization. Letterpress books containing correspondence of Samuel Gompers and William Green, presidents of the American Federation of Labor. Other letters are signed by James Duncan, Gabriel Edmonston, Frank K. Foster, and John McBride.

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McGuire, P. J. 1852-1906

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Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

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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. ...

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Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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American Railway Union

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McGruder, L. J.

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Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969

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Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

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Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, NJ, 18 March 1837; moved to Buffalo, NY in 1855; Erie County Sheriff, 1871-1874; Mayor of Buffalo, 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-1884; President of the United States, 1885-1889, 1893-1897; married Frances Folsom, 1886; died at Princeton, NJ, 24 June 1908....

Tobin, Daniel Joseph, 1875-1955

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McBride, John, 1854-1917

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Duncan, James, 1857-1928

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Mitchell, John, 1870-1919

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John Mitchell was born in Braidwood, Ill., on February 4, 1870. Between the ages of twelve and twenty he worked in the coal mines of Illinois, Colorado, and other states. Mitchell joined the United Mine Workers of America upon its founding in 1890, became an Illinois sub-district official in 1894, and was elected national vice-president in 1898. He assumed the presidency the following year. Mitchell's greatest success was the organizing of the Pennsylvania anthracite fie...

United mine workers of America

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McGuire, P. J. (Peter James), 1852-1906

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Epithet: of Philadelphia; American trade unionist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x0001bb Labor organizer and leader, a founder of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. From the description of Letters, to Joseph A. Labadie, 1892-1896. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34368396 ...

Edmonston, Gabriel

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Johnston, William Hugh, 1874-1937

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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 ...

Foster, Frank K. (Frank Keyes), 1854-1909

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Robinson, Herman

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Green, William, 1870-1952

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Ohio district president of the United Mine Workers of America; Democratic senator in Ohio General Assembly; AFL president. From the description of William Green papers [microform], 1891-1952. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 45840057 ...

American Federation Labor

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White, Henry, 1866-

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Morrison, John, Esq.

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