Papers, 1837 (1900-1975)

Starr, Mark, 1894-1985

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Mark Starr (27 April 1894, Shoscombe – 24 April 1985, New York City) was a British American labor historian and pedagogue. For 25 years he was educational director of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Born in Shoscombe, Somerset he was the son of a staunch Free Methodist coal miner. From 1899 to 1907 he attended St Julian's National School. At age thirteen he began work in the mines, later migrating to South Wales. He joined the Miners' Federation of Great Britain and the Indepe...

Smith (Family : Hilda Worthington Smith, 1888-1984)

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Hilda "Jane" Worthington Smith, labor educator, was born June 19, 1888, in New York City, first of three children of John Jewell and Mary Helen (Hall) Smith. The Smith family spent its summers in West Park, New York, where Hilda Worthington Smith was to found two resident workers' schools in the 1930s. The rest of the year was spent in their home near Central Park where Hilda Worthington Smith, her sister Helen Hall Smith (1892-1971), and brother Jewell Kellogg Smith (1890-1956) created an imagi...

Hall (Family : Charles Mason Hall)

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Mary Helen Hall was one of three children of Charles Mason and Elizabeth A. (Peaslee) Hall. Her father was a lawyer in Chatham Four Corners (now Chatham Village), New York and served for one year as a United States Commissioner in New York City. Mary Helen Hall married John Jewell Smith in 1884. John Jewell Smith first worked in the Treasurer's office of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. In 1859, with his brother-in-law, William C. Baker, he formed the firm of Baker, Smith and Company, a steam...

Bryn Mawr College. Summer School for Women Workers in Industry

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The Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry (1921–1938) was a residential summer school program that brought approximately 100 young working women—mostly factory workers with minimal education—to the Bryn Mawr College campus, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, each year for eight weeks of liberal arts study. As part of the workers' education movement of the 1920s and 30s, the experimental program was unique in several ways. It was the first program of its kind for women in the United Stat...

Bookbinder, Hyman H. (Hyman Harry), 1916-2011

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Hyman Harry Bookbinder (b. March 9, 1916, Brooklyn, New York-d. July 21, 2011, Bethesda, Maryland), was a 1937 graduate of the City College of New York and served in the Navy during World War II. He spent his early Washington career as a lobbyist for the AFL-CIO, and as assistant director in the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity and poverty adviser to then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey. He was a longtime lobbyist for Jewish causes, and served as the American Jewish Committee’s Washington repr...

Barnard Summer School for Women Workers in Industry

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The Barnard College Summer School for Women Workers in Industry was established in 1927 as a part of the Affiliated Summer Schools for Women Workers in Industry. The Barnard Summer School operated on the model of the Bryn Mawr Summer School (which operated from 1921-1938), the pioneer summer program for female industrial workers started by Bryn Mawr’s president, M. Carey Thomas, and its undergraduate dean, Hilda W. Smith. Unlike the program at Bryn Mawr, the Barnard Summer School was non-residen...

Coit, Eleanor Gwinnell, 1894-1976

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Eleanor Gwinnell Coit, labor education expert, was the daughter of Emma Gwinnell and Henry Coit, M.D., and was born in Newark, N.J., on May 6, 1894. She received an A.B. (1916) from Smith College and an A.M. (1919) from Columbia University. Coit was Industrial Secretary of the New Jersey branches of the Young Women's Christian Association at Newark (1916-1917), and Orange (1917-1919), General Secretary at Bayonne (1919-1921), and Industrial Secretary of the YWCA at...

Glassgold, A. C.

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Lenroot, Katharine F. (Katharine Frederica), 1891-1982

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Katharine F. Lenroot, child welfare leader and the third Chief of the United States Children's Bureau (1934-1951) was born in Superior, Wisconsin on March 8, 1891 to Irvin Luther and Clara C. Lenroot. From early on, her father's political career made Lenroot aware of social and political issues. Admitted to the bar in 1898, Irvine was elected to the Wisconsin state legislature in 1901. After his service in Wisconsin until 1907, he was elected to the national House of Repre...

Pell, Orlie Anna Haggerty, 1900-1975

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Orlie Pell (December 13, 1900 – April 11, 1975) was an American pacifist, philosopher, and activist. Orlie Anna Haggerty Pell was born in Paris in 1900, and raised in New York City, the daughter of American parents Howland Haggerty Pell and Mary W. Willetts Pell. Her father was a stock broker. She was part of the prominent extended Pell family that included Claiborne Pell, Stephen Hyatt Pell, William Ferris Pell, and Duncan Pell, among others. Pell attended St. Timothy's School in Catonsvi...

Leslie, Mabel, active 1949-1966

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Member of the New York State Board of Mediation....

National Committee for the Extension of Labor Education (U.S)

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Ogden, Jean Carter, 1897-1974

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Summer School for Office Workers

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United States. Works Progress Administration. Workers' Service Program

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Vineyard Shore Workers' School (West Park, N.Y.)

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Woodward, Ellen Sullivan, 1887-1971

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Ellen Sullivan Woodward (July 11, 1887 – September 23, 1971) was a federal civil servant and a Mississippi state legislator. She served as director of work relief programs for women organized as part of the Roosevelt administration's New Deal in the 1930s and continued to work in the federal government until her retirement in the 1950s. Ellen Sullivan was born in Oxford, Mississippi, on July 11, 1887 to William Van Amberg Sullivan, an attorney who later served as a congressman from Mississipp...

Smith, Hilda Worthington, 1888-1984

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Hilda Worthington Smith (June 19, 1888 – March 3, 1984) was an American labor educator, social worker, and poet. She is best known for her roles as first Director of the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry and as a co-founder of the Affiliated Schools for Workers (later known as the American Labor Education Service), though she also had a long career in government service supporting education for underserved groups including women, labor workers, African-Americans and the elder...

Hudson Shore Labor School (West Park, N.Y.)

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Founded in 1939 as the Bryn Mawr College Summer School for Women Workers in Industry, the Hudson Shore Labor School (HSLS) moved to its West Park, N.Y. location in 1949, expanding into an institute for training and development for workers and unionists. From the description of Hudson Shore Labor School. Files, 1948-1954. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63541048 ...

Reuther, Victor G. (Victor George), 1912-2004

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Victor George Reuther (January 1, 1912 – June 3, 2004) was a prominent international labor organizer. He was one of three Reuther brothers (Walter and Roy) who were lifelong members of the U.S. labor movement. His older brother Walter became the president of the United Auto Workers union (UAW) and Victor became the head of that union's Education Dept. and an organizer on the international level. He was a proponent of social democracy. He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, the son of Anna (S...

Smith, Margaret Earhart, 1902-1960

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Margaret Earhart was born in Evanston, Illinois, on February 3, 1902, the daughter of Harry Boyd and Carrie (Beal) Earhart. After graduation from Vassar College in 1923 ME was involved with a number of journalistic pursuits in Ann Arbor, including research for a book on Emily Bronte, which included travel abroad. Teaching and psychiatric counselling were also part of ME's early work experience. In February 1926 she married Dr. Clement Andrew Smith (b. 1901), a pediatrician. They ha...

Peterson, Esther Eggertsen, 1906-1997

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Esther Peterson was born Esther Eggertsen in Provo, Utah, on December 9, 1906. She was one of six children: Luther ("Bud"), Algie, Thelma, Anna Maria, Esther, and Mark. Her parents, Lars and Annie (Nielsen) Eggertsen , were the children of Danish immigrants who walked across the plains to Utah seeking freedom to worship as Mormons. The Eggertsens were Republicans, but Esther Peterson became an active Democrat, working in the fields of education, labor, women's rights and consumer a...

Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965

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Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes were the only original members of the Rooseve...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Witte, Edwin E. (Edwin Emil), 1887-1960

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In addition to his academic position (professor of labor economics, University of Wisconsin), Witte served as the secretary and executive director of the U.S. Committee on Economic Security and is considered the "author" of the Federal Social Security Act of 1935. Witte also served in the following positions: senior statistician of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission (1912); special investigator of the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations (1914); librarian of the Wisc...

Rutgers University. Workshops in Workers' Education and Techniques.

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Thomas, M. Carey (Martha Carey), 1857-1935

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Hinton, Carmelita Chase, 1890-1983

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Carmelita Hinton founded the Putney School, which Peter Brooks (Van Wyck's grandson) attended. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1954-1956. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 180989383 ...

Dulles, Eleanor Lansing, 1895-1996

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Eleanor Lansing Dulles (b. June 1, 1895-d. Oct. 31, 1996) was an educator, diplomat, and author. She worked for the U.S. State Department serving as an economic specialist whose efforts helped rebuild West Berlin after World War II, earning her the name "the Mother of Berlin." Dulles was part of a family that was highly involved in civil service. Under President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration, her brother John Foster Dulles was secretary of state, while her brother Allen W. Dulles was dir...

Smith, Helen Hall, 1892-1971.

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Rauh, Joseph L., 1911-

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122480930 Labor lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. : oral history, 1988. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513744 Lawyer, civil rights activist, and civil libertarian of Washington, D.C. Born Joseph Louis Rauh, Jr. Died 1992. ...

Winant, John G. (John Gilbert), 1889-1947

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John Gilbert Winant (1889-1947) was born in New York City. He attended St. Paul''s School in Concord, New Hampshire, and entered Princeton University as a member of the Class of 1913. After withdrawing from Princeton in late 1912, Winant returned to St. Paul''s School as a history teacher. He became active in local politics and was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1917. When the United States entered World War I, Winant enlisted in the American Expeditionary Forces and wa...

Williams, Aubrey Willis, 1890-1965

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Williams was executive director of the Wisconsin Conference of Social Work from 1922 to 1932. He joined the Roosevelt administration in 1933 and left in 1943 to become director of the National Farmers' Union. From 1945 to 1965 he was editor of SOUTHERN FARM AND HOME. From the description of Papers, 1914-1959, 1930-1959 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155525242 Aubrey Willis Williams (1890-1965), social worker, federal official, and civil rights advocate, was born in Sp...

Christgau, Victor A., 1894-

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Victor Laurence August Christgau was born on September 20, 1894, in Dexter Township (Mower County), Minnesota, to Frederick and Adeline Vanselow Christgau. He graduated from the University of Minnesota's School of Agriculture in 1917, and then served eleven months (1917-1918) with the U.S. Army's 33rd Engineer Corps in France during World War I. Following the war Christgau returned to the University of Minnesota and graduated from the College of Agriculture in 1923. He remained at t...

Gamble, Mary Nan

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Administrative assistant, U.S. Federal Emergency Relief Administration, who helped plan the Matanuska Valley project (1935) and escorted the first contingent of settlers. From the description of Papers, 1935-1945. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42926026 ...

New York School of Philanthropy

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Hall, Charles Mason, 1821-

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Kenyon, Dorothy, 1888-1972

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Lawyer; Judge; activist. Municipal Court Justice, New York City, 1930's; president of the Consumers' League of New York; appointed to a League of Nations Commission to Study the Legal Status of Women, 1938; U.S. delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 1947-50. Charged by Senator Joseph McCarthy with membership in communist organizations and was the first person to appear before Senate Foreign Relations Sub-Committee, 1950. Was on National Board of the American Civil Lib...

Smith, John Peter, 1831-1901

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Affiliated Schools for Workers

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Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979

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James T. Farrell (1904-1979) was an Irish-American novelist, short story writer, journalist, travel writer, poet, and literary critic. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he attended the University of Chicago and published his first short story in 1929. He is best known for his Studs Lonigan trilogy and for his A note on Literary Criticism, in which he described two types of the American Marxist character. From the guide to the James T. Farrell Collection, 1953-1961, (Special Colle...

Schneiderman, Rose, 1882-1972

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Rose Schneiderman (April 6, 1882 – August 11, 1972) was a Polish-born American socialist and feminist, and one of the most prominent female labor union leaders. As a member of the New York Women's Trade Union League, she drew attention to unsafe workplace conditions, following the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911, and as a suffragist she helped to pass the New York state referendum of 1917 that gave women the right to vote. Schneiderman was also a founding member of the American Civil Li...

United States. Federal Public Housing Authority

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Kellogg, Paul Underwood, 1879-1958

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Kellogg, editor of the Survey, 1909-1952, and an active social reformer, corresponded with major figures in business, politcs, and welfare, discussing developments in peace movements, New Deal programs, civil liberties, the development of professional social work, and programs to assist dependent members of society. From the guide to the Paul U. Kellogg papers, 1891-1952, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives [swha]) Kellogg, editor of the Surve...

American Labor Education Service

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Bryn Mawr college

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Friedmann, Ernestine L., 1885-1973.

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United States. Office of Economic Opportunity

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McBride, Katherine Elizabeth, 1904-

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LaFollette, Charles Marion, 1898-

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Hewes, Amy, 1877-1970

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Park, Marion Edwards, 1875-1960

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Marion Edwards Park was the President of Bryn Mawr College. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1927. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884555 ...

Lockwood, Helen Drusilla, approximately 1891-1971

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Lockwood was educated at Vassar and Columbia. She taught at Wellesley College, 1925-1927, and at Vassar College, 1927-1956, and was active in workers' education. From the description of Helen Drusilla Lockwood papers, 1883-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51618945 From the description of Papers, 1883-1971, 1908-1971 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519264 ...

Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Estes Kefauver : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419842 Estes Kefauver was a long-time senator from Tennessee and an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for president. From the description of Personal papers, 1934-1939 (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 44918282 Carey Estes Kefauver (b. July 26, 1903, Monroe Count...

Highlander Folk School

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Bryn Mawr Community Center.

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Loucheim, Kathleen Scofield, 1903-

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Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946

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Harry Lloyd Hopkins (1890-1946) was born in Sioux City, Iowa. After graduation from Grinnell College in 1912, he became a social worker in New York City with the Christadora Settlement House and the Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor (AICP). He was Executive Secretary of the New York Board of Child Welfare from 1915 to 1917 and worked for the American Red Cross in New Orleans and Atlanta from 1917 to 1921, when he rejoined the AICP in New York as Assistant Director. He headed t...

United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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In order to counteract the effects of the Depression, the Federal Government founded numerous agencies geared at lowering unemployment and boosting the economy. Among these were the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), created on May 12, 1933; the Civil Works Administration (CWA), established on November 9, 1933; and the Works Progress Administration (WPA-1), established on May 6, 1935. The Civil Works Administration was abolished in March, 1934, with its functions and records transfe...