Frank Roney papers, 1870-1917 (bulk 1878-1886)

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Frank Roney papers, 1870-1917 (bulk 1878-1886)

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Contains materials given by Frank Roney to Ira B. Cross to complete his book, , including correspondence, writings, materials relating to Roney's activities with labor organizations in San Francisco, clippings and ephemera. Writings include Roney's diary when he first arrived in San Francisco, the manuscript of his autobiography and drafts and articles about the labor movement including anti-Chinese sentiment. History of the Labor Movement in California Frank Roney: Irish Rebel and California Labor Leader,

Number of containers: 2 boxes; Linear feet: 0.8

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Bancroft Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6666285

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Pacific Coast League of Deliverance.

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Workingmen's Party of California

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Cross, Ira B. (Ira Brown), 1880-

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Biography Ira Brown Cross, a descendant of William Bradford and John and Priscilla Alden of the Plymouth Colony, was born December 1, 1880 in Decatur, Illinois. He received his A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Wisconsin, and while a student there became a member of the Socialist Party. In 1904 he served as the Assistant Secretary of the National Convention of the Socialist Party in Chicago. Cross received his Ph.D. from Stanford U...

Iron Trades Council.

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Roney, Frank, 1841-1925

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Frank Roney, a foundry worker by trade, helped form and participated in many labor groups in San Francisco, including the Federated Trades Council, the Iron Trades Council, the League of Deliverance, the Iron Molders' Union, the Knights of Labor, Representative Assembly of Trades and Labor Unions of the Pacific Coast and the Workingmen's Party of California. From the description of Frank Roney papers, 1870-1917 (bulk 1878-1886). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record i...

Iron Molders' Union of North America

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Knights of Labor

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Labor organization. From the description of Minutes, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536651 From the guide to the Knights of Labor minutes, 1886, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Organized in Philadelphia in 1869 as a general labor organization to protect and promote American laborers. One of ther goals was to prohibit the importation of foreign labor under contract. In 1880's, California's local Assemblies worked to ban use of Chinese immigrants and to pr...

Federated Trades Council.

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Representative Assembly of Trades and Labor Unions of the Pacific Coast.

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