Records, 1905-1915.

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Records, 1905-1915.

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Administrative records include the constitution and bylaws, minutes of the executive committee (1905-1912) and board of directors (1912-1915), reports of the chairman (1911) and secretary (1911-1914); financial records consist exclusively of the treasurer's reports (1909-1914); committee reports include the Committee on Labor and Industry (1912); the Special Committee on Organization (1912), the Subcommittee on the State Industrial Commission (1914), and investigations regarding Chief Labor Inspector Delaney (1907-1908); bills and ordinances in this collection include the "Age and Issuance Bill; Factories, Etc. and Anthracite and Bituminous Mines" (1908), the Child Labor Campaign (1906), and "an Ordinance relating to Minors Working the Streets and Public Places in Philadelphia" (1912), investigations conducted by the Association include "Newspaper Selling in Philadelphia" (1910) and "The Night Messenger Service in Pennsylvania" (1912).

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Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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