Clayton A. Videen research notes, 1887-1920.

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Clayton A. Videen research notes, 1887-1920.

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Handwritten copies of newspaper and magazine articles selected and annotated by Videen detailing strike activities in the Duluth Gas and Water Company (1887), the Mesabi and Cuyuna iron ranges (1907 and 1916), the Duluth Street Railway Company (1920), and the Timber Workers Union in Cloquet and other northern Minnesota towns (1920). The materials were compiled with the Duluth Labor Education Project of the Minnesota Work ProjectsAdministration.

0.4 cu. ft. (1 box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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