Labor movement in Texas collection, 1845-1954.

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Labor movement in Texas collection, 1845-1954.

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Documents include correspondence, transcripts, newspaper clippings, newsletters, notes, interviews and manuscripts resulting from research begun in 1936 under Bureau of Research in Social Sciences, University of Texas, by Economics Professor Ruth Allen (1889-1979) into history of organized labor in Texas.

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University of Texas Libraries

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