Papers, 1960-1972.
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Brown University.
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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...
Industrial Workers of the World
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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...
Taft, Philip, 1902-1976
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Labor historian, economist, and professor of economics at Brown University; d. 1979. From the description of Papers, 1960-1972. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28417257 Philip Taft, Professor of Economics at Brown University, was a leading historian on the American labor movement. He died in 1976. From the description of Articles, 1939-1976. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22940204 Labor historian. From t...
