Pennsylvania Federation of Labor records, 1913-1965.

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Pennsylvania Federation of Labor records, 1913-1965.

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The records consist mainly of correspondence and research files from the President's office of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor (PFL). A small run of documents derives from the Secretary-Treasurer's Office. There are also photographic portraits of PFL leaders, panoramic PFL convention photographs, 9 posters and certificates, publications, and 7 reel-to-reel tapes of the organization's 1965 convention.

27.48 cubic feet.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania Federation of Labor

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A Pennsylvania State Branch of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) was founded in 1890, but it failed four years later. The Pennsylvania Federation of Labor (PFL) was chartered as a state branch of the AFL in 1902 and achieved considerable strength under James H. Maurer, its president from 1912 to 1928. The organization was crippled by the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) in the late 1930s, with most of its member unions leaving to join the CIO. Another prominent...