Papers [microform], 1869-1906.

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Papers [microform], 1869-1906.

Microfilm copy of papers of Joseph P. McDonnell, an Irish immigrant who was for years a leader of labor movements in New Jersey. His papers merely touch upon some of the points in his career: there is a diary for 1881 kept when he was in jail in Paterson, New Jersey for libel; some memorandum books; a few papers dealing with his work as legislative chairman for the New Jersey Federation of Trades and Labor Unions, and with his work as state inspector of child labor in 1884; and miscellaneous papers. Included are several letters from Samuel Gompers.

1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924

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Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) was President of the American Federation of Labor and a member of the President's First Industrial Conference in 1919. He was a member of the President's Unemployment Conference in 1921. ...

McDonnell, Joseph P., 1847-1906.

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