David Armitage Boyd papers, 1843-1934.

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David Armitage Boyd papers, 1843-1934.

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Collection contains two letters concerning iron and steel works built by George B. Russell in Detroit, early development of the Illinois Steel Company, and making of the first steel rails at Chicago and the surrounding vicinity. Memoranda on early Detroit industrial activities and labor unions. Details of ship engines etc., lists of vessels and other data regarding Great Lakes shipping.

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Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7648776

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Michigan Federation of Labor

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International Association of Machinists.

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The International Association of Machinists is a trade union that was formed in 1888 by nineteen machinists in Atlanta, Georgia. From the description of International Association of Machinists records, 1947. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 308473936 History The International Association of Machinists (IAM) Lodge #68 is one of the oldest of the Bay Area Metal working unions and has a long and interesting ...

Knights of Labor

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Labor organization. From the description of Minutes, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536651 From the guide to the Knights of Labor minutes, 1886, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Organized in Philadelphia in 1869 as a general labor organization to protect and promote American laborers. One of ther goals was to prohibit the importation of foreign labor under contract. In 1880's, California's local Assemblies worked to ban use of Chinese immigrants and to pr...

Illinois Steel Company

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The Illinois Steel Company was formed in 1889 by the merger of several Chicago-area steel concerns. During the 1890s, it was the largest steel producer in the western United States. The Illinois Steel Company was among the steel companies that merged in 1901 to form the United States Steel Corporation. From the description of Illinois Steel Company Photograph album, ca. 1896. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 52614236 ...

Boyd, David Armitage, 1868-1939.

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Machinist, printer, union organizer and officer, member Knigts of Labor, Mich. Fed. of Labor, International Assoc. of Machinists. From the description of Labor papers, 1878-1939. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34366797 Machinist, printer, union organizer and officer, member Knights of Labor, Michigan Federation of Labor, International Association of Machinists. From the description of David Armitage Boyd papers, 1843-1934. (Detroit Public Library)....

Russell, George B.

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