Commission on Industrial Relations special agents' files, 1908-1931, bulk, 1914-1931.

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Commission on Industrial Relations special agents' files, 1908-1931, bulk, 1914-1931.

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Largely files of correspondence (1911-1914) relating to the United States Commission on Industrial Relations' study on the growth of trade union membership in the United States and the extent of organization in various occupations and trades. Correspondents are Dr. George E. Barnett and Leo Wolman (special agents of the Commission) with the majority of trade unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and a number of independent unions. Barnett initiated the study and supervised Wolman in completing the project. Included is a manuscript first draft of the resulting report entitled "The Extent of Organization in the United States in 1910," including manuscript and printed occupational and census tables. Also a file of constitutions, by-laws, agreements and rules of order for the San Francisco trade unions and the San Francisco Labor Council (1907-1913) and several reprints of articles by Barnett (1916-1926).

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Cornell University Library

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Wolman, Leo, 1890-1961

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United States. Commission on Industrial Relations

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San Francisco Labor Council

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Barnett, George Ernest, 1873-1938

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