Ira Cross : California labor notes, 1815-1960.

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Ira Cross : California labor notes, 1815-1960.

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Consists of notes and research materials which were gathered by Ira B. Cross and his research assistants primarily for his book, History of the labor movement in California. Contains the original typescript from 1909-1932, including manuscript corrections, illustrations, and all footnotes as they were written by Cross, only a fraction of which were retained in the published edition. Research notes contain correspondence, including exchanges with various labor organizers and their families, most notably Astaroth and Burnette Haskell, Frank Roney, and Paul Scharrenberg, along with fan mail and critical analyses of the book by Cross' colleagues. Also contains biographical sketches, including testimonies, clippings, and interviews taken by Cross or his assistants. Research notes on the history of labor include sections with references to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the U.S. Commission on Migratory Labor, as well as sections on the Building Trades Council of San Francisco, The Federated Trades Council of San Francisco, and the Maritime Trades Council of San Francisco. A card file of newspaper citations arranged by subject and scattered issues of labor newspapers (on microfilm) and clippings includes a variety of California publications and materials from several western states and Canada.

5 cartons, 3 boxes, 8 oversize folders (8 linear ft.)Labor newspapers: 1 microfilm reel : negative (Box 549:17) and positive.

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Federated Trades Council.

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Haskell, Astaroth Victor, 1886-1951?

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Cross, Ira B. (Ira Brown), 1880-

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Biography Ira Brown Cross, a descendant of William Bradford and John and Priscilla Alden of the Plymouth Colony, was born December 1, 1880 in Decatur, Illinois. He received his A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Wisconsin, and while a student there became a member of the Socialist Party. In 1904 he served as the Assistant Secretary of the National Convention of the Socialist Party in Chicago. Cross received his Ph.D. from Stanford U...

Building Trades Council of San Francisco.

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Maritime Trades Council of San Francisco.

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Haskell, Burnette G., 1857-1907

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Burnette Gregor Haskell was born in Downieville, California, June 11, 1857. A printer and attorney, in 1882 he abandoned the Republican Party, embraced socialism, and began publishing the International Workingmen's Association journal Truth. He organized (1882) the Socialist Labor Party in San Francisco, and on the Pacific coast, the Knights of Labor, as well as the Sailors' Union (1885), Musicians', and other unions. Haskell married Anna Fader about 1883. A founder of the short-lived Marxist Ka...

Roney, Frank, 1841-1925

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Frank Roney, a foundry worker by trade, helped form and participated in many labor groups in San Francisco, including the Federated Trades Council, the Iron Trades Council, the League of Deliverance, the Iron Molders' Union, the Knights of Labor, Representative Assembly of Trades and Labor Unions of the Pacific Coast and the Workingmen's Party of California. From the description of Frank Roney papers, 1870-1917 (bulk 1878-1886). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record i...

Scharrenberg, Paul, b. 1877.

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Biography Paul Scharrenberg was born in Hamburg, Germany on August 21, 1877. He came to New York as a young boy and went to sea in his early teens. In 1898 he was an able seaman on the American square-rigger New York, which was wrecked off Half Moon Bay, California. After working briefly on coastal ships Scharrenberg went to work in San Francisco for the American Seamen's Union and soon became editor of its Seamen's Journal. He was an active ...

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