SCSU Hilton C. Buley Library: United States Labor History: Unionism & Testimonies

Unionism & Testimonies

Adolph Strasser on "Pure and Simple Unionism" (1883)
Testimony of Cigar Makers' International Union President Adolph Strasser before the U.S. Senate Committee on Education and Labor (1883).
Albert Parsons on Anarchism (1887)
Andrew Carnegie 1835-1919
Commit No Rash Act:: Albert Parsons' Last Words to His Wife (1886)
The Communist Manifesto
Engels riedrich, 1820-1895, Marx Karl, 1818-1883

The Corporate Reconstruction of American Capitalism, 1890-1916 by Martin J. Sklar
Call Number: HC110 C3 S58 1998
ISBN: 0521309212
Publication Date: 1988-04-29
At the turn of the twentieth century American politics underwent a profound change, as both regulatory minimalism and statist command were rejected in favor of positive government engaged in both regulatory and distributive roles. Through a fresh examination of the judicial, legislative, and political aspects of the antitrust debates in the years from 1890-1916, Martin Sklar shows that the arguments did not arise simply because of competition versus combination, but because of the larger question of the proper relations between government and the market and between state and society.

"I Am Sorry Not To Be Hung"
Oscar Neebe and the Haymarket Affair.
Carnegie Speaks: A Recording of the Gospel of Wealth
Documents, Essays and Analysis for a History of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
The Emma Goldman Papers
Emma Goldman (1869-1940) stands as a major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism.
The Eugene V. Debs Internet Archive
One of the greatest and most articulate advocates of workers' power to have ever lived.
The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
The Gospel According to Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie 1889 essay, "Wealth," argued for a broad social and culture role for fellow industrialist. It later became famous under the name, "The Gospel of Wealth,"
The Labor Press Project
Labor and Radical Newspapers in the Pacific Northwest
Minutes of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor
People's Party Platform. adopted at St. Louis, July 24 1896
Populist Party Platform (1892)
Women Working, 1800-1930

The Triangle Shirt Fire

"In 1911, 146 workers, most of them young women, were killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire leading to a public call for laws to protect workers. As a result, by 1920 the ILGWU [International Ladies Garment Workers Union] was one of the most powerful unions in the organized labor movement."--Excerpt from Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site