Drehle, David Von Notes on Triangle Fire Court Transcript, 2001
Collection Number: 6179m
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
David Von Drehle Notes on Triangle Fire Court Transcript, 2001
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6179m
Abstract:
Notes of David Von Drehle on the December 1911 manslaughter trial of Isaac Harris
and Max Blanck, owners of the Triangle Waist Company.
Creator:
Von Drehle, David
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in
This collection consists of David Von Drehle's notes on the December 1911 manslaughter
trial of Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, owners of the Triangle Waist Company. The notes
were taken from a partial transcript of the trial held by the New York County Lawyers
Association.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
David Von Drehle Notes on Triangle Fire Court Transcript #6179m. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
David James Von Drehle (born February 6, 1961) is an American author and journalist.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan,
New York City, on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history
of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. The fire caused the deaths
of 146 garment workers -123 women and girls and 23 men - who died from the fire,
smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths. Most of the victims were
recent Italian and Jewish immigrant women and girls aged 14 to 23; of the victims
whose ages are known, the oldest victim was 43-year-old Providenza Panno, and the
youngest were 14-year-olds Kate Leone and Rosaria "Sara" Maltese.
The factory was located on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of the Asch Building, at
23–29 Washington Place, near Washington Square Park. The 1901 building still stands
today and is now known as the Brown Building. It is part of and owned by New York
University.
Because the doors to the stairwells and exits were locked (a then-common practice
to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to reduce theft), many of the
workers who could not escape from the burning building jumped from the high windows.
The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped
spur the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), which
fought for better working conditions for sweatshop workers.
The building has been designated a National Historic Landmark and a New York City
landmark.
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David Von Drehle notes on Triangle fire court transcript
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