Pearlman, George Research Papers, 1939-1942
Collection Number: 5022
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
George Pearlman Research Papers, 1939-1942
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5022
Abstract:
Summary: Include the following typed manuscripts by Pearlman: biography of Thomas
Wilson Talbot (1849-1892), founder of the International Association of Machinists
(1975); an article on the origin of Labor Day and a chronology of events pertaining
to Labor Day(1973); and a biographical sketch of Matthew Maguire(1850-1917), credited
as the founder of Labor Day(n.d.). Also copies of newspaper and periodical articles
and U.S. Department of Labor publications relating to the origins of Labor Day (1891-1971).
Creator:
Pearlman, George
Quanitities:
0.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
George Pearlman was a retired machinist who became interested in the controversy over
who was the "father" of Labor Day: Matthew Maguire, a machinists' union official,
or Peter McGuire, a carpenters' union official. After a substantial amount of research,
the results of which are documented in this collection, Pearlman concluded that Matthew
Maguire was the originator of the holiday.
Includes the following typed manuscripts by Pearlman: biography of Thomas Wilson Talbot
(1849-1892), founder of the International Association of Machinists (1975); an article
on the origin of Labor Day and chronology of events pertaining to Labor Day (1973);
and a biographical sketch of Matthew Maguire (1850-1917), credited as the founder
of Labor Day (n.d.). Also copies of newspaper and periodical articles and U.S. Department
of Labor publications relating to the origins of Labor Day (1891-1971).
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
George Pearlman Research Papers #5022. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Maguire, Matthew
McGuire, P. J. (Peter James), 1852-1906.
Pearlman, George
Talbot, Thomas W. (Thomas Wilson), 1842-1892
Subjects:
Labor Day.
Machinists.
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Socialism Booklets
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Labor Day Origin - Chronology Photo Copies Maguire, A Profile G. Pearlman
|
1891 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Talbot Biography
|
1849-1892 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Labor Day
|
1891-1897 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Origins of Labor Day and Chronology of Events Pertaining to Labor Day
|
1973 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
The Socialist
|
1939-1942 |