George Moses Price files and scrapbook, 1888-1914
Collection Number: 5244
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
George Moses Price files and scrapbook, 1888-1914
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5244
Abstract:
Includes a copy of the preliminary report of the Factory Investigating Commission
(1929); a volume of bound documents relating to the Joint Board of Sanitary Control
in the Cloak, Suit and Skirt and the Dress and Waist Industries (1911-1925); a Japanese
edition of Price's book, The Modern Factory; and a scrapbook containing various documents
relating to Price's work and career.
Creator:
Price, George Moses
Quanitities:
1 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English, Japanese
Dr. George M. Price spent his professional life engaged in public health issues. Specifically,
Price did pioneering work in the field of industrial health and worker safety.
In 1911, Price was named to the New York State Factory Investigating Commission,
chaired by Robert Wagner, which investigated working conditions and health standards
in New York industries, particularly the garment industry. From 1911 to 1925, Price
served as director of the Joint Board of Sanitary Control in the Shirt and Dress Industry.
Price also served as the director of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
(ILGWU) Health Center from its founding until his death in 1942. Price was a member
of a number of organizations concerned with public and industrial health issues, including
the National Tuberculosis Association and the American Public Health Association.
Includes a copy of the preliminary report of the Factory Investigating Commission
(1929); a volume of bound documents relating to the Joint Board of Sanitary Control
in the Cloak, Suit and Skirt and the Dress and Waist Industries (1911-1925); a Japanese
edition of Price's book, The Modern Factory; and a scrapbook containing various documents
relating to Price's work and career.
The volume of bound documents relating to the Joint Board of Sanitary Control (entitled
The Private Papers of George M. Price, 1911-1925) includes various reports of Board
Committees (1911-1913) and the reports of the director (Price), covering such issues
as the financial standing of the Board, health and disease control and insurance,
fire controls and accessibility of fire escapes in factories, educational activities
of the Board, first aid and nursing activities in factories, and sanitary conditions
in factories (1913-1925).
Scrapbook includes correspondence, reprints of articles, and newspaper clippings
relating to Price's work and the ILGWU Health Center. Correspondence consists largely
of letters of recommendation, appointment or congratulations. Correspondents include
Mary E. Dreier, Jacob A. Riis, Charles V. Chapin, Lillian D. Wald, Roger S. Tracy,
and Waller Brook Browner.
Scrapbook also includes reprints of articles by and about Price extracted from such
journals and newspapers as the Journal of Sociological Medicine, Transactions of the
Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, Monthly Labor Review,
Advance, and Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society. A reprint of
an article by Leo Price (George M. Price's son) is also included, extracted from Mensch
und Medizin.
Also included are newspaper clippings relating to Price's work and contributions,
particularly to the success of the ILGWU Health Center, as well as two photographs
of Price.
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archivist for access to these materials.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
George Moses Price files and scrapbook #5244. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Bernard, Leon
Brown, Lawrason, 1871-1937
Browner, Waller Brook
Chapin, Charles V.
Dreier, Mary E. (Mary Elisabeth), 1875-1963.
Price, George M. (George Moses), 1864-1942
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1894-1914
Tracy, Roger S.
Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940
Joint Board of Sanitary Control in the Cloak, Suit and Skirt and the Dress and Waist
Industries
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission.
Subjects:
Factory inspection--United States.
Factory laws and legislation--United States.
Industrial accidents--United States.
Industrial hygiene--United States.
Industrial safety--United States.
Industrial safety committees.
Tuberculosis--United States--Prevention.
Clothing workers.
Medical consultants.
Textile workers.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Dr. George M. Price
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1912 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
The Modern Factory; George M. Price (Japanese)
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Scope and Contents
Japanese
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Private Papers of George M. Price, M.D.
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1912-1914 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
George M. Price M.D. (Letters)
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1888-1939 |