Newspaper Accounts of the General Strike of 1926 and Related Matters in Great Britain on Microfilm, 1922-1934
Collection Number: 5565 mf

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Newspaper Accounts of the General Strike of 1926 and Related Matters in Great Britain on Microfilm, 1922-1934
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5565 mf
Abstract:
Microfilmed articles from British newspapers concerning the General Strike of 1926.
Creator:
British Gazette
Quanitities:
0.22 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom lasted 10 days, from May 3, 1926 to May 13, 1926. It was called by the general council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for 800,000 locked-out coal miners. Some 1.7 million workers went out, especially in transport and heavy industry. The government was ready and enlisted middle class volunteers to maintain cover for the strikers. There was little violence and the TUC gave up in defeat. In the long run, there was little impact on trade-union activity or industrial relations.

Microfilmed articles from British newspapers concerning the General Strike of 1926.
A negative copy is available upon request.
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Preferred Citation

Newspaper Accounts of the General Strike of 1926 and Related Matters in Great Britain on Microfilm #5565 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Great Britain.
British Gazette
Subjects:
General Strike, Great Britain, 1926

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Reel 2
American publications, 1922-1934.
Reel 1 1
Sunday Express
1926
Scope and Contents
May 2, 1926.
Reel 1 2
Sunday Worker
1926
Scope and Contents
May 2, 1926.
Reel 1 3
Daily Herald
1926
Scope and Contents
May 2, 1926.
Reel 1 4
Daily Telegraph
1926
Scope and Contents
May 3, 1926.
Reel 1 5
Evening Standard
1926
Scope and Contents
May 3, 1926.
Reel 1 6
Daily Chronicle
1926
Scope and Contents
May 4, 1926.
Reel 1 7
Daily Express
1926
Scope and Contents
May 4, 1926.
Reel 1 8
Daily Telegraph
1926
Scope and Contents
May 4, 1926.
Reel 1 9
British Worker Official Strike News Bulletin
1926
Scope and Contents
May 5-19, 1926
Reel 1 10
Daily Mail
1926
Scope and Contents
May 7, 1926.
Reel 1 11
British Gazette
1926
Scope and Contents
May 8, 1926.
Reel 1 12
Daily Express
1926
Scope and Contents
May 8, 1926.
Reel 1 13
Daily Mail
1926
Scope and Contents
May 8, 1926.
Reel 1 14
Daily Telegraph
1926
Scope and Contents
May 8, 1926.
Reel 1 15
Daily Mail
1926
Scope and Contents
May 9, 1926.
Reel 1 16
British Gazette
1926
Scope and Contents
May 10, 1926.
Reel 1 17
British Gazette
1926
Scope and Contents
May 11, 1926.
Reel 1 18
Daily Mail
1926
Scope and Contents
May 11, 1926.
Reel 1 19
Daily Telegraph
1926
Scope and Contents
May 11, 1926.
Reel 1 20
British Gazette
1926
Scope and Contents
May 12, 1926.
Reel 1 21
Daily News
1926
Scope and Contents
May 12, 1926.
Reel 1 22
British Gazette
1926
Scope and Contents
May 13, 1926.
Reel 1 23
The Times
1926
Scope and Contents
May 13, 1926.
Reel 1 24
Daily News
1926
Scope and Contents
May 14, 1926.
Reel 1 25
Daily Express
1926
Scope and Contents
May 15, 1926.
Reel 1 26
Daily Mail
1926
Scope and Contents
May 15, 1926.