Industrial Workers of the World Miscellany on Microfilm
Collection Number: 5177 mf
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Industrial Workers of the World Miscellany on Microfilm, 1906-1939
Collection Number:
5177 mf
Creator:
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW);
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Quantity:
3 microfilm reels
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), microfilm.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes materials related to the labor troubles at Centralia and Everett, Washington. Originals at the Wisconsin State Historical
Society.
Language:
Collection material in English
The papers of the Industrial Workers of the World consist of publications by or about the union and its varied activities.
The first reel is devoted to its labor periodicals. Included, among others, are The Industril Worker, January 1906-June
1907 (with frequent articles by Eugene Debs), Luber Workers Bulletins from various locals and The General Construction
Workers Bulletin.
The second reel contains 69 publications, addressed primarily to immigrant and minority groups and written in English and
various foreign languates; 62 publications dating from the 1920s and 1930s, produced by the General Defense Committee,
which attended to the legal and financial needs of workers imprisoned on charges related to radical activities; 17 pamphlets
produced by various trades unions within the IWW; and 31 pamphlets by Debs, DeLeon, Trautmann and others.
The third reel is devoted to pamphlets about the Centralia case. They deal with events and aftermath of Armistice Day, November
11, 1919, in Centralia, Washington, when an exchange of gunfire between enion members and a hostile crowd resulted in
the death of Lt. Warren Grimm, the lynching of one worker, the eventual trial of eleven members of the IWW, and the conviction
of eight for second degree murder.
There is no separate printed guide to the collection, but lists of the publications on reels two and three precede the texts
on the film.
Names:
Industrial Workers of the World.
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
Microfilm.
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Industrial Workers of the World Miscellany on Microfilm #5177 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Reel 1 | Item 1 | 1906-1907 | |
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January 1906-June 1907 (with frequent articles by Eugene Debs)
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| Reel 1 | Item 2 | ||
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From various locals
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| Reel 1 | Item 4 | ||
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| Reel 2 | Item 1 | ||
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Sixty-nine miscellaneous publications, written in English and various foreign languages
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| Reel 2 | Item 2 | 1920-1939 | |
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Sixty-two publications, dating from the 1920s and 30s. The General Defense Committee attended to the legal and financial needs
of workers imprisoned on charges related to the radical activities
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| Reel 2 | Item 3 | ||
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Seventeen pamphlets
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| Reel 2 | Item 4 | ||
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thirty-one miscellaneous pamphlets
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They deal with the events and aftermath of Armistice Day, November 11, 1919, in Centralia, Washington, when an exchange of
gunfire between union members and a hostile crowd resulted in the death of Lt. Warren Grimm, the lynching of
one worker, the eventual trial of eleven members of the IWW, and the conviction of eight for second degree murder.
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