George Moses Price files and scrapbook
Collection Number: 5244
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
George Moses Price files and scrapbook,
Collection Number:
5244
Creator:
Price, George Moses
Quantity:
1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), scrapbooks, german.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
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.
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.
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.
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
Scrapbooks.
German
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:
George Moses Price files and scrapbook #5244. 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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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1912 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | ||
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Japanese
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1912-1914 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1888-1939 | |