Knights of Labor Miscellaneous Publications on Microfilm, 1885-1900
Collection Number: 5466 mf
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Knights of Labor Miscellaneous Publications on Microfilm, 1885-1900
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5466 mf
Abstract:
This collection consists of publications of the Knights of Labor. Included are addresses,
articles, journals, and the organization's Ritual.
Creator:
Knights of Labor
Quanitities:
0.11 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The Knights of Labor (K of L), officially Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor,
was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the
1880s.
The Knights promoted the social and cultural uplift of the workingman, rejected Socialism
and radicalism, demanded the eight-hour day, and promoted the producers ethic of republicanism.
It was never well organized, and after a rapid expansion in the mid-1880s, it suddenly
lost its new members and became a small operation again. It was started in 1869, reached
28,000 members in 1880, by 1885 there were 100,000 members. Nearly 800,000 members
had joined by 1886, however its poor organizational structure could not cope and it
quickly became a failure. Most members left the movement in 1886-1887, leaving not
many more than 100,000 but 1890. The remainder of the Knights of Labor continued until
1949, when the last 50 members dropped their affiliation.
This collection consists of publications by the Knights of Labor.
Address of the Congress of the Knights...', Address of the General Manager...', Adelphon
Kruptos', Building Laborers Int'l. Union of America', Coffeyville Dynamite Outrage',
District Assembly Forty-Nine...', Official Journal of the NY Protective Assoc..',
'Ritual', and 'Santuary of Dist. Assembly 126...'
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Knights of Labor Miscellaneous Publications on Microfilm #5466 mf. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Knights of Labor.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Reel 1 | 1 |
Address of the Congress of the Knights of Labor of the State of New York to the Sovereign
Electors.
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1896 |
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Scope and Contents
10 pp.
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| Reel 1 | 2 |
Address of the General Master Workman
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1885 |
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Scope and Contents
October 5, 1885. 21 pp.
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| Reel 1 | 3 |
Adelphon Kruptos. The Full, Illustrated Ritual Including the 'Unwritten Work' and
a Historical Sketch of the Order.
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1886 |
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Scope and Contents
Chicago: Ezra A. Cook. 56 pp.
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| Reel 1 | 4 |
Building Laborers International Union of America.
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1890 |
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Scope and Contents
2 pp.
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| Reel 1 | 5 |
The Coffeyville Dynamite Outrage, October l8th, 1888.
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1889 |
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Scope and Contents
Winfield, Kansas: American Nonconformist. 101 pp.
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| Reel 1 | 6 |
District Assembly Forty-Nine, Knights of Labor. New York and Vicinity.
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1888 |
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Scope and Contents
New York: Concord Co-operative Printing Company. 32 pp.
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| Reel 1 | 7 |
Official Journal of the New York Protective Associations Affiliated with District
Assembly 49
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1899 |
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Scope and Contents
32 pp.
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| Reel 1 | 8 |
Official Journal of the Nev York Protective Associations Affiliated with District
Assembly 49
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1900 |
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Scope and Contents
34 pp.
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| Reel 1 | 9 |
Ritual.
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Scope and Contents
23 pp.
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| Reel 1 | 10 |
Sanctuary of District Assembly 126, K. of L. Issued by Order of the District Assembly.
Why the General Officers Should be Deposed.
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Scope and Contents
No date. 4 pp.
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