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Child Labour 1750-1850 Extensive treatment of the topic, from the Encyclopaedia of British History. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.main.htm Address to the National Labor Union of the United States From the minutes of the General Council meeting, May 11, 1869, as taken by George Eccarius. http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1864iwma/1869-e.h tm The Haymarket Martyrs The story of the Haymarket Martyrs, and their monument in Forest Home Cemetery. http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/haymkmon.htm Photos From the Triangle Factory Fire A collection of photographs and analysis from four contexts: general visual analysis, union and labour history, immigrant history, and feminist/gendered history. Includes annotated list of external resources and links. From an American history seminar taught by Stephen Robertson at the University of Sydney. http://teaching.arts.usyd.edu.au/history/hsty3080/3rdYr3080/ trianglewebsite/ Samuel Gompers Papers Project to make primary sources in American labor history available to students and researchers. Includes extensive biographical information about Gompers, plus information, photos, and images of primary documents related to other leaders and historical events. http://www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/ Child Labor Article about child labor in the 19th century by David Cody, Associate Professor of English, Hartwick College. http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/history/hist8.html Labor Arts Virtual museum exhibiting and cataloging the art of the labor movement and working people. Collections include parades, cartoon art on labor themes, and buttons and badges. http://www.laborarts.org/ |
