Industrial Workers of the World collection, 1916-1922

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1475
Bib ID:
7072761 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Industrial Workers of the World
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
0.5 linear feet (1 box and 1 oversize poster)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

A small collection of poems, broadsides, fliers, publications, manuscripts, and letters.

Arrangement

Not organized.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Industrial Worker of the World Records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2008-2009-M105: Source of acquisition--[source of acquisition]. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--11/30/2002.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers processed PTL 8/8/2012.

Revision Description

2012-08-09 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

The Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), also known as the "Wobblies", is an international labor union founded in Chicago in 1905.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Broadsides (notices) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pamphlets CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Chumley, L. S (Leland Stanford) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Industrial Workers of the World CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Labor unions -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Socialism -- United States -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID