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Labor Unions

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Walter C. Christensen cartoons

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0826
Abstract

The Walter C. Christensen cartoons are undated original pen and ink labor cartoons, most promoting the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Also includes clippings of cartoons by other artists and one issue of an IWW newspaper. Christensen was a paperhanger and painter from Bingham, Utah.

Dates: 1930s-1940s

Joseph A. Curtis papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1229
Abstract

The Joseph A. Curtis papers (1921-1990) contain correspondence, articles, songbooks of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), and a typescript of a book entitled The Right Man? The Tragic Saga of Joe Hill by Joseph A. Curtis.

Dates: 1921-1990

William D. Haywood collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 3101
Abstract

The William D. Haywood collection consists of a postcard and a news clipping providing biographical information regarding one of the Industrial Workers of the World's (IWW) founders.

Dates: undated

Joe Hill Organizing Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1243
Abstract

The Joe Hill Organizing Committee records (1914-1991) contain book reviews, committee lists, correspondence, flyers, news clippings, newsletters, petitions, play reviews, posters, reservation permits, songbooks, stamps, and tax forms. Some documents are copies from the trial and execution of Joe Hill in Utah in 1915. The Organizing Committee was formed in 1989 to commemorate Joe Hill who was a popular songwriter for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

Dates: 1914-1991