This wide-ranging category focuses on workers and the American labor movement since the Civil War as well as other progressive and radical social movements. Taken as a whole, this category documents the efforts of labor unions and other organizations to impact American and international politics. Notable collections are records of the Knights of Labor; the AFL, CIO, and AFL-CIO; Socialist Party of America, Students for a Democratic Society, Americans for Democratic Action, and the American Jewish Congress. Events documented in this category include major labor strikes such as the Pullman Strike of 1894, the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts textile strike, and the National railroad yardmen's strike; presidential elections; the 1955 merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO); the 1962 Port Huron Statement by Students for a Democratic Society; and anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, including those demonstrations organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War, such as Operation Dewey Canyon III in 1971.
American Federation of Labor Records: The Samuel Gompers Era, 1877-1937
American Jewish Congress Records: Administrative and Executive Committee, Governing Council, National Conventions, and Executive Director Files
Americans for Democratic Action Records, 1932-1999
Labor Priests: Progressive Politics and the Catholic Church, Francis J. Haas Papers, 1904-1953
Labor Priests: Progressive Politics and the Catholic Church, John A. Ryan Papers, 1892-1945
Labor Unions in the U.S., 1862-1974: Knights of Labor, AFL, CIO, and AFL-CIO
Socialist Party of America Papers
Stephen S. Wise Papers: Rabbi, Scholar, Activist 1874-1949
Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the anti-Vietnam War Movement
Workers, Labor, and Race: Records of the Fair Employment Practices Committee, 1941-1946
Workers, Labor Unions, and the American Left in the 20th Century: Federal Records