May is Labor History Month, and since the Haymarket Riot in Chicago in 1886, May 1 has held a special significance for the American Labor movement.
To assist those archives with labor history collections celebrate the month, and promote their programs, we have developed a package of press releases and promotion ideas. We have also provided a list of events at a number of labor archives around the nation. This material can be found at [url]http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/labor/Index.asp[/url].
This package of materials was developed at a retreat for labor archivists, sponsored by the Southern Labor Archives, held at the International Association of Machinist's education center in Maryland this past February, in association with the Society of American Archivist's Labor Roundtable, Lauren Kata, chair.
We hope you will find this package useful, and hope you will celebrate Labor History Month with us.
Sincerely,
Ben Blake
University of Pittsburgh
Bob Golon
Special Collections and University Archives
Rutgers University Libraries
Shannon Sheppard
Holt Labor Library
Barbara Morley
Kheel Center, Cornell University
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Patrizia Sione
Kheel Center, Cornell University
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Lauren Kata
Southern Labor Archives - Georgia State University Library
Pam Hackbart-Dean
Southern Labor Archives - Georgia State University Library
Michael Smith
Wayne State University, Walter P. Reuther Library
Kristen Chinery
Wayne State University, Walter P. Reuther Library
Dan Golodner
Wayne State University, Walter P. Reuther Library
Louis Jones
Wayne State University, Walter P. Reuther Library
Neil Hogan
New Haven (CT) Labor History Association
Jordan Patty
The American Catholic History Research Center and University ArchivesThe Catholic University of America
Robert Reynolds
George Meany Memorial Archives
Kristen Chinery, [mailto]ac9538@wayne.edu[/mailto]