Barbara Wertheimer Prize in Labor History

From Brian Greenberg, [mailto]bgreenbe@monmouth.edu[/mailto]To recognize serious study in labor and work history among undergraduate students, the New York Labor History Association will award the Barbara Wertheimer Prize of $100.00 for the best research paper written during the 2006-2007 academic year. The winning entry will, with permission, be posted on the NYLHA website. Please encourage your best undergraduate students to submit their work.

Dear reader,

A Greek Entrepreneur in Utrecht
by the Historical Image Archive of Migrants (in Dutch)

How to code your own data into HISCO
History Of Work Information System

A list of 50 most consulted archives in 2006

Upcoming events: [url]http://www.iisg.nl/news/[/url]

Uitzonderlijk aanbod naar aanleiding van de internationale vrouwendag op 8 maart:
Begeerte heeft ons aangeraakt. Socialisten, sekse en seksualiteit
aan €10 i.p.v. €20 (portkosten €4)
Aanbod geldig van 2 tot en met 12 maart 2007
klik snel door naar: http://www.amsab.be/am2/nieu/2jaargnr2.htm

Conférence dans le cadre des Lundis de la BDIC
12 mars 2007, de 17 h à 19 h : ouverture des archives de David Rousset

Appel à communications

Mai-Juin dans les "années 68"

En recuerdo del próximo aniversario de la instauración de la I Repúblicaen España, el once de Febrero de 1873, hemos colocado en la web[url]http://www.asturiasrepublicana.com[/url] el artículo:

La horca, emblema político de Fernando VII, de Francisco Pi y Margall.
[url]http://www.asturiasrepublicana.com/fernandovil.html[/url]

También son novedad en la web estos otros artículos:

Taking the Heat: The First Women Firefighters of New York City

Women’s History Month / Black History Month
Race and Gender in the NYC Fire Department

Screening: Taking the Heat: The First Women Firefighters of Nw York City
A film by Ban Roy, Narrated by Susan Sarandon
Speakers:
Captain Brenda Berkman, United Women Firefighters
Elbert Washington, Vulcan Society (African American Firefighters)

David L. Ransel. Village Mothers: Three Generations of Change in Russiaand Tataria. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000, 2005. 328 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-253-21820-9.

Reviewed for H-Women by Michelle DenBeste, Department of History, California State University, Fresno

The New Brunswick Labour History Project launches The Struggle against Wage Controls: The Saint John Story, 1975-1976 on Wednesday, 28 February, at 7 p.m. at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, New Brunswick. Written by veteran Saint John labour activist George Vair, the book is edited and introduced by David Frank, Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick. The evening is co-hosted by the Saint John District Labour Council and the New Brunswick Museum.