TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
History of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Publications, ca. 1905-1985
Series 2: Periodicals, 1924-1966
Series 3: Song Books and Sheet Music, 1914-1990
Series 4: Official Documents and Organizational Items, 1905-1984
Series 5: IWW Member Subject Files, 1915-2005
Series 6: IWW Related Materials, 1902-1987
Series 7: Council for Union Democracy, ca. 1930s-1947
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Inventory of the Franklin and Penelope Rosemont Collection of IWW Publications and Ephemera, 1905-2005, bulk 1905-1935
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2006. ©2006. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Collector | Rosemont, Franklin |
| Title | Inventory of the Franklin and Penelope Rosemont Collection of IWW Publications and Ephemera |
| Dates | 1905-2005 |
| Dates | bulk 1905-1935 |
| Extent | 7 cubic ft. (14 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 1 oversize folder) |
| Abstract | Publications, official documents, song books, and other materials created by and related to the Industrial Workers of the World, an historic union and labor organization. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Case folio HD 8055 .I4 R67 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Franklin and Penelope Rosemont Collection of IWW Publications and Ephemera, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Purchased from Franklin and Penelope Rosemont, 2006.
Processed by
Lisa Janssen, 2006.
Access
The Franklin and Penelope Rosemont Collection of IWW Publications and Ephemera is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 5 folders at a time maximum, and items in each folder will be counted before and after delivery to the patron (Priority I).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Franklin and Penelope Rosemont Collection of IWW Publications and Ephemera is the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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History of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Chicago based labor organization.
Founded in Chicago in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, also known as the Wobblies), holds a special place in local and U.S. history. Locally, its prominence in Chicago labor and free speech history is second to none. With its strong links to the “Chicago Idea” labor radicalism of the Haymarket era, the IWW was an important influence on the Chicago Federation of Labor in the 1910's and 1920s, and a major force in the development of the workers’ education movement.
From 1905 through the 1930s the IWW was also a significant Chicago printer and publisher. Its printing facility in the large IWW building at 1001 West Madison Street printed large quantities of IWW books, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, convention proceedings, sheet music, leaflets, posters, stickers, and books. Not surprisingly, this IWW printing office was long recognized as the most productive Left press in the country. The later IWW print shop at 3333 West Belmont, though smaller, also had an impressive output.
During the first three decades of the last century, Chicago was the nation’s largest industrial city; the nation’s hobo (migratory worker) capital; and the vital center of the U.S. labor movement. As the leading proponent of industrial (rather than craft) unionism, the IWW's impact on the broader labor movement was large and ongoing. The union was renowned from the start for its profoundly democratic character and militant egalitarianism; at a time when most AFL unions admitted white males only, and discouraged the foreign-born, the IWW welcomed African Americans, women, and immigrants from all over. And when the AFL insisted that migratory workers were “unorgan-izable,” the IWW proceeded to organize them by the many tens of thousands.
The IWW’s many strikes, the General Electric strike in Schenectady, 1906 (the first “sitdown strike”), the Lawrence strike of 1912, involving 25,000 strikers from over sixteen language groups; the widespread May Day Strike of 1923, and the Colorado Coal Strike of 1927, were noted for their innovative strategies, and are still recognized as major landmarks in our nation’s labor history.
The IWW international headquarters remained in Chicago throughout its most active years (1905-1940) and several decades beyond. Even when headquarters moved away in the early 1990s, the IWW’s Chicago Branch, one of its more sizeable affiliates, stayed on, and remains active to this day.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Pamphlets, fliers, periodicals, books, convention minutes and proceedings, stickers, song books, official documents, and other ephemera created by the IWW and other related organizations and members.
The collection contains many of the IWW’s essential documents from its most crucial years, 1905 through 1935, as well as some of its later literature. Included are classic IWW pamphlets and magazines, volumes of convention minutes, and several editions of the IWW’s famous “Little Red Song Book.” Many of the publications are by well known labor authors such as Eugene Debs, Mary Marcy, Ralph Chaplin, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and William Trautman. In addition to the publications printed in Chicago, many of the pamphlets are in foreign languages such as Finnish, Hungarian, and Spanish, printed in IWW print shops in Duluth, Minnesota and Cleveland. The collection also contains several of the union’s numerous, varied and colorful dues and assessment stamps, buttons, stickers knows as "silent agitators," along with a wide range of other Wobbly paraphernalia. Materials pertaining to notable IWW members such as Joe Hill and Carlos Cortez and IWW related organizations round out the picture of the labor environment of the first half of the 20th century.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Publications, ca. 1905-1985. Box(es) 1-5
- Series 2: Periodicals, 1924-1966. Box(es) 6-8
- Series 3: Song Books and Sheet Music, 1914-1990. Box(es) 9
- Series 4: Official Documents and Organizational Items, 1905-1984. Box(es) 10-11
- Series 5: IWW Member Subject Files, 1915-2005. Box(es) 12
- Series 6: IWW Related Materials, 1902-1987. Box(es) 12
- Series 7: Council for Union Democracy, ca. 1930s-1947. Box(es) 12
- Series 8: Photographs, 1928-1986. Box(es) 13
- Series 9: Artifacts, ca. 1910s-1979. Box(es) -14
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Brundage, Slim, 1903-1990
- Chaplin, Ralph, 1887-1961
- Cortez, Carlos, 1923-
- Council for Union Democracy
- Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926
- Haywood, Big Bill, 1869-1928
- Hill, Joe, 1879-1915
- Industrial Workers of the World
- Industrial Workers of the World. General Defense Committee
- Marcy, Mary, 1877-1922
- Rosemont, Franklin
- Rosemont, Penelope
- St. John, Vincent, 1876-1929
- Thompson, Fred, 1900-1987
- Woodruff, Abner E.
Subjects
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century
- Direct action
- Labor literature -- United States
- Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Labor union locals
- Labor unions -- Jurisdictional disputes
- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Pamphlets -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1905-1985
- Pamphlets -- United States -- 1905-1985
- Photographs -- Illinois -- 1928-1986
- Printed ephemera -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Printers -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Printing -- Illinois -- History
- Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Songbooks -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1914-1990
- Strikes and lockouts -- United States
- Working class writings
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Container List
Series 1: Publications, ca. 1905-1985 |
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| Pamphlets, fliers, leaflets and books published and printed by the IWW. In contrast to much orthodox Marxist literature, heavy with chapter-and-verse quotations and party-line rhetoric, these IWW publications, many of them written by the self-educated, are full of original ideas, humorous asides, and strong, persuasive writing. The pamphlets and flyers are also rich in graphic content, with bold design and often comic illustrations of union concepts. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by title with foreign language publications following English language publications at the end of the series. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Advancing Proletariat, by Abner Woodruff - pamphlet, 1914 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | A Fair Trial? (Centralia labor case) - pamphlet, 1920 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | AFL & Industrial Unionism - pamphlet, 1930's | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Agriculture, The World's Basic Industry and its Workers - pamphlet, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | The American Legion and the Centralia Case - 4 page leaflet, 1924 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | And in the United States Liberty Lies Crushed - 1 page leaflet, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Better Tactics for a New Problem - 1 page leaflet, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Bloody Harlan and the Four Forgotten Victims of its "Justice" - 4 page leaflet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Bloody Harlan, the Story of Four Miners Serving Life. . . - pamphlet, 1937 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Building Construction, A Handbook of the Industry - pamphlet, ca. 1937 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Building Workers We Need a Union - 6 page leaflet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin - book, 1924 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin, reprint by Armadillo Press - book, 1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Chicago Replies to Moscow - single page flyer (see Oversize box), 1940s | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Coal Mines and Coal Miners - pamphlet, ca. 1920 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Craft Unionism by Eugene V. Debs - pamphlet, ca. 1905 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Craft Unionism, Why it Fails - pamphlet, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Crimes of the Bolsheviki by Ernest Riebe - pamphlet, 1919 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Direct Action - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | An Economic Interpretation of the Job - pamphlet, 1923 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Eight Men Buried Alive - pamphlet, 1924 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Eleven Blind Leaders by B. H. Williams - pamphlet, ca. 1910 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Events Leading to the Crime of Bloody Sunday - 4 page leaflet, 1917 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Evidence and Cross-Examination of J. T. (Red) Doran - pamphlet, ca. 1918 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | The Everett Massacre by Walker C. Smith - book, 1920s | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | The Evolution of American Agriculture by Abner E. Woodruff - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | The Evolution of Industrial Democracy by Abner E. Woodruff - pamphlet, ca. 1910's | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Fellow Workers - flyer n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | First Congress of the Red Trade Union International at Moscow by G. Williams - pamphlet, 1921 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Free Ferrero and Sallitto - 4 page leaflet, ca. 1935 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Free Ferrero and Sallitto - pamphlet, ca. 1930s | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | From Capitalism to the Industrial Commonwealth by Eugene V. Debs - pamphlet, 1908 | |||||||||
| 2 | 33 | General Construction Workers - pamphlet, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 2 | 34 | General Defense Committee of the IWW - 4 page leaflet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 35 | The General Strike by William D. Haywood - pamphlet, 1911 | |||||||||
| 2 | 36 | The General Strike for Industrial Freedom - pamphlet, 1933 | |||||||||
| 2 | 37 | The General Strike for Industrial Freedom - pamphlet, 1946 | |||||||||
| 2 | 38 | The General Strike for Industrial Freedom - pamphlet, 1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 39 | Giant Industry and the IWW - pamphlet, 1919 | |||||||||
| 2 | 40 | Have you given any thought to the conditions you will be compelled to work under . . . ? - 1 page leaflet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 41 | Historical Catechism of American Unionism - pamphlet, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 2 | 42 | The History of the IWW - pamphlet, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 2 | 43 | The History of the IWW in Canada - pamphlet, 1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 44 | The History of the San Diego Free Speech Fight - pamphlet, 1973 | |||||||||
| 2 | 45 | If You're Unorganized Your Pay is Too Low - 4 page leaflet, ca. 1930s | |||||||||
| 2 | 46 | The Immediate Demands of the IWW - pamphlet, 1923 | |||||||||
| 2 | 47 | Industrial Communism by Harold Lord Varney - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 2 | 48 | Industrial Government by C. E. Payne - pamphlet, 1945 | |||||||||
| 2 | 49 | Industrial Unionism, Real and Imitation - pamphlet, 1940s | |||||||||
| 2 | 50 | Industrial Unionism, The Road to Freedom by Joseph J. Ettor - pamphlet, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 2 | 51 | Industrial Workers of the World - pamphlet, 1960s | |||||||||
| 2 | 52 | The IWW, Its History, Structure and Methods by Vincent St. John - pamphlet, 1919 | |||||||||
| 2 | 53 | The IWW, Its First Fifty Years compiled by Fred Thompson - book, 1955 | |||||||||
| 2 | 54 | The IWW: Its First Seventy Years by Fred Thompson and Patrick Murfin - book, 1976 | |||||||||
| 2 | 55 | The IWW, A Plain Statement of its Structure and Principles - pamphlet, 1934 | |||||||||
| 2 | 56 | The IWW Program - 4 page leaflet (2 copies), n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 57 | The IWW Reply to the Red Trade Union International - pamphlet, 1922 | |||||||||
| 2 | 58 | The IWW in Theory and Practice by Justus Ebert -pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 2 | 59 | The IWW in Theory and Practice, 5th edition - pamphlet, 1930s | |||||||||
| 2 | 60 | The IWW Trial by Harrison George - book, ca. 1916 | |||||||||
| 3 | 61 | The IWW, What it is and what it is not - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 62 | Joe Hill by Fred Thompson - pamphlet, 1971 | |||||||||
| 3 | 63 | Joe Hill/IWW Song Book - flyer, 1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 64 | Joe Hill Songwriter by Dean Nolan and Fred Thompson - book, 1979 | |||||||||
| 3 | 65 | Join the I. U. 310 - IWW - 2 page leaflet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 66 | Justice and the IWW by Paul Brissenden - pamphlet, 1922 | |||||||||
| 3 | 67 | Lessons in Economics by C. H. Chapman - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 68 | The Lumber Industry and its Workers - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 69 | More Truth About the IWW - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 70 | One Big Union of All Workers - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 71 | One Big Union of All the Workers (contains pull-out wall chart) - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 72 | One Big Union of the IWW (contains pull-out wall chart) - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 73 | One Big Union of All Workers - pamphlet, 1933 | |||||||||
| 3 | 74 | One Big Union of All Workers - pamphlet, 1944 | |||||||||
| 3 | 75 | One Big Union - 6th edition - pamphlet, 1970 | |||||||||
| 3 | 76 | One Big Union - 7th edition - pamphlet, 1979 | |||||||||
| 3 | 77 | One Big Union of All Workers - Australia - pamphlet, ca. 1930s | |||||||||
| 3 | 78 | One Big Union of All Workers - Scotland - pamphlet, ca. 1930s | |||||||||
| 3 | 79 | One Big Union in the Textile Industry by Ewald Koettgen - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 80 | One Big Union in the Textile Industry - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 81 | On the Firing Line - pamphlet, 1913 | |||||||||
| 3 | 82 | An Open Letter to President Harding - pamphlet, ca. 1922 | |||||||||
| 3 | 83 | The Onward Sweep of the Machine Press - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 84 | Opening Statement of Geo. F. Vanderveer - book, 1918 | |||||||||
| 3 | 85 | Patriotism and the Worker by Gustave Hervé - pamphlet, 1912 | |||||||||
| 3 | 86 | Poems and Writings of James Kelly Cole - book, 1910 | |||||||||
| 3 | 87 | Proletarian and Petit-Bourgeois by Austin Lewis - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 88 | Public Opinion - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 89 | Pyramid of the Capitalist System - card, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 90 | Red Dawn, Bolsheviki and the IWW by Harrison George - pamphlet, 1918 | |||||||||
| 3 | 91 | Revolutionary Industrial Unionism - 6 page leaflet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 92 | The Revolutionary IWW - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 93 | The Revolutionary IWW by Grover H. Perry (includes How Scabs are Bred and The Constructive Program of the IWW) - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 94 | Sabotage, Its History, Philosophy and Function by Walker C. Smith (reprint by Black Swan Press) - pamphlet, 1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 95 | Sabotage, Its History, Philosophy and Function by Walker C. Smith (reprint by Solidarity Book Shop) - pamphlet, 1968 | |||||||||
| 3 | 96 | Shop Talks on Economics by Mary E. Marcy - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 97 | The Silent Defenders, Courts and Capitalism in California by Harvey Duff - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 3 | 98 | Silent Defense - pamphlet, ca. 1919 | |||||||||
| 4 | 99 | So, You're Out of a Job - pamphlet, 1930s | |||||||||
| 4 | 100 | The Story of the Sea, Marine Transport Workers Handbook - pamphlet, 1924 | |||||||||
| 4 | 101 | Suppressed Evidence in the Centralia Case - 4 page leaflet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 4 | 102 | Testimony of William D. Haywood before the Industrial Relations Committee - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 4 | 103 | These are the Facts! (Centralia) - pamphlet, 1919 | |||||||||
| 4 | 104 | To the Workers who Feed the World - 8 page leaflet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 4 | 105 | The Trail to Truth - 4 page leaflet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 4 | 106 | Twenty Five Years of Industrial Unionism - pamphlet, 1930 | |||||||||
| 4 | 107 | Unemployment and the Machine - pamphlet, 1934 | |||||||||
| 4 | 108 | Unemployment and the Machine by J. A. MacDonald - pamphlet, 1940s | |||||||||
| 4 | 109 | A Union for All Railroad Workers - pamphlet, 1940s | |||||||||
| 4 | 110 | Washington's Judicial Mockery - 4 page leaflet, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 4 | 111 | What is the IWW? - 4 page leaflet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 112 | What is the IWW Preamble? - pamphlet, 1923 | |||||||||
| 4 | 113 | What Sort of Union is the IWW asking you to Build? - 4 page leaflet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 114 | Where do we go from here? - pamphlet, 1930s | |||||||||
| 4 | 115 | Why Building Workers Must Organize in the One Big Union by Peo Monoldi - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 116 | Work People's College (includes photocopy identifying people in photo) - 4 page leaflet, | |||||||||
| 4 | 117 | Workers Guide to Direct Action - pamphlet, 1968 | |||||||||
| 4 | 118 | Workers Opposition in Russia by A. Kolontay - pamphlet, 1921 | |||||||||
| 4 | 119 | The Workers and Peasants of Russia by Augustine Souchy - book, 1922 | |||||||||
| 4 | 120 | World Labor Needs a Union by Fred Thompson - pamphlet, 1969 | |||||||||
| 4 | 121 | You've asked the questions we're proud to answer about the IWW - 4 page leaflet, 1950s | |||||||||
| 4 | 122 | Finnish - Amerikan Unionism Historiallin Katekismus - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 4 | 123 | Finnish - Punaisen Ammattiunioiden . . . pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 124 | Finnish - Taisteleva IWW - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 125 | Finnish - Talousoppia - pamphlet, 1922 | |||||||||
| 4 | 126 | Finnish - Työmaakeskusteluja Talousopista by Mary E. Marcy - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 127 | Finnish - Työväen Oppositioni - pamphlet, 1930s | |||||||||
| 4 | 128 | Finnish - Vallan - Kumouksellinen - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 129 | Finnish - Yksi Suuri Unio IWW (includes fold-out wall chart) - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 130 | German - Socialiftifche Refonftruttion . . . by Daniel de Leon - pamphlet, 1920 | |||||||||
| 4 | 131 | Greek - An Economic Interpretation of the Job - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 4 | 132 | Greek - What is the IWW? - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 4 | 133 | Hungarian - Általános Sztrájk - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 134 | Hungarian - Az Állandó Munka Bitztositása - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 4 | 135 | Hungarian - Az IWW Azonnali Követelései - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 136 | Hungarian - Az IWW by Vincent St. John - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 5 | 137 | Hungarian - Egy Nagy Szervezet (One Big Union) (includes fold-out wall chart), 1920s | |||||||||
| 5 | 138 | Hungarian - Fej - Én Nyerek Írás-ti Veszíttetek - pamphlet, ca. 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 139 | Hungarian - Felhivás! - 1 page flyer, 1920s | |||||||||
| 5 | 140 | Hungarian - Lehetünk-e Semlegekse? - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 141 | Hungarian -Mit Várhatunk a Háboru Után? by Geréb Józef - pamphlet, 1940s | |||||||||
| 5 | 142 | Hungarian - Népszerü Gazdaságtan by Mary E. Marcy - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 5 | 143 | Hungarian - A Szakszervezkededés Kudarca - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 5 | 144 | Hungarian - Technokrácia vagy Ipari Unionizmus - pamphlet, 1933 | |||||||||
| 5 | 145 | Italian - Che Cosa é L'IWW? - pamphlet, 1923 | |||||||||
| 5 | 146 | Italian - La Crisi Del Socialismo - pamphlet, 1922 | |||||||||
| 5 | 147 | Italian - La Technica Industriale e la Rivoluzione Proletaria - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 148 | Japanese - IWW (reprint) - pamphlet, 1985 | |||||||||
| 5 | 149 | Lithuanian - Kas Yra IWW? - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 5 | 150 | Portuguese - Unionismo Industrial - pamphlet, 1922 | |||||||||
| 5 | 151 | Romanian - Ce Este IWW - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 152 | Romanian - Istoria Structura si Metoadele Lui IWW - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 5 | 153 | Russian - History of the IWW - book, 1921 | |||||||||
| 5 | 154 | Russian - One Big Union of the IWW - pamphlet, 1920 | |||||||||
| 5 | 155 | Russian - Kak Mashina Zamenila Ruchnoi Trud - pamphlet, 1920 | |||||||||
| 5 | 156 | Russian - Ustav Industrialnix Rabochix Mira - pamphlet, ca. 1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 157 | Russian - Kratkaya Istoriya Stroenie i Metodi Borbi I.R.M. - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 158 | Spanish - La Desocupacion y la Maquinaria - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 159 | Spanish - La Historia Real de la Mussolunacia - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 160 | Spanish - Organizacion o Aniquilamiento - 1 page flyer, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 161 | Spanish - Que es la IWW (2 copies) - 2 page leaflet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 162 | Spanish - Que es la IWW? (Los Angeles branch) - 2 page leaflet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 163 | Spanish - Una Sola y Grande Unión - pamphlet, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 164 | Swedish - Arbetslösheten och Maskinen - pamphlet, 1925 | |||||||||
| 5 | 165 | Swedish - IWW Dess Historia Struktur och Metod by Vincent St. John - pamphlet, 1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 166 | Swedish - Vad Menas Med IWW? - pamphlet, 1922 | |||||||||
| 5 | 167 | Swedish - Vad är IWW? - pamphlet, 1920s | |||||||||
| 5 | 168 | Swedish - IWW Vadden är och Vad den icke är - pamphlet, 1931 | |||||||||
Series 2: Periodicals, 1924-1966 |
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| Newspapers, magazines, and bulletins published by the IWW. Periodicals such as the Industrial Pioneer, Rebel Worker, and One Big Union Monthly contain news, debate, theoretical articles, labor history, social criticism, short stories, plays, poetry, humor, cartoons (many of them full-page), and translations of texts from workers’ groups in other countries. There are several issues of the Hungarian language newspaper Bérmunkás as well as two bound volumes of bulletins from the General Construction Workers union and the Agricultural Workers I. U. No. 110. | |||||||||||
| Periodicals are arranged alphabetically followed by foreign language materials at the end of the series. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 6 | 169 | Agricultural Workers I.U. No. 100 - Monthly Bulletin - 53 issues bound in one volume (see Oversize), Jan. 18, 1923-Jan. 16, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 170 | General Construction Workers Bulletin nos. 1-12 bound in one volume (see Oversize) Apr. 5, 1922-Mar. 10, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 171 | Industrial Pioneer, Feb. 1921 | |||||||||
| 6 | 172 | Industrial Pioneer, Mar. 1921 | |||||||||
| 6 | 173 | Industrial Pioneer, Apr. 1921 | |||||||||
| 6 | 174 | Industrial Pioneer, May, 1921 | |||||||||
| 6 | 175 | Industrial Pioneer, Jun. 1921 | |||||||||
| 6 | 176 | Industrial Pioneer, Jul. 1921 | |||||||||
| 6 | 177 | Industrial Pioneer, Aug. 1921 | |||||||||
| 6 | 178 | Industrial Pioneer, Sept. 1921 | |||||||||
| 6 | 179 | Industrial Pioneer, Nov. 1921 | |||||||||
| 6 | 180 | Industrial Pioneer, Dec. 1921 | |||||||||
| 6 | 181 | Industrial Pioneer, Jun. 1923 | |||||||||
| 6 | 182 | Industrial Pioneer, Jul. 1923 | |||||||||
| 6 | 183 | Industrial Pioneer, Aug. 1923 | |||||||||
| 6 | 184 | Industrial Pioneer, Sep. 1923 | |||||||||
| 6 | 185 | Industrial Pioneer, Oct. 1923 | |||||||||
| 6 | 186 | Industrial Pioneer, Dec. 1923 | |||||||||
| 6 | 187 | Industrial Pioneer, Jan. 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 188 | Industrial Pioneer, Feb. 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 189 | Industrial Pioneer, Mar. 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 190 | Industrial Pioneer, Apr. 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 191 | Industrial Pioneer, May, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 192 | Industrial Pioneer, Jun. 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 193 | Industrial Pioneer, Jul. 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 194 | Industrial Pioneer, Aug. 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 195 | Industrial Pioneer, Sept. 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 196 | Industrial Pioneer, Oct. 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 197 | Industrial Pioneer, Nov. 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 198 | Industrial Pioneer, Dec. 1924 | |||||||||
| 7 | 199 | Industrial Pioneer, Jan. 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 200 | Industrial Pioneer, Feb. 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 201 | Industrial Pioneer, Mar. 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 202 | Industrial Pioneer, Apr. 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 203 | Industrial Pioneer, May, 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 204 | Industrial Pioneer, Jun. 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 205 | Industrial Pioneer, Jul. 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 206 | Industrial Pioneer, Aug. 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 207 | Industrial Pioneer, Sept. 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 208 | Industrial Pioneer, Oct. 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 209 | Industrial Pioneer, Nov. 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 210 | Industrial Pioneer, Dec. 1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 211 | Industrial Pioneer, Jan. 1926 | |||||||||
| 7 | 212 | Industrial Pioneer, Feb. 1926 | |||||||||
| 7 | 213 | Industrial Pioneer, Mar. 1926 | |||||||||
| 7 | 214 | Industrial Pioneer, Apr. 1926 | |||||||||
| 7 | 215 | Industrial Pioneer, May, 1926 | |||||||||
| 7 | 216 | Industrial Pioneer, Jun. 1926 | |||||||||
| 7 | 217 | Industrial Pioneer, Jul. 1926 | |||||||||
| 7 | 218 | Industrial Pioneer, Aug. 1926 | |||||||||
| 7 | 219 | Industrial Pioneer, Sept. 1926 | |||||||||
| 7 | 220 | Industrial Worker - newspaper (see Oversize), Nov. 13, 1948 | |||||||||
| 7 | 221 | One Big Union Monthly, Jan. 1920 | |||||||||
| 7 | 222 | One Big Union Monthly, Jun. 1920 | |||||||||
| 7 | 223 | One Big Union Monthly, Jul. 1920 | |||||||||
| 7 | 224 | One Big Union Monthly, Aug. 1920 | |||||||||
| 7 | 225 | One Big Union Monthly, Sept. 1920 | |||||||||
| 7 | 226 | One Big Union Monthly, Oct. 1920 | |||||||||
| 7 | 227 | One Big Union Monthly, Jan. 1937 | |||||||||
| 7 | 228 | One Big Union Monthly, Feb. 1937 | |||||||||
| 7 | 229 | One Big Union Monthly, Mar. 1937 | |||||||||
| 7 | 230 | One Big Union Monthly, Apr. 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 231 | One Big Union Monthly, May 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 232 | One Big Union Monthly, Jun. 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 233 | One Big Union Monthly, Jul. 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 234 | One Big Union Monthly, Aug. 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 235 | One Big Union Monthly, Sept. 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 236 | One Big Union Monthly, Oct. 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 237 | One Big Union Monthly, Nov. 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 238 | One Big Union Monthly, Dec. 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 239 | One Big Union Monthly, Jan. 1938 | |||||||||
| 8 | 240 | One Big Union Monthly, Feb. 1938 | |||||||||
| 8 | 241 | One Big Union Monthly, Mar. 1938 | |||||||||
| 8 | 242 | One Big Union Monthly, Apr. 1938 | |||||||||
| 8 | 243 | One Big Union Monthly, May 1938 | |||||||||
| 8 | 244 | One Big Union Monthly, Jun. 1938 | |||||||||
| 8 | 245 | Rebel Worker, Spring, 1964 | |||||||||
| 8 | 246 | Rebel Worker, Summer, 1964 | |||||||||
| 8 | 247 | Rebel Worker, Winter, 1965 | |||||||||
| 8 | 248 | Rebel Worker, 1965 (?) | |||||||||
| 8 | 249 | Rebel Worker, 1966 | |||||||||
| 8 | 250 | Rebel Worker, 1966 | |||||||||
| 8 | 251 | Rebel Worker, 1967 | |||||||||
| 8 | 252 | Wobbly (published by the Berkeley branch GRU, IWW), 1963 | |||||||||
| 8 | 253 | Finnish - Die Vapauteen, 1932 | |||||||||
| 8 | 254 | Hungarian - Bérmunkás Naptár (yearly almanac), 1933 | |||||||||
| 8 | 255 | Hungarian - Bérmunkás Naptár (yearly almanac), 1935 | |||||||||
| 8 | 256 | Hungarian - Bérmunkás Naptár (yearly almanac), 1936 | |||||||||
| 8 | 257 | Hungarian - Bérmunkás Naptár (yearly almanac), 1942 | |||||||||
| 8 | 258 | Hungarian - Bérmunkás Naptár (yearly almanac), 1945 | |||||||||
| 8 | 259a-c | Hungarian - Bérmunkás - newspaper (3 issues) (see Oversize), Sept. 12, 1942, Oct. 1, 1954, Oct. 15, 1954 | |||||||||
Series 3: Song Books and Sheet Music, 1914-1990 |
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| This series is made up primarily of several editions of the publication widely known as the "Little Red Song Book," in English as well as editions in Finnish, Swedish, and Russian. The content of these editions varies from year to year. The series also contains a few miscellaneous song books and pieces of sheet music. Notable is the full color illustrated sheet music of Joe Hill's "Don't Take my Papa Away from Me" found in Oversize. | |||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically and by format. English language song books are followed by foreign language editions with sheet music at the end of the series. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 9 | 260 | IWW Songs - 14th edition - "General Defense Edition," 1918 | |||||||||
| 9 | 261 | IWW Songs - "Songs of the Workers" - 15th edition, 1919 | |||||||||
| 9 | 262 | IWW Songs - 17th edition, ca. 1920 | |||||||||
| 9 | 263 | IWW Songs - 18th edition, ca. 1920 | |||||||||
| 9 | 264 | IWW Songs - 19th edition, 1923 | |||||||||
| 9 | 265 | IWW Songs - 20th edition, 1924 | |||||||||
| 9 | 266 | IWW Songs - 21st edition, 1924 | |||||||||
| 9 | 267 | IWW Songs - "Special Centralia Edition," 1925 | |||||||||
| 9 | 268 | IWW Songs - 22nd edition, 1926 | |||||||||
| 9 | 269 | IWW Songs - 23rd edition, 1927 | |||||||||
| 9 | 270 | IWW Songs - 26th edition, 1936 | |||||||||
| 9 | 271 | IWW Songs - 27th edition, 1936 | |||||||||
| 9 | 272 | IWW Songs - 28th edition, 1945 | |||||||||
| 9 | 273 | IWW Songs - 29th edition, 1956 | |||||||||
| 9 | 274 | IWW Songs - 30th edition, 1962 | |||||||||
| 9 | 275 | IWW Songs - 31st edition, 1964 | |||||||||
| 9 | 276 | IWW Songs - 33rd edition, 1970 | |||||||||
| 9 | 277 | IWW Songs - 34th edition, 1974 | |||||||||
| 9 | 278 | IWW Songs - 34th edition, 4th printing, 1980 | |||||||||
| 9 | 279 | IWW Songs - "Joe Hill Commemoration Song Book," 1990 | |||||||||
| 9 | 280 | Canadian IWW Song Book, 1990 | |||||||||
| 9 | 281 | IWW Workers sing-along book - I.U. 630 Entertainment Workers, 1972 | |||||||||
| 9 | 282 | IWW Workers sing-along book - New England IWW, n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 283 | Songs for Rebel Workers, ca. 1960s | |||||||||
| 9 | 284 | Songs for Rebel Workers, ca. 1970s | |||||||||
| 9 | 285 | Workers Song Book (contains hand-typed "National Anathema"), ca. 1930s | |||||||||
| 9 | 286 | Finnish - Palkkaorjain Lauluja, 1925 | |||||||||
| 9 | 287 | Finnish - Proletaari Lauluja, ca. 1918 | |||||||||
| 9 | 288 | Russian - IWW Song Book, 1920s | |||||||||
| 9 | 289 | Swedish - Sanger Av Joe Hill, 1924 | |||||||||
| 9 | 290 | Swedish and Norwegian - IWW Sang Bok, 1920s | |||||||||
| 9 | 291 | Sheet Music - The International, n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 292 | Sheet Music - The Rebel Girl (later printing), n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 293a | Sheet Music - The Advancing Proletaire, music by Douglas (see Oversize), n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 293b | Sheet Music - And Ancient Jewish Lullaby and Child Laborers' Spring Song, words by Mary E. Gallagher (see Oversize), copyright, 1920 | |||||||||
| 9 | 293c | Sheet Music - Up and in Action (the Centralia Horror), words and music by Henry C. Petersen (see Oversize), ca. 1927 | |||||||||
| 9 | 293d | Sheet Music - Don't take my Papa away from me, words and music by Joe Hill, (see Oversize) copyright, 1916 | |||||||||
Series 4: Official Documents and Organizational Items, 1905-1984 |
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| Items pertaining to the official activities of the IWW, including membership applications, various editions of the by-laws and IWW Preamble, dues-books, dues stamps, organizers’ credentials, invitations to events, subscription blanks, receipts, letterheads, union shop cards, local union charter certificates, wall-charts, and posters. There are also minutes from the general conventions which contain officers’ and committee reports, correspondence, and some speeches from rank-and-filers, as well as much spirited face-to-face debate, a number of anecdotes and Wobbly humor. There are also minutes from some specific industrial unions. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by type of document. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 10 | 294 | Admission Card - Hard Times Dance and Entertainment, 1909 | |||||||||
| 10 | 295 | Agreement between American Stove Co. (Cleveland Div.) and Metal Machinery Workers No. 440 - booklet, 1945 | |||||||||
| 10 | 296 | Application for Duplicate Card, 1920s | |||||||||
| 10 | 297 | Application for Membership Card, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 298 | Booklet of Instructions - General Defense Committee, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 299 | By-Laws of the General Recruiting Union, 1928 | |||||||||
| 10 | 300 | By-Laws of the General Recruiting Union, 1935 | |||||||||
| 10 | 301 | By-Laws - Finnish language, 1926 | |||||||||
| 10 | 302 | By-Laws - Lumbers Workers Industrial No. 120, 1944 | |||||||||
| 10 | 303 | By-Laws - Metal Mine and Construction Workers No. 210-310-330, 1950 | |||||||||
| 10 | 304 | Calendar Page designed by Henkleman (see Oversize), Jan. 1946 | |||||||||
| 10 | 305 | Charter - Local Union (see Oversize), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 306 | Clearance Card, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 307 | Collective Bargaining Agreement between American Stove Co. and Metal Machinery Workers No. 440, 1937 | |||||||||
| 10 | 308 | Constitution and By-Laws, ca. 1905 | |||||||||
| 10 | 309 | Correspondence Course in Delegates' Work and Organization Bookkeeping issued by the Work People's College, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 10 | 310 | Delegates Report Form, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 311 | Detroit Union Study Classes card, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 312 | Financial Statement - fiscal year, 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 10 | 313 | Financial Statement - fiscal year, 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 10 | 314 | Financial Statement - fiscal year, 1966-1967 | |||||||||
| 10 | 315 | General Defense Committee Charter (see Oversize), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 316 | General Organization Bulletin, 1962 | |||||||||
| 10 | 317 | Industrial Worker subscription blanks, 1940s | |||||||||
| 10 | 318 | Junior Wobblies Union Charter (see Oversize), n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 319 | Junior Wobblies Union membership card, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 320 | Junior Wobbly Union - delegate authorization card, 1930s | |||||||||
| 10 | 321 | Letterhead Stationary - various designs, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 322 | Lumber Jack's Prayer by T-Bone Slim printed on card, n.d. | |||||||||
| 10 | 323 | Manual for Delegates, Groups and Branches, ca. 1970s | |||||||||
| 10 | 324 | Manual of Instructions for Job Delegates, ca. 1940s | |||||||||
| 10 | 325 | Membership Book, 1905 | |||||||||
| 10 | 325a | Membership Book, 1920s | |||||||||
| 10 | 326 | Membership Book - AWO 400/local 178 with dues stamps, 1913 | |||||||||
| 10 | 327 | Membership Book - Spanish, 1921 | |||||||||
| 10 | 328 | Membership Book - Swedish, 1920s | |||||||||
| 10 | 329 | Minutes - 13th Convention, 1921 | |||||||||
| 10 | 330 | Minutes - 14th General Convention, 1922 | |||||||||
| 10 | 331 | Minutes - 15th General Convention, 1923 | |||||||||
| 10 | 332 | Minutes - 16th General Convention, 1924 | |||||||||
| 10 | 333 | Minutes - 17th General Convention, 1925 | |||||||||
| 10 | 334 | Minutes - 18th General Convention, 1928 | |||||||||
| 10 | 335 | Minutes - 21st General Convention, 1934 | |||||||||
| 10 | 336 | Minutes - 22nd General Convention, 1936 | |||||||||
| 10 | 337 | Minutes - 23rd General Convention, 1938 | |||||||||
| 10 | 338 | Minutes - 24th General Convention, 1939 | |||||||||
| 10 | 339 | Minutes - 25th General Convention, 1946 | |||||||||
| 10 | 340 | Minutes - 26th General Convention, 1950 | |||||||||
| 10 | 341 | Minutes - 27th General Convention, 1955 | |||||||||
| 10 | 342 | Minutes - 28th General Convention, 1968 | |||||||||
| 10 | 343 | Minutes - 30th General Convention, 1970 | |||||||||
| 10 | 344 | Minutes - 32nd General Convention, 1972 | |||||||||
| 11 | 345 | Minutes - 35th General Convention, 1976 | |||||||||
| 11 | 346 | Minutes - 37th General Convention, 1978 | |||||||||
| 11 | 347 | Minutes - 38th General Convention, 1979 | |||||||||
| 11 | 348 | Minutes - Building Construction Workers Union No. 330 - 4th Annual Convention, 1924 | |||||||||
| 11 | 349 | Minutes - Lumber Workers Union No. 120 - General Convention, 1923 | |||||||||
| 11 | 350 | Minutes - Marine Transport Workers Union No. 510 - 1st Convention, 1923 | |||||||||
| 11 | 351 | Minutes - Metal and Coal Mine Workers Union No. 210-220 - Convention, 1924 | |||||||||
| 11 | 352 | Minutes - Metal Machinery Workers Union No. 400 - 4th Convention, 1923 | |||||||||
| 11 | 353 | Organizers Credential card, n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 354 | Preamble and Constitution, 1928 | |||||||||