Newberry Library Workshop:

Work & Community History

Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities the Newberry Library and the Labor Education Program at DePaul University

The Work and Community History Workshop brings together teachers and librarians from middle schools, high schools, universities, and research libraries to explore ways to integrate the history of work and working class communities into the United States History curriculum.

The workshop meets from 5 PM to 7:30 PM at the Newberry Library on December 13, 2001, January 24, February 21, March 14, and June 13, 2002.

Participants

Jennifer Baniewicz, Gurdon Hubbard High School, Chicago; Sandra Beris, North Side College Prep., Chicago; Joan Davis, York Community High School, Elmhurst; Leon Fink, University of Illinois at Chicago; LaSandra Glass, Morrill School, Chicago; Toby Higbie, Newberry Library; Susan Hirsch, Loyola University; Chris Lazarski, Walter Payton College Prep., Chicago; Lisa Oppenheim, Chicago Metro History Education Center; Joy Reeves, Bright School, Chicago; Allen Schwartz, Chicago Metro History Education Center; Craig Segal, Inter-American Magnet School, Chicago; Ronald Solberg, Science and Arts Academy, Des Plaines; Maureen Sorenson, Morrill School, Chicago; Erin Wyatt, Polombi Learning Academy, Lake Villa.

Research Links

History on the Web
Unions and Community Organizations on the Web
Newberry Library On-line Catalog (Note, only about 10% of the Library's holdings are listed in the on-line catalog. Be sure to check the card catalog on the 3rd floor).

From the Newberry Collections

Images of the Town of Pullman, 1893. From a publicity brochure published by the Pullman Company. Pullman Company Archives.
Making Good Americans (1920s): Elliott Service Company promotion linking bulletin boards to Americanization of immigrants and anti-unionism. Pullman Company Archives.
Making the Bulleting Board 100% Effective (1920s): Elliott Service Company brochure. Pullman Company Archives.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) Bulletin (1920s): Pullman Company Archives.
BSCP Week in Chicago (late 1920s): Pullman Company Archives.
March on Washington Movement organizing brochure (c. 1942): Pullman Company Archives.
March on Washington Movement organizing and fundraising letter (1942): Pullman Company Archives.
March on Washington Movement flyer (c. 1942): Pullman Company Archives.

Questions about the Workshop or Web site? Contact Toby Higbie at higbiet@newberry.org

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this Web site do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.