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Inventory of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) and Joe Hill Ephemera SPC.2023.024
SPC.2023.024
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) and Joe Hill Ephemera
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2023.024
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
.42 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1923,1944, 1946, 1963, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1990, circa 1970s; undated
Language of Material:
English
, Hungarian
.
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The Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W) and Joe Hill Ephemera Collection (1923-1990; undated) contains 26 items related
to I.W.W; and member Joe Hill, a labor activist and songwriter who was accused of murder and executed by firing squad in 1915.
Included in this collection are I.W.W. publications such as an appendix to the general constitution and by-laws, and pamphlets
such as: Historical Catechism of American Unionism"; "One Big Union of All the Workers"; and "The General Strike for Industrial
Freedom". This collection also includes booklets, pamphlets, flyers, paper labels, a zine, and other documents regarding both
the I.W.W., and Joe Hill. Lastly, this collection contains sheet music for Joe Hill's "Workers of the World Awaken"; and reprints
and Joe Hill Memorial editions of I.W.W. songbooks issued after Hill's execution. These songbooks feature a compliation of
tunes, hymns, and songs used by the I.W.W. This collection is arranged chronologically.
Joe Hill (October 7, 1879-November 19, 1915), born Joel Emmanuel Hagglund was a labor activist, songwriter, and cartoonist.
He was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.)- an international labor union founded in Chicago in 1905.
In November 1915 Hill was convicted of murder in Utah. An international campaign to have Hill exonerated began two months
prior to his trial, but was unsuccessful and Hill was executed by firing squad on November 19, 1915. Hill's life, death, and
songs have gone on to inspire and influence other songwriters and activists around the world.
For more information about Joe Hill see "The Legacy of Joe Hill",
Salt Lake Tribune https://local.sltrib.com/charts/joehill/landingpage.html
"Joe Hill" by Fred Thompson; and "Joe Hill I.W.W. Songwriter" by Dean Nolan and Fred Thompson located in this collection (Industrial
Workers of the World (IWW) and Joe Hill Ephemera" SPC.2023.024)
For more material related to the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W) please consult: American Leftist Organizations and
Labor Unions Stamps and Ephemera; and Holt Labor Library Collections (HLL).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor unions
Activism
Protest songs
Industrial Workers of the World
Hill, Joe, 1879-1915