Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of a wide range of ephemera pertaining to labor in the Bay Area, California and the nation. Dating from roughly 1900 to the present, the collection includes ephemera created by or related to labor unions, with large amounts of materials related to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the United Farm Workers; organizations such as the Communist Party and Industrial Workers of the World; and topics such asagriculture, World War II, the 1934 San Francisco General Strike, and women's employment; civic associations and activist groups; and social justice related groups and subjects. Types of ephemera include: contracts; reports; leaflets; pamphlets; newsletters; constitutions and bylaws; fliers; journals and journal articles; and newspaper clippings.
- Extent:
- 50.0 boxes
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Ephemera Collection, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.
Background
- Processing information:
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Processed by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged alphabetically by subject.
- Accruals:
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Additions to the collection are ongoing.
- Physical location:
- Materials are stored onsite.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- California Ephemera Project.
Labor unions--California--History--20th century.
Labor unions--California--Oakland--History--20th century.
Labor unions--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History--20th century.
Labor unions--Longshoremen--United States.
Labor unions--Organizing--California.
Labor unions--Organizing--United States.
Labor unions--United States--History--20th century.
Labor--California--History--20th century.
Labor--United States--History--20th century.
Pacific Coast Longshoremen's Strike, 1934.
Social movements--California--San Francisco.
Strikes and lockouts--California--San Francisco.
Announcements.
Bylaws (administrative records)
Clippings.
Ephemera.
Fliers (printed matter)
Leaflets.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives & Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives & Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Ephemera Collection, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.
- Location of this collection:
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J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 4601630 Holloway AveSan Francisco, CA 94132-1722, US
- Contact:
- (415) 405-5549