This collection includes pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, and ephemera related to May Day events from 1937-1981. Subjects include May Day events and the history of May Day. This collection is now part of the John M. Weatherwax Collection  and can be found under Series III: Subject Files, Sub-Series G: May Day 

May Day, also known as "International Workers' Day," began during the Industrial Revolution in America when men, women, and children were dying every year from unfit work conditions and long work days. On May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 workers walked out of businesses across the country in support of an eight-hour workday. On May 4th, 1886, a bombing occurred at a labor demonstration on Haymarket Square in Chicago which became known as the "Haymarket Affair." This event is considered the origin of the observance of May Day, a tradition that continues today as a celebration of labor and workers' rights.

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