American Federation of Labor records
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Anthracite Coal Strike, Pa., 1897; Communism; Labor union meetings; By-laws; Planning; Industrial Arbitration; Charters; Anthracite Coal Strike, Pa., 1902; American federationist; Fund raising; Strikes and lockouts; Boycotts; Anthracite coal industry; Correspondence; International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Publicity; International Association of Machinists; Labor disputes; Public relations; Professional ethics; United Mine Workers of America; Socialism; Labor unions; Coal mining; American Railway Union; Coal mines and mining; Organizing
Description: Letterpress books containing correspondence of the Samuel Gompers, and William Green, presidents of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and other officials including James Duncan, Gabriel Edmonston, Frank K. Foster, and John McBride.  Includes material pertaining to the formation of local unions, charters, bylaws, conduct of meetings, ethics, publicity, fund raising, arbitration, and boycotts.  Subjects include the political principles of the AFL, communism, socialism, the anthracite coal strikes of 1897 and 1902, American Railway Union, International Association of Machinists, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, United Mine Workers of America, and The American Federationist, magazine of the AFL.  Correspondents include Susan B. Anthony, Grover Cleveland, William Hugh Johnston, John L. Lewis, L.J. McGruder, P.J. McGuire, John Mitchell, John Morrison, Herman Robinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Daniel Joseph Tobin, Henry White, and Woodrow Wilson.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition of volumes 1-355 (volumes 251, 310, & 313 not received by the Library of Congress) available, no. 13,745.

Microfilm edition of volumes. 356-357 available, no. 16,178.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1967-1974.

Gift, AFL-CIO, 1966-1969.

Labor organization.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.

Each volume has a contemporary name index.