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Series 2: Periodicals, 1924-1966

 Series

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Newspapers, magazines, and bulletins published by the IWW. Periodicals such as the Industrial Pioneer, Rebel Worker, and One Big Union Monthly contain news, debate, theoretical articles, labor history, social criticism, short stories, plays, poetry, humor, cartoons (many of them full-page), and translations of texts from workers’ groups in other countries. There are several issues of the Hungarian language newspaper Bérmunkás as well as two bound volumes of bulletins from the General Construction Workers union and the Agricultural Workers I. U. No. 110.

Dates

  • Creation: 1924-1966

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Franklin and Penelope Rosemont collection of IWW publications and ephemera is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 5 folders at a time maximum, and items in each folder will be counted before and after delivery to the patron (Priority I).

Arrangement note

Periodicals are arranged alphabetically followed by foreign language materials at the end of the series.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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