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Series 5: IWW Member Subject Files, 1915-2005

 Series

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Scope and Contents note

Materials related to notable IWW members Carlos Cortez, Joe Hill, and Jack Sheridan. Carlos Cortez was best-known as an IWW artist, poet, and columnist who created many of the most recognizable images for IWW publications. His materials include periodicals and a few flyers for exhibits. Joe Hill was a legendary figure in the IWW, a songwriter and member whose songs for the movement are still performed today. He was considered a martyr of the labor movement after being killed in prison in Utah in 1915. Materials related to Hill include a program for his memorial in Chicago in 1915, and various publications which contain stories about Hill. There is one also folder of materials pertaining to Jack Sheridan, a longtime Wobbly who was active as platform speaker and soapbox speaker in New York and later in Chicago. A frequent contributor to the Industrial Worker, he was also involved in Chicago's Dill Pickle Club in the 1920s. The folder contains clippings, a newsletter, and a flyer for one of his speaking engagements.

Dates

  • Creation: 1915-2005

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

Arranged alphabetically by IWW member.

Repository Details

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

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