Below is an ever-growing
list of Internet links and other interesting resources for anyone interested
in labor history.
Please e-mail us any additional
resources you can suggest for our list. |
On-Line Resources |
 CT-AFL-CIO
http://www.ctaflcio.org
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American Labor Studies Center
http://www.labor-studies.org
- The history of the labor movements needs to be taught in every school in this land. America is a living testimonial to what free men and women, organized in free democratic trade unions can do to make a better life. … We ought to be proud of it!
Vice President Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr.
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Labor's Heritage
http://www.laborheritage.org
- History is full of opportunities to see how our collective power has changed American and the World. This time line will include important historical references to the Labor movements actions, triumph, and challenges.
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AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org
The Walter P. Reuther Library
New Page 1
New Page 1
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http://www.New HavenIndependent.org
- New Haven. Its neighborhoods. Its government. Its people – from the
knuckleheads to the dreamers and schemers, and everyone in between."
(One of the few publications in the area where a Union can get a fair shake)
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Moments in New Haven Labor History
- Written by former New Haven Register columnist Neil Hogan, the paperback book describes some important milestones in the struggles and achievements of laboring men and women in our city and state!
This book can be purchased through the Greater New Haven Labor History Association (click "Moments in New Haven Labor History" above), the Ethnic Heritage Center (203-392-6125 or 6126), Dennis Hamilton (dennishamilton@yahoo.com), the North Haven CT Barnes and Noble Book Store, and the Barnes and Noble Book Store at Yale. A Review of "Moments"
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Learning to Forget: Schooling and Family Life in New Haven's Working Class. 1870 - 1940.
- Stephen Lassonde, is a lecturer in history at Yale University and dean of its Calhoun College. His new book, Learning to Forget: Schooling and Family Life in New Haven’s Working Class, 1870-1940 (Yale University Press, 2005), utilizes many oral histories conducted by Labor History Association members in the late 1980s/early 1990s.
Lassonde's book can be purchased at the North Haven CT Barnes and Noble Book Store, and the Barnes and Noble Book Store at Yale.
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Carriages & Clocks, Corsets & Locks
- The Rise and Fall of an Industrial City. Editors: Preston Maynard & Marjorie Noyes!
This book can be purchased at the North Haven CT Barnes and Noble Book Store, and the Barnes and Noble Book Store at Yale.
Bridgeport
Public Library Historical Collections Oral History Project: Bridgeport
Working: Voices from the Twentieth Century http://www.bridgeporthistory.org
Connecticut's Heritage Gateway website http://www.ctheritage.org/biography/
topical_other/labor.
"The Connecticut Humanities Council created this comprehensive directory of the state ’s history resources for
teachers, students, researchers and others who want to better understand the world around them through
the stories of our past."
The Connecticut
State University Library System http://www.cslib.org
The Connecticut State library system is a rich resource of information
about the labor movement in Connecticut.
The Connecticut Labor Press,
published in New Haven, Conn., is available from 1919 until 1924.
Subject
to input: Labor movement--Connecticut--New Haven--Newspapers
George
Meany Center for Labor Studies http://www.georgemeany.org
The New Haven Federation of Teachers http://www.nhft933.org
History
Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu
Illinois
Labor History Society http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs
Labornet
http://www.labornet.org
A
directory of labor archives, which was put together by the Labor Archives
Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists. http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/labor/Labor_Archives_Directory.asp |
Printed Resources |
 Debra Bernhardt, How
to Keep Union Records: A Guide for Local Union Officers and Staff (Silver
Springs, MD: George Meany Center for Labor Studies, 1992) |
| Jeremy Brecher, History
From Below: How to Uncover and Tell the Story of Your Community, Association,
or Union (New Haven: Commonwork Pamphlets and the Advocate Press, 1986)
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Visit These Resources |
 Greater New Haven
Central Labor Council, 267 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06513 (203-777-2756)
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| Rhode Island Labor
History Society, Labor Research Center, The University of Rhode Island,
Kingston, RI 02881 (401-874-2239) http://rilhs.org
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