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Documenting Labor Inside and Out
Conclusion

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Introduction

The Archives of Public Affairs and Policy

Archives and Labor Records

Who Uses Labor Records?

Internal Documents

Organizing

Publications

Union Members

Union Democracy

Collective Bargaining

Political Action

Solidarity

Labor Culture

Conclusion

Additional Resources

Labor Records, 2000
Labor Records, photographed by Liza Frenette, United University Professions, 2000.
From posters to pins and correspondence to contracts, the records that document labor can vary widely. Yet regardless of their form, they all serve to preserve the history of the labor movement. When stored at an archival repository, the records of labor--and the valuable information they contain about individual workers, individual unions and their locals, about the lives of workers, and the labor movement in general--are available to a wide audience of users.

We hope you have enjoyed this exhibit. Comments, questions, or suggestions are welcome, as are inquiries regarding the collections in the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy. We also welcome information regarding potential additions to those holdings. For all inquiries, please contact:

Brian Keough, Head
M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives
UAlbany Science Library LE-352
Albany, NY 12222
bkeough@uamail.albany.edu
Telephone: (518) 437-3931
Fax: (518) 437-3930


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Digital Exhibit created by Cynthia K. Sauer, Consultant, and Brian Keough, Head, 2002
Copyright 2002 M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives
Comments to bkeough@uamail.albany.edu