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Labor Organizer Spotlight, Archie Green

#LaborOrganizerSpotlight Archie Green, a Labor folklorist, historian, carpenter, union organizer, and shipwright.

Green was a pioneer in documenting the cultural traditions of working people and he influenced a generation of scholarship on occupational culture and working life. He called himself first and foremost a worker and a union member, especially as a union activist in San Francisco. He is credited with revolutionizing occupational folklore and winning Congressional support for passage of a bill that established the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

He also helped edit a book called "The Big Red Songbook",where he compiled over 250 songs from the various editions of "Little Red Songbooks" published over the years 1909 to 1973 by the Industrial Workers of the World. The cover is displayed above. See Collection 5189 Labor Songbooks for various editions of "Little Red Songbooks" that we have in our collections.

Pictured: Book cover that reads "The Big Red Songbook, 250+ IWW Songs by Archie Green, David Roediger, Franklin Rosemont, Salvatore Salerno, Editors. Foreword by Tom Morello, Afterword by Utah Phillips".

Each #LaborOrganizerSpotlight is designed to highlight historical figures who have participated significantly in the labor/labor organizing movement who are also featured in our collections. To learn more about Archie Green visit https://rare.library.cornell.edu/finding-aids-for-archival-and-manuscript-collections/ and search #5641 AV. This is an interview with Archie Green where he talks about the legends and myths of the labor movement, including songs of the American Labor Movement.

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