#ArchivesGiftExchange

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Happy December! 🎁

This month we're embracing the season of sharing and gift-giving, so swipe and take a look at some treasures from our archives! #ArchivesGiftExchange #ArchivesHashtagParty

Scroll through to see photos of correspondence between Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Professor Milton Konvitz from Cornell Law School, whom Ginsburg knew and respected. See also a few photos from our Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire collection, as well as a photo of a pair of shears from the factory. Additionally, see a portrait of Walter Reuther and James Carey, president and secretary-treasurer of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) at the time, as well as a message from Coretta Scott King Jr. used as promotional support material for Local 1199, said to have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s favorite union. Lastly, check out two photos of labor activists local to Ithaca, from our Tompkins Cortland Labor Coalition Photographs. And this just barely scratches the surface at what is contained in our archives.

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For #ArchivesGiftExchange, we are happy to share a Robert Penn’s illustration with @AugieCWS and @SDSUArchives.

Image is from the cover of the Institute of Indian Studies News Report, August 1988. Bobby Penn graduated with a BFA from the University of South Dakota in 1974. While at USD and after his graduation, Penn worked as an art instructor and illustrator. Beginning in 1986, he pursued his painting career full-time. Penn lived and worked in Vermillion, South Dakota until his death in 1999. Penn’s…