#archiveslife

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March for Jobs and Freedom, On This Day in 1963

#OnThisDay Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” Speech in 1963 at the March for Jobs and Freedom in Washington D.C. to thousands of union members.

Lost to history is the emphasis on the March for the fight for jobs that paid a living wage and the role of the labor movement in organizing this massive demonstration.

Images above depict members of the International Ladies’ Garment Worker Union (ILGWU) packing Pennsylvania Station in New York City, standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, heading on buses to Washington D.C., and marching through the capitol with ILGWU signs.

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Creating and using 35mm slides was a critical component of the work of mid twentieth century artists whose archival collections contain tens of thousands. As the master copy of these assets, archivists retain them permanently in pricey, specially designed boxes, usually in cold storage. Sometimes slides are not intended for permanent retention but must be kept safe and sorted, nonetheless. Enjoying a macaron while thinking about how to retain a large collection of slides without breaking the bank, that light bulb went off in my head. The box is nearly the same size as the expensive archive box. A little research and a phone call to a wonderful company called Nashville Wraps saved the day - two hundred tiffany blue macaron boxes at a tenth the cost of permanent storage boxes.

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October is #AmericanArchivesMonth, and to celebrate I've shared my #archivistoriginstory over on my personal blog (rchopman.wordpress.com). Learn how a letter and a page from a book changed my career path. What's your archivist origin story? #archivistsofinstagram #archivesofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #archivesmonth #archiveslife https://ift.tt/2nX3dqd

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It's Work Zone Awareness Week and MoDOT made Flat Barrel Bob, so here he is with an early state road map. Because we're ridiculous. #workplacechronicles #archiveslife

[fuckyeahneena]

I not sure if I should be proud of my coworkers or a little disappointed in them—we only got ONE ‘Nice Rack’ comment as we were putting this together yesterday. #preservationweek #archives #archiveslife via Instagram http://bit.ly/2UX2pkc

[tigerarchivist]

Glamorous archivist life. Cleaning shelves after construction. Woohoo. #archivistsofinstagram #archiveslife #wwc (at Warren Wilson College) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bow4mNHhm2S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ddvua08k8w09

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Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day! Here, members of ILGWU Local 62 march in a Labor Day Parade.

Date unknown. Found in Collection #5780P ILGWU Photographs.

[fuckyeahneena]

I’d like to thank the amazing patron who requested ‘Passover Party’ today in the reading room. #archives #itcamefromthestacks #archiveslife #librarylife #specialcollections via Instagram https://ift.tt/2Thmpwn

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#OnThisDay September 25, 1874

#OnThisDay September 25, 1874 American photographer Lewis Hine was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Known for his bleak photographs of child laborers during the early twentieth century, Hine used his photography as a way to support the educational and legislative efforts of the National Child Labor Committee.

Pictured above are Pennsylvania “Breaker Boys” photographed by Lewis Hine in 1911, sit bent over coal chutes picking out rocks and other trash as the coal moves below them to the washers. These children worked tirelessly during the 10 hour work days surrounded by dust, sharp chunks of coal, and flying debris in an extremely dangerous work environment.

This photo can be found in Collection #5619P Amalgamated Clothing Workers Photographs.

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Workers' Memorial Day

In 1971, Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the AFL-CIO and many constituent unions began celebrating the same day as Workers’ Memorial Day to remember the workers hurt and killed at work every year, and to highlight the need for improved OSHA laws and regulations, effective workplace safety monitoring, and work site compliance.

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Earth Day 2024 🌎

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

Check out these beautiful blue skies and expansive plains in this painting by Paul Davis. The full poster is from Collection 6089G Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Posters, 1994-2002.

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On this day in 1934...

#OnThisDay in 1934 ILGWU players presented "All for One" .

Many ILGWU members were involved in the performing, studio, and musical arts through union programs offered by locals as well as the international office. In many instances, their productions and performances were enjoyed among local union members, within a city or regional community, or at an international union convention.

Pictured: ILGWU players assembling on the stage after presenting "All for One".

Visit https://ilgwu.ilr.cornell.edu/history/arts.html for more information on the ILGWU and the Arts.

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On This Day in 1966...

#OnThisDay in 1966 the ILGWU Local 91 sponsored a sewing class.

This photo is from our International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs Collection #5780 P (1885-1985). The ILGWU was the largest labor union to represent workers in the women's garment industry in the United States and Canada in the twentieth century, peaking at 450,000 members. The ILGWU was formed by the merging of several NYC unions in 1900 and continued until it merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union to form UNITE in 1995.

At over 2,500 linear feet, the ILGWU records are the most extensive and heavily used collection at the Kheel Center, the official repository of the ILGWU since 1987.

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Fall 🍁🍂

Happy Fall Break Cornellians!

This newsclipping features a drawing by John T. McCutcheon. Newsclipping found in Collection #5693.

Photo description: A newspaper clipping drawing of Jack Frost sitting on leaves and painting them. The image is captioned, "Gosh! I'll be terribly busy for the next few weeks. I've got billions and billions of these leaves to decorate-- and every one has to be awork of art-- worth putting in a scrap book; and then, when I get 'em all done perfectly beautiful, folks will say "How purty" and then rake 'em up in a pile and burn 'em up. Gosh!" This famous cartoon by the late John T. McCutcheon is reprinted by request).

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On This Day in 1978...

The ACTWU held strikes against J.P. Stevens in Herald Square, New York. Members of ILGWU Local 23-25 are pictured supporting striking workers. This event in labor history is what later inspired the movie Norma Rae.

Pictured: ILGWU Local 23-25 supports ACTWU J.P. Stevens strikers, Herald Square, New York, September 14, 1978.

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On This Day in 1925

#OnThisDay August 25, 1925, The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly African American labor union, was founded.

Asa (A.) Philip Randolph, who founded the Black Socialist publication The Messenger and would orchestrate the ‘March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom’ in 1963, felt strongly about the plight of the Pullman Porters during the 1920s. He proclaimed that the Pullman Porter was made “to carry out the gospel of unionism in the colored world. His home is everywhere.” After publishing “The Case of the Pullman Porter” in 1925 to garner public support, he formed an organizing committee and orchestrated a mass meeting of 500 Pullman Porters to set forth a list of demands addressing the economic exploitation and discrimination of Pullman Workers.

The next day over 200 Porters came to The Messenger’s offices to join the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and by the end of the month nearly all Sleeping Car Porters in New York had joined the newly formed union. The union set out to organize throughout the country, setting up divisions in cities throughout the country.

By 1935, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters under Randolph became the first African-American union in the country to be affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The BSCP went on to defeat the Pullman Company’s union, gaining union recognition from the anti-labor Pullman Company, and eventually securing an international charter as the union expanded into Canada.

This collage of images from the union’s publication ‘The Black Worker’ features editorial depictions of Black workers in triumphant stances emanating strength and power, challenging the racist Jim Crow depictions of African-American workers in the twentieth century iconography from publications such as the Pullman Company's publication 'The Pullman News'. Images from one of our previous exhibitions, “The Other Side of the Tracks: Social Mobility and Discrimination in the Railroad Industry.”