Labor History: Primary Source Collections
American Lumberman Photographs of Southern Pine Company
Taken in 1903 and 1907, these 255 gelatin silver prints were originally published in American Lumberman, a weekly trade journal. The majority of the shots document lumber production activities near Diboll in East Texas, including log cutting, transportation, sawmills, and kilns. The collection also provides a glimpse of everyday life in a company town and in the logging camps. (Univ.of North Texas)
Cesar Chavez: The Farmworker Movement: 1962-1993
Documents related to the United Farm Workers movement led by Cesar Chavez. Includes historical documents, primary accounts from volunteers who worked with Chavez, and secondary essays. (LeRoy Chatfield and Univ. of California San Diego)
Voices from the Dust Bowl: Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-41
Experiences of Dust Bowl Refugees in Farm Security Administration migrant work camps in California. (Library of Congress)
