Labor (U.S) Resources
Databases
America: History and Life
Index to articles on all topics of history in the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Coverage includes all key English-language historical journals as well as selected state, local, and international historical journals.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text collection of journals, magazines and newspapers from ethnic, minority and native presses.
Historical Statistics of the United States
Collection of statistics covering the history of the United States from the 18th century through the end of the 20th
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Index of articles, interviews, and book reviews in the humanities and social sciences, including antropology, economics, psychology and sociology.
History Cooperative
A project of the American Historical Assoc, the Organization of American Historians, the U. of Illinois, and the Nat'l Academy Press, the Historical Cooperative provides full text of a number of important historical journals
History Cooperative
A project of the American Historical Assoc, the Organization of American Historians, the U. of Illinois, and the Nat'l Academy Press, the Historical Cooperative provides full text of a number of important historical journals
JSTOR
Provides access to articles published more than 2 years ago in over 100 scholarly journals.
Sociological Abstracts
Indexes articles on all aspects of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Proquest Historic Newspapers: New York Times
Fulltext collection of historic newspapers, including the New York Times (1851-2003) and the Chicago Defender (1905-1975). Fulltext includes articles, illustrations and advertisements. For current issues of the New York Times, try the Proquest Newspaper
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Other Online Resources & Primary Sources
By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA
Images of posters created under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during 1936-1943. Includes posters for the war effort, health and safety, cultural programs, education conservation and community activities. Interviews with the artists.
A Primary Source
Braceros in Oregon
The collection provides images of Oregon's Braceros workers. The images document the life of Mexican migrants who arrived in 1942 following a labor agreement between the United States and Mexico during World War II.
A Primary Source
Centralia Massacre Collection
Small collection of articles, documents and photographs related to the early labor movement in Centralia, Washington. Includes essays on the Centralia massacre and The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Materials are from 1900-1930.
A Primary Source
Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archive
The archive includes over 1,000 photographs, documents and oral history interviews relating to the history of ethnic groups living in regions of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Dates of materials range from 1860 to the 1980s.
A Primary Source
Labor History Web Sites
Links to sites on US labor history, including Pacific Northwest
Labor and
Civil Rights History Projects. From University of Washington.
Photographs of Agricultural Laborers in California, ca. 1906-1911
Ethnic groups in this collection include Japanese farm laborers; urban Chinese; and Mexican, Italian, and East Indian workers and communities. The rural and urban locations include Fresno, Gilroy, Los Angeles, Merced, Palo Alto, Ryde, San Francisco, the San Joaquin River area, San Jose, the Stockton area, Visalia, and Woodland
A Primary Source
Reference Books/ Print Resources
Working Americans, 1880-1999
WSU Vancouver Reference HD8066 .D47 2000 v.1 & v.2
Historical encyclopedia of American labor
WSU Vancouver Reference HD8066 .H57 2004 v.1 & v.2
Work in America : an encyclopedia of history, policy, and society
WSU Vancouver Reference HD8066 .W637 2003 v.1 & v.2
Catalogs
To Search For Primary Sources in Catalogs
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Griffin
Catalog of the items owned by the WSU Libraries. Includes all four campuses (Vancouver, Pullman, Tri-Cities and Spokane).
Summit Catalog
Joint catalog of libraries across the Pacific Northwest. Includes items owned by over 32 libraries.
WorldCat
Over 35 million records of any type of material owned by libraries throughout the United States and several other countries.
Subject Librarian
Kathi Fountain
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last updated: January 9, 2008
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