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Duluth Living Wage Coalition records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6091
Abstract

The collection includes Erik Peterson’s committee meeting notes of Duluth and St. Louis County, case statements, meeting rosters, meeting notices, agendas, minutes, publicity materials, relevant publications by Good Jobs First and Smart Growth, support documents, newspaper articles about this local and other states’ living wage campaigns. There are also files on living wage issues as they relate to child care costs and wages.

Dates: 1989-2003

Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers, and Cosmetologists’ International Union of America, Local 67 records

 Collection
Identifier: S2307
Abstract

The collection contains membership ledgers, minute books, cash journals, convention proceedings, Secretary-Treasurer monthly reports, and financial records.

Dates: 1896-1971

Labor History collection

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4426
Abstract

While surveying the collections of the NEMHC for the Minnesota Radicalism project, these items were identified as potentially useful for labor development research. Additional materials will be added to this collection as they are donated and appropriate.

Dates: 1891-1965

Labor Relations and Union Development in Duluth oral history interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2220
Abstract

The interviews in this project document the history of Duluth, Minnesota area businesses and labor unions. Barbara Sommer conducted the interviews in 1980-1981.

Dates: 1980-1981

Minnesota Election research data

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4512
Abstract

The collection contains Duluth election data of all candidates of all parties down to the ward level from the years 1896, 1912, 1920, and 1924 compiled from returns published in newspapers and other political and labor history sources. The collection also holds Minnesota governor election results from Duluth for 1896-1934.

Dates: 1896-1934; Majority of material found in 1896, 1912, 1920, 1924

Saime Monson oral history interview

 Collection — Box: OH
Identifier: S4507
Abstract

The collection consists of one cassette tape of an interview of Saime Monson by Professor Richard H. Hudelson, Ph.D., UMD professor of philosopy.

Dates: 1991

Walter H. Singer scrapbook [microfilm]

 Collection — Box: microfilm
Identifier: S2205
Abstract

The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings pertaining to Singer’s role in the Lake Superior transportation business from 1899-1903.

Dates: 1899-1903

Clayton Videen WPA newspaper file

 Collection
Identifier: S4462
Abstract The collection consists of photocopies of newspaper articles paraphrased or hand-copied during 1939 about labor strikes from: Duluth Daily Tribune, The Outlook, Labor World, Duluth Herald, Duluth News Tribune, The Literary Digest, The New Republic. Videen comments...
Dates: 1889-1930s

WDTH Labor in Duluth oral history interviews

 Collection — Item: tapes
Identifier: S2369
Abstract

The collection consists of three interviews concerning union organizing activities, factory working conditions, labor politics, and the experiences of Croatian immigrants in northern Minnesota. Earl Bester, Nick Borovack, and Joe Paszak were interviewed by Jean Johnson of radio station WDTH.

Dates: 1979-1980

Women in Politics oral history interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2291
Abstract In 1978 and 1979 historian Barbara Sommer interviewed fifteen women form the Duluth, Minnesota area who were involved in politics as elected officials or activists. In the interviews the women discussed their reasons for entering politics, their involvements past and present, and their own and their families' reactions to their involvement in politics. The collection consists of audio recordings of the interviews, typed indexes to the topics covered in the recordings, copies of the question...
Dates: 1978-1979