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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Students listening to Rev. Claude Williams teaching "Religion in Contemporary Society." The blackboard says "Gospel of the Kingdom: The Gospel to the Poor,...
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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 07 17 1945
Description: Group of students listening to a lecture on a porch. The Abraham Lincoln School for Social Science of Chicago, Illinois, sponsored a Summer Institute in Ma...
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University of Wisconsin School for Workers

Date: 07 1945
Description: University of Wisconsin School for Workers, group of students and teacher standing, looking at bulletin board with list of classes/topics. In 1945 the U...
Book or Pamphlet

IWW Publication Cover

Date: 1946
Description: "The General Strike for Industrial Freedom," the cover of a publication issued by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). This publication, which was fo...
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Labor Union Party

Date: 02 08 1947
Description: Labor Union party sponsored by the YWCA Industrial Committee. Russell E. Dresser, Meat Cutter Union, Oscar Mayer, Bessie Backlund, Celon Company union, C.B...
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Labor Union Party

Date: 02 08 1947
Description: Labor Union party sponsored by the YWCA Industrial Committee, with many activities. People are gathered around the buffet table. l to r: Eldon Morris, Scan...
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Bricklayers Union Local 13

Date: 03 01 1947
Description: Twenty-three members of Local 13, AFL Madison Bricklayers union, were awarded lapel buttons signifying 25 or more years of union membership in a ceremony a...
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Walter Cappel, CIO Lobbyist

Date: 07 18 1947
Description: Walter Cappel, lobbyist for Wisconsin CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations), is sitting on a "plunder box" watching the State Assembly.
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Madison Labor Co-op Committee

Date: 09 15 1947
Description: Members of the Madison Labor Co-op committee are shown at a meeting at the new East side co-op grocery store, 3055 East Washington Avenue, which will have ...
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Zilphia Horton Talking to Oil Worker

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Description: Zilphia Horton talking to an oil worker from the CIO school.
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Hod Carriers Union

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Description: Hod Carriers Union and Workers Alliance during W.P.A. period, community meeting near the school in the late 1930s and 1940s. Depicted: Ralph Tefferteller, ...
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Chattanooga Packinghouse Worker Strike

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Description: Strike of Chattanooga Packinghouse Workers. A number of workers, one holding a picket sign, are sitting on a railroad track.
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Estelle Thompson at CIO School

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Description: Highlander Folk School instructor Estelle Thompson showing leaflet-making and stencil cutting at CIO school.
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Frank McCallister with Unionization Graph

Date: 1947
Description: CIO Session at Highlander Folk School featuring Frank McCallister, standing. Graph shows number of Americans employed vs. number of American workers union...
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Automobile Workers Workshop

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Description: Automobile workers workshop at Highlander; the Regional Director is third from left.
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Automobile Workers Sitting Outside

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Description: A group of Automobile workers sitting outside around a table. Part of a Highlander Folk School workshop.
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Farmers Union Workshop Members

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Description: Members of a Farmers Union workshop at Highlander Folk School are seen relaxing in the men's dormitories on bunk beds.
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Farmers Union Workshop Meal

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Description: Farmers Union Workshop eating a meal together. Tom White, extreme left, was the Tennessee legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railway Conducto...
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Rubber Workers Workshop

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Description: Rubber Workers during a workshop at the Highlander Folk School. Myles Horton on far left.
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Rubber Workers at Highlander

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Description: A group of Rubber Industry workers attending a workshop at Highlander Folk School.

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