AFL-CIO Information Department, Photographic Prints collection
Collection
0088-LBR-RG96-001
This collections consists of printed photographs covering a wide range of subjects, events, and people associated with the national and international labor movement.
The Subject files (1890-1995), include images acquired by the Information Department from various press sources and independent photographers. These photos provide substantive coverage on committees, conventions, affiliated unions, legislation, testimony, strikes, and work. The Portrait Files (undated) include individual and group images primarily of twentieth-century personalities and labor leaders. Studio orginals (1905-undated) includes images by noted photographers Lewis Hine and Margaret Bourke-White. Separate series of photographs documenting AFL, CIO, and AFL-CIO Excecutive Councils, and Presidents include images from their personal and careers in the labor movement. Presidents (date range of photos) represented are Samuel Gompers (1887-1982), William Green (1900-1962), John L. Lewis (1919-1971), Philip Murray (1922-1954), Walter Reuther ([1910]-1975), and George Meany ([1906]-1980).
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the Special Collections reading room. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.
Researchers must wear white gloves when handling photographs or negatives in this collection.
The Information Department transferred these images to the Archives in 1982 and 1996. Department staff acquired the images from various press sources (e.g., Merkle, Ransdell, Acme, World Wide, UPI, etc.) and from independent photographers. The bulk of the images are from 1945 to mid-1970s; oversized images are primarily from 1900 to 1960; panoramic group images (primarily of conventions and dinners) are from 1910 to 1940. Substantive coverage is available on committees, conventions (AFL, CIO, AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO staff departments and AFL-CIO affiliated unioins), affiliated unions, legislation, testimony, strikes, and work.
AFL-CIO Information Department, Photographic Prints collection, 0088-LBR-RG96-001. Special Collections and University Archives.
AFL-CIO Information Department, Photographic Prints collection, 0088-LBR-RG96-001. Special Collections and University Archives. http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/42579 Accessed April 06, 2025.
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