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Guide to the Robert Dunn Photographs PHOTOS 033
Descriptive Summary
| Title: |
Robert Dunn Photographs |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1888-1960 |
| Abstract: |
Robert Dunn (1895-1977), a researcher and advocate for labor, began his career in
1918, in New England, as an organizer and economic researcher for the Amalgamated
Textile Workers Union. Dunn traveled to the Soviet Union in 1922, as research director
for the Quaker Relief Committee, and again in 1927, as part of the First Trade Union
Delegation (which helped bring about the establishment of diplomatic relations between
the United States and Soviet Union in 1933). That same year, he founded the Labor
Research Association (LRA), an organization the purpose of which was to collect data
on labor for trade unions and publish that information, statistics, and related news.
He served as its executive secretary for nearly the rest of his life--until 1975.
Dunn also wrote or co-wrote a dozen books on labor and economics. The 91 images in
this collection--all of which are black and white photographs and span the years 1888
to 1960--are mostly of Dunn, his family, friends, and colleagues in private, rather
than organizational settings. None pertain to the organization to which he devoted
most of his life—the Labor Research Association. Highlights include photographs of
Dunn and others shot during his 1922/23 trip to the Soviet Union.
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| Quantity: |
6.25 Linear Feet (91 items) |
| Call Phrase: |
PHOTOS 033 |
