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Dorothy Fennell Photographs

Call Number

PHOTOS.236

Dates

circa 1998, inclusive
; 1998, bulk

Creator

Fennell, Dorothy
Dumars, Jack
Fennell, Dorothy (Role: Donor)

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet in 2 folders.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English

Abstract

Dorothy Fennel is a labor historian and founding Director of the Office of Special Projects for Unions at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Special Projects for Unions utilized grant funding to teach labor history to a diverse audience, as well as training union members and retirees how to design their own history projects. The collection consists of black and white photographs, the majority of which document Union Square's Labor Day celebration in 1998, as well as a performance by New York City's Labor Chorus. All photographs were taken by Jack Dumars, co-editor of New York Generator, the newletter of the Communications Workers of America, Local 1101.

Historical/Biographical Note

Dorothy Fennel is a labor historian and founding Director of the Office of Special Projects for Unions at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Special Projects for Unions utilized grant funding to teach labor history to a diverse audience, as well as train union members and retirees how to design their own history projects. Fennell is the writer of a cycle of three musical plays on Union Square's role in social and political history: "Marching to Union Square," "Women's Voice's from Union Square," and "Meet Me at Union Square," which were produced by Special Projects for Unions.

Arrangement

Folders are arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of 48 black and white photographs, the majority of which document Union Square's Labor Day celebration in 1998, particularly speakers and digitaries such as Rudy Giuliani, Brian McLaughlin and George Pataki. Also included in the collection are a small number of photographs of a performance by New York City's Labor Chorus, picturing labor historian Debra Bernhardt (1953-2001). All photographs were taken by Jack Dumars, co-editor of New York Generator, the newletter of the Communications Workers of America, Local 1101.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by Dorothy Fennell and Jack Dumars, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Dorothy Fennell Photographs; PHOTOS 236; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Dorothy Fennell in 2006. The accession numbers associaed with this collection are 1950.019 and NPA.2006.097.

Separated Materials

One VHS tape was separated and moved to VIDEO 001 (Tamiment Library Video Collection) and six posters were separated and moved to GRAPHICS 002 (Tamiment Library Poster and Broadside Collection).

Collection processed by

Maggie Schreiner

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:43:51 -0400.
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Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

Materials have been rehoused in archival boxes and folders.

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012