Nelson Rollin Burr Index Cards Collection on 19th Century Labor Issues
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Nelson Rollin Burr (b. 1904, d. 1994), was a librarian and historian, relating to labor issues.
Scope and Contents
A collection of ca. 1300 index cards containing quotations gleaned from selected American newspapers, 1827-1837, relating to labor issues. The major subject headings under which the cards are arranged are: strikes, anti bank movement, imprisonment for debt, women in industry, the American system, typographical societies, dignity of labor, workingmen's publications, education, mechanics' associations, mechanics' institutes, and mechanics' conventions. One section is on workers and politics; classified by state, this section concentrates most on Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. Material from about fifty newspapers is found here, but with particular concentration on Niles Weekly Register, National Trades Union, Daily National Intelligencer, Delaware Gazette and American Watchman, Hartford Times, and New England Artisan.
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Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by Nelson Burr was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Nelson Rollin Burr via Milton Cantor, 1972. The accession number associated with this gift is 1972.002.
