| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Roy Wortman Collection of the Industrial Workers of the World in Ohio Dissertation Research
| | | | Creator: | Wortman, Roy | | | | Dates: | 1914-2011 | | | | Abstract: | Roy T. Wortman, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, amassed this collection for a doctoral dissertation while he was a graduate student at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, from 1967-1971. The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is a labor union founded in 1905 that promoted the concept of "One Big Union", and maintained workers should unite as a social class to promote industrial democracy as an alternative to capitalism. The collection consists of constitutions, contracts, correspondence, memoirs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, bulletins, court decisions, photographs, audio tapes, and microfilm. | | | | Call #: | MS 5346 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Scandinavian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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