Group of assorted documents and publications related to the American labor movement in the 1930s and the San Juan Exploration Company, headquartered in Washington DC but with mining operations in Colorado, dating primarily to the first half of the 20th century. Various sizes, most quarto and octavo. Most original wrappers, San Juan documents in two albums. Some scattered toning, foxing, general wear, loss to stock certificate album cover, a few sheets with some shattering and paper losses, overall good to very good. Various cities, 1900s-1960s. A considerable archive covering two different time periods and aspects of labor in early- to mid-twentieth-century America.
The first grouping of documents and journals covers the American labor movement primarily in the 1930s. Highlights of this collection include:
- Four issues of Social Work Today (1935-6)
- Two issues of Your Welfare: A Bulletin of the Association of Department of Public Welfare Employees (1935)
- Five issues of The Compass from the American Association of Social Workers (1935-6)
- Eighteen issues of several assorted bulletins including the Bulletin of the Association of Federation Workers, Social Service Bulletin of the Social Workers Discussion Group, Daily Bulletin of the National Conference of Social Work, Social Work Bulletin of the Cleveland Social Work Discussion Group, and Bulletin of the Social Workers Discussion Group of St. Louis (1933-5)
- A special supplement to the IPA News Bulletin, "Proposed Workers Social Insurance Bill" (1936)
- Two drafts of the constitution for the Workers Council of the Jewish Social Service Association
- A special "Trial Number" of H.R.B. Employee, published by the Home Relief Bureau Employees Association, with an open letter to Commissioner William Hodwon of New York City (1934)
- A report from the Bureau of Jewish Social Research in New York, "The Qualifications and Remuneration of Case Workers in the Case Work Agencies of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City" (1932)
- Correspondence regarding the open letter to Commissioner Hodson
- A survey of the New Jersey Relief Situation prepared by the American Association of Social Workers (1936)
- A statement by the Federation of Social Service Employees, dated January 29, 1935, following the "recent tragic deaths of four persons, including two social workers...of the Lincoln Park station of the Unemployment Relief Service"
- Memos from the Associated Silk Workers
- Textile Notes, published by the Labor Research Association (1932)
- 74-pp. program from the 61st Annual Meeting - National Conference of Social Work, held in Kansas City, Missouri (1933)
- "The Need for Economic Security in United States", stapled booklet of infograph charts and diagrams, from the Committee on Economic Security (1934)
- Bill S. 3475, introduced in the Senate on January 6, 1936, to provide for the establishment of a Nation-wide system of social insurance
- Unemployment Insurance Review: Congress Proceedings, Vol. 1 No. 3 (1935)
- A small booklet "We Are For H.R. 2827: Report of the Committee on Labor to the United States Congress on the Workers Unemployment, Old Age, and Social Insurance Bill" (1935)
- Annual report from the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York (1933-1934)
- Programs and pamphlets from the Cuyahoga County Welfare Conference (1935)
- A report from the Committee of the Family Society of Philadelphia, "Family Life and National Recovery: The Effect of Economic Unemployment on Family Life" (1935)
- A statistical report from the 1936 delegate conference of the American Association of Social Workers
The documents related to the San Juan Exploration Company are held in two albums. The first holds approximately 80 blank stock certificates for $1.00 shares, numbered 124 through 205, along with seven filled-out stock certificates, three of which are still attached in the book. These date variously to 1908, the 1930s, and the 1960s, and are all from a single family. These are accompanied by a note regarding the division of Clayton Emig's stock between his daughter (Evelyn Emig Mellon), her husband (DeForest Mellon), and Emig himself, and several letters between family members which discuss the stock.
The second item in this group is an album with minutes from the Directors' Meetings of the San Juan Exploration Company, dating from 1941 to 1969, with some accompanying memos, notes, and blank letterhead.
An interesting collection of primary source material from the American labor movement. (Inventory #: 53292)
The first grouping of documents and journals covers the American labor movement primarily in the 1930s. Highlights of this collection include:
- Four issues of Social Work Today (1935-6)
- Two issues of Your Welfare: A Bulletin of the Association of Department of Public Welfare Employees (1935)
- Five issues of The Compass from the American Association of Social Workers (1935-6)
- Eighteen issues of several assorted bulletins including the Bulletin of the Association of Federation Workers, Social Service Bulletin of the Social Workers Discussion Group, Daily Bulletin of the National Conference of Social Work, Social Work Bulletin of the Cleveland Social Work Discussion Group, and Bulletin of the Social Workers Discussion Group of St. Louis (1933-5)
- A special supplement to the IPA News Bulletin, "Proposed Workers Social Insurance Bill" (1936)
- Two drafts of the constitution for the Workers Council of the Jewish Social Service Association
- A special "Trial Number" of H.R.B. Employee, published by the Home Relief Bureau Employees Association, with an open letter to Commissioner William Hodwon of New York City (1934)
- A report from the Bureau of Jewish Social Research in New York, "The Qualifications and Remuneration of Case Workers in the Case Work Agencies of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City" (1932)
- Correspondence regarding the open letter to Commissioner Hodson
- A survey of the New Jersey Relief Situation prepared by the American Association of Social Workers (1936)
- A statement by the Federation of Social Service Employees, dated January 29, 1935, following the "recent tragic deaths of four persons, including two social workers...of the Lincoln Park station of the Unemployment Relief Service"
- Memos from the Associated Silk Workers
- Textile Notes, published by the Labor Research Association (1932)
- 74-pp. program from the 61st Annual Meeting - National Conference of Social Work, held in Kansas City, Missouri (1933)
- "The Need for Economic Security in United States", stapled booklet of infograph charts and diagrams, from the Committee on Economic Security (1934)
- Bill S. 3475, introduced in the Senate on January 6, 1936, to provide for the establishment of a Nation-wide system of social insurance
- Unemployment Insurance Review: Congress Proceedings, Vol. 1 No. 3 (1935)
- A small booklet "We Are For H.R. 2827: Report of the Committee on Labor to the United States Congress on the Workers Unemployment, Old Age, and Social Insurance Bill" (1935)
- Annual report from the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York (1933-1934)
- Programs and pamphlets from the Cuyahoga County Welfare Conference (1935)
- A report from the Committee of the Family Society of Philadelphia, "Family Life and National Recovery: The Effect of Economic Unemployment on Family Life" (1935)
- A statistical report from the 1936 delegate conference of the American Association of Social Workers
The documents related to the San Juan Exploration Company are held in two albums. The first holds approximately 80 blank stock certificates for $1.00 shares, numbered 124 through 205, along with seven filled-out stock certificates, three of which are still attached in the book. These date variously to 1908, the 1930s, and the 1960s, and are all from a single family. These are accompanied by a note regarding the division of Clayton Emig's stock between his daughter (Evelyn Emig Mellon), her husband (DeForest Mellon), and Emig himself, and several letters between family members which discuss the stock.
The second item in this group is an album with minutes from the Directors' Meetings of the San Juan Exploration Company, dating from 1941 to 1969, with some accompanying memos, notes, and blank letterhead.
An interesting collection of primary source material from the American labor movement. (Inventory #: 53292)
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