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Happy International Cat Day! 😺

Enjoy this adorable cat stationery found in the archives in Collection /3012 Alice Cook Papers! Alice Cook came to Cornell in 1952 and worked as a well-respected academic and teacher in the ILR School until her retirement in 1972.

These items were found during a year-long survey that the Kheel Center is conducting to better document and describe their collections.

[loynosca]

Front pages of 3 issues of the "Louisiana Worker" newspaper.

A short-lived but rich record of Louisiana Labor History. Published by the new Orleans Socialist Union as a chapter of the New American Movement, 1973/1974. Includes journalism on labor issues/strikes in the state, people's history project articles on state labor history, cartoons, analysis, critique of construction projects, and utility companies, reports on unfair labor practices, etc. Found in our Social Justice & Activism Collection.

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Found in the Archives Friday

Today’s Found In The Archives is a 1978 exposé on union-busting tactics written by an undercover @1199seiu reporter!

Check out the Kheel Center’s guide to other anti-union campaign materials here:

This guide is a comprehensive resource of all the Kheel Center’s digital collections.

This item was found during a year-long survey that the Kheel Center is conducting to better document and describe their collections.

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Happy Birthday to James Baldwin! Recently found in the archives is this image of James Baldwin in a folder in our Local 1199 photo collection in a folder from 1199's annual Bread And Roses events. The image was vaguely titled 'Bread and Roses - People'. Can you name the other individuals in the photo? #KheelCenter #CornellRAD #JamesBaldwin #Local1199 #FoundInTheArchives https://www.instagram.com/p/CSFILK7M5-o/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today’s "Found in the Archives" is “The Black Mystery Box Explained,” a 1916 guide to storage batteries, uncovered in the United Transportation Union (UTU) Records!

The UTU was formed in 1968 from four railroad unions: the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen and the Switchmen's Union of North America. Explore more from the UTU Records here:

This item was found during a year-long survey that the Kheel Center is conducting to better document and describe their collections.

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Happy Birthday, Einstein! 🎂

Happy Birthday Albert Einstein! This is a 1953 letter from Einstein to William Frauenglass that was later quoted in the New York Times! Einstein’s letter supports Frauenglass’s refusal to testify and calls on others to do the same in the face of McCarthy-era fearmongering.

Explore more from the Teachers Union of the City of New York Records: https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05015.html

This item was found during a year-long survey that the Kheel Center is conducting to better document and describe their collections. 

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Happy Birthday Ian McKellan! #FoundInTheArchives: A photograph of a young Sir Ian McKellen (@ianmckellen) engaged in an action with the theatre performers union, the Actors’ Equity Association, in New York City in 1981. The world-renowned actor was living in New York City and performing nightly in his Tony Award winning role as Salieri in the play “Amadeus.” He was also devoting his time to picketing on the streets of New York as part of the Actors’ Equity campaign “Save Our Theaters.” The campaign was organized by Joseph Papp, local New Yorkers, and Actors’ Equity to try and halt the destruction of historic theaters on 46th Street in Manhattan’s Theater District. The action was, sadly, unsuccessful and the theaters were demolished in 1982 to make way for the Marriott Marquis Hotel. However, the action did rally support to preserve the rest of the Theater District, which is now a protected, landmarked neighborhood. . Post contributed by our technical services archivist, Elizabeth Parker! [UTU News photograph #6040p Railroad Collection Photographs, #KheelCenter #ILR #CornellRAD] #laborarchives #laborhistory #actorsequalityassociation #sirianmckellen https://www.instagram.com/p/CPTdd9nsGQ-/?utm_medium=tumblr

[mommylovestech]

Last time I surfed 🏄🏽‍♀️ Waikiki! #tbt #throwbackthursday #2002 😜#foundinthearchives