School for Workers records
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Summary Information

Title: School for Workers records
Inclusive Dates: 1909-2005
Bulk Dates: 1924-1965

Creator:
  • University of Wisconsin. School for Workers
Unique Identifier: Series 18/5/37

Quantity: Reports, correspondence, brochures, programs, ephemera, photographs, drawings, publications
  • 48 Linear Feet
  • 48 record storage boxes

Repository:
University of Wisconsin-Madison. University Archives and Records Management


Abstract:
This collection provides a thorough record of the activities of the School for Workers, the experiences of its faculty and students, and the role of workers' education in the Wisconsin labor movement from 1925 to 1965. The University of Wisconsin Summer School for Working Women in Industry was founded in 1925 by the Industrial Department of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). The School for Workers developed its relationship with organized labor and became co-educational in 1928. In 1933 the Works Progress Administration began to fund School for Workers courses across the state. In 1937 the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved a state-funded and year-round program. In 1944 the School for Workers was incorporated into the University of Wisconsin Extension program. It is divided into the following series: (18/5/37/1) Committees and minutes, 1924-1952; (18/5/37/2) General correspondence, Office of Director, 1924-1946; (18/5/37/3) General correspondence to 1947, 1923-1947; (18/5/37/4) General correspondence from 1947, 1947-1973; (18/5/37/5) Cities correspondence, 1925-1941; (18/5/37/6) Labor organizations correspondence, 1924-1946; (18/5/37/7) Student correspondence and applications, 1925-1944; (18/5/37/8) Faculty correspondence and reports, 1925-1946; (18/5/37/9) Affiliated Schools for Workers correspondence, 1925-1939; (18/5/37/10) General subject file, 1909-1943; (18/5/37/11) Financial records, 1932-1939; (18/5/37/12) Reports, 1924-1953; (18/5/37/13) Newspaper clippings, radio scripts, and publications, 1929-1960; (18/5/37/14) Research materials and correspondence, 1929-1961; (18/5/37/15) Eightieth-anniversary records, 1983-2005; (18/5/37/16) Yearbooks, newsletters, and miscellaneous publications, 1925-1959.

Language: English .

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-ua-series18_5_37
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