Title: Ira Steward Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1876-1883, undated

Creator:

• Steward, Ira, 1831-1883

Call Number: U.S. Mss 9A

Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Ira Steward of Boston, Massachusetts, a leader in the Machinists' and Blacksmiths' International Union and writer on labor issues. The collection consists of manuscripts for “The Political Economy of Eight Hours,” and “Freedom and Wealth,” typewritten copies of articles by Steward on labor-oriented subjects, the constitution of the Philadelphia Eight Hour League, and letters to or from F. A. Sorge, Thomas Phillips, and Mrs. Steward.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us00009a

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This material is also included in the microfilmed “American Bureau of Industrial Research: Manuscript Collection on the Early American Labor Movement” issued by University Publications of America, 1985.

U.S. Mss 9A	Manuscripts
Box   1 Folder   1-3	“The Political Economy of Eight Hours,” 1882
Box   1 Folder   6-7	“Freedom and Wealth”
Box   1 Folder   4	Constitution of Philadelphia Eight Hour League; one letter to Steward from Thomas Phillips, undated
Box   1 Folder   5	Letters Note: Includes 13 letters written by Steward, chiefly to F.A. Sorge, 1876, 1877, chiefly undated; 1 letter by Mrs. Steward, 1883.
Box   2 Folder   1-3	Typescripts of writings Note: Includes articles dealing with labor-oriented topics: wages, tariff, education, eight hour movement.