The Research Department files in the Society's TWUA collection constitute its largest series. While the bulk of these files are employer and contract files, there are thirty-four volumes of Research Department reports on twelve reels of microfilm. These reports reflect the broad range of activities of the Department and are an especially rich source for study of both the Union and the industry. Building a Union of Textile Workers (1939), which was authored by Barkin and which constitutes volume one in the TWUA Executive Council Reports, is basically a history of the TWOC experience; it is an essential starting point for the study of TWOC. For a study of Solomon Barkin and his theories of industrial relations, one should begin with his Decline of the American Labor Movement. From there one can travel in many directions through scores of American and European journals and several publishing houses.
