American Federation of Labor Records, 1888-1955
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Container Title
U.S. Mss 116A
Part 1 (U.S. Mss 116A): Original Collection, 1921-1950
Physical Description: 32.0 cubic feet (77 archives boxes, 1 card box, and 6 volumes in 2 flat boxes) 
Scope and Content Note

Included in the files are correspondence, reports, student applications, statistics, financial statements, faculty lists, course syllabi, catalogs and handbooks, publicity releases, scrapbooks of news clippings, and other records.

Records relating to the AFL's National Committee for the Extension of Labor Education, 1945-1950, include correspondence, reports, materials on labor extension bills before Congress from 1946 to 1949, and fund-raising data. Also included are materials on labor education prepared by colleges and universities, community agencies, government departments, and trade unions. Among these papers are brief files on several other workers' schools, including the California Labor School, the Highlander Folk School, the Pacific Coast School for Workers, the Pittsburgh Labor College, and Wisconsin School for Workers in Industry.

The records are arranged in seven series and within each series by topic or type of document. The series are:

  1. Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry, 1921-1939
  2. Hudson Shore Labor School (a continuation of Bryn Mawr), 1939-1951
  3. Vineyard Shore Workers School, 1929-1933
  4. Barnard Summer School for Workers, 1927-1934
  5. Affiliated Schools for Workers, 1929-1950
  6. National Committee for the Extension of Labor Education, 1945-1950
  7. Supplementary File--correspondence, pamphlets, miscellaneous issuances

The records were organized by the donor, Hilda W. Smith, a former director of the Bryn Mawr and Vineyard Summer Schools for Women Workers and Chairman for the National Committee for the Extension of Labor Education, assisted by a committee. The arrangement they imposed has been preserved physically but the list below groups box and folder titles in a single alphabetical sequence within each of the above series.

Accompanying the collection when received was a card catalog that gives not only cross references but brief explanations as to the type of material to be found under each subject. These cards are in Box 78.
Series: Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry, 1921-1939
Alumnae
Box   1
1922-1923
Box   3
1923-1930
Box   21
1936-1938
Books and Reading
Box   3
1924-1933
Box   21
1935-1938
Box   25
Bound typewritten reports by directors, faculty Special projects and other miscellaneous items concerned with the session of 1938
Box   3
Bryn Mawr College, 1932-1933
Catalogs and Handbooks
Box   1
1921-1922
Box   3
1924-1933
Box   21
1931-1937
College Assistants
Box   3
1930-1933
Box   22
1935-1937
Curricula
Box   1
1921-1922
Box   3
1923-1933
Box   22
1934-1938
Box   3
District Committee, 1923-1930
Dramatics
Box   5
1923-1933
Box   22
1934-1938
Extra Curricular Activities
Box   6
1923-1931
Box   22
1934-1938
Faculty
Box   1
1921-1922
Box   6
1924-1933
Box   22
1934-1938
Box   5
Reports, 1926-1933
Finance
Box   1
1921-1922
Box   6
1923-1933
Box   22
1934-1938
Forms
Box   1
1921-1922
Box   6
1923-1933
Box   22
Forums, 1936
Fund Raising
Box   6
1926-1933
Box   22
1934-1943
Institutes and Conferences
Box   6
1923-1933
Box   22
1931-1938
Box   6
Men's Summer School - Proposed, 1930-1933
Box   22
New Location Correspondence, 1935
Organization and Management
Box   1
1921-1922
Box   6
1923-1933
Box   23
1934-1938
Photographs
Box   1
1921-1922
Box   3
1923-1933
Box   23
1934-1938
Public Relations
Box   4
General, 1923-1930
Box   23
General, 1937
Box   4
International, 1930
Box   23
International, 1938
Box   23
Trade Unions, 1938
Publicity
Box   1
1921-1922
Box   4
1923-1933
Records
Box   75
1921-1924
Box   76
1925-1926
Box   77
1927-1931
Reports
Box   4
Curricula, 1923-1933
Box   24
Curricula, 1934-1938
Box   4
Director, 1930-1932
Box   24
Director, 1934-1938
Box   24
Faculty, 1934-1938
Box   5
Field Work, 1930-1931
Box   25
Field Work, 1934-38
Box   5
Special, 1923-1933
Box   24
Special, 1934-1938
Box   25
Summary, 1935-1937
School Journalism
Box   2
1921-1922
Box   5
1923-1930
Box   7
1931-1933
Box   26
1934-1938
Scrapbooks
Box   79
Volume   1
1922
Box   79
Volume   2
1923-1924
Box   80
Volume   3
1925-1926
Box   26
1938
Self-Government
Box   2
1921-1922
Box   7
1928-1933
Box   26
1934-1938
Box   7
Song Books
Box   2
1921-1922
Box   7
Speeches, 1929, 1933
Box   26
Statistics
Box   2
1921-1922
Box   7
1923-1933
Student Applications
Box   8
1923-1924, 1926
Box   9
1927-1929
Box   10
1930-1932
Box   27
1931-1938
Box   27
1935-1937
Box   27
1938
Student Autobiographies
Box   2
1921-1922
Box   11
1923-1933
Box   2
Studies and Surveys, 1921-1922
Syllabi
Box   28
Economics, 1934-1938; Miscellaneous
Box   13
Economics, 1926-1927; General, , 1926
Box   15
Economics, 1928-1929
Box   18
Economics, 1932-1933
Box   19
English, 1926-1927; General, , 1933; English, , 1928-1929
Box   16
General, 1930; Economics, , 1930-1931
Box   14
General, 1927; Economics, , 1923-1929
Box   20
Psychology, 1926-1931; English, , 1930-1931
Box   21
Science, 1926-1933; English, , 1932-1933; History, , 1926-1933
Box   29
Science, 1936-1938
Syllabus of courses
Note: Also see above “Syllabi--General.”
Box   2
1921-1922
Box   18
General, 1923
Box   12
1924-1925
Box   17
General, 1931, 1932
Box   27
1934
Box   28
1935-1937
Box   29
Teachers training project, 1934
Box   21
Testimonials, 1930
Series: Hudson Shore Labor School, 1939-1950
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Box   31
Alumnae - General, 1940-1950
Box   31
Alumni Questionnaire, 1945
Box   31
Apple Pickers Project, 1942
Box   31
Books and Reading, 1941-1948
Box   29
Bryn Mawr College, 1939
Catalogs and Handbooks
Box   29
1939
Box   31
1940-1950
Box   29
Charter of the Board of Regents, 1939
Box   31
College Assistants, 1940-1950
Box   32
Cooperative Store, 1941-1949
Curricula
Box   29
1939
Box   32
1940-1950
Box   30
Director Reports, 1939
District Committee
Box   29
1939
Box   32
1940-1950
Dramatics
Box   29
1939
Box   32
1940-1950
Box   34
Extra Curricular Activities, 1946
Box   32
Faculty, 1941-1950
Finance
Box   29
1939
Box   32
1940-1950
Box   29
Forms
Box   33
1940-1950
Fund Raising
Box   29
1939
Box   33
1940-1950
Box   34
Household Employees, 1940-1947
Box   44
Hudson Shore, 1951
Institutes and Conferences
Box   29
1939
Box   34
1940-1950
Leadership Training
Box   35
1940-1950
Box   32
Applications, 1941
Organization and Management
Box   29
1939
Box   36
1940-1950
Photographs
Box   29
1939
Box   36
1940-1950
Public Relations
Box   29
General, 1939
Box   37
General, 1940-1950
Box   37
International, 1940-1950
Box   38
Trade Unions
Publicity
Box   30
1939
Box   38
1940-1950
Reports
Box   39
Curricula
Box   39
Director, 1940-1950
Box   39
Education Director, 1946-1949
Box   30
Faculty, 1939
Box   39
Faculty, 1940-1950
Box   30
Field Work, 1939
Box   40
Field Work, 1940-1948
Box   40
Health
Box   40
Librarian, 1942-1950
Box   30
Special, 1939
Box   40
Special, 1940
Box   30
Summary, 1939
Box   41
Summary, 1940-1941
Box   41
School Journalism, 1940-1950
Scrapbooks
Box   30
1939
Box   40
1940
Box   80
Volume   4
1940
Box   80
Volume   5
1941
Box   80
Volume   6
1942
Self-Government
Box   30
1939
Box   42
1940-1950
Box   42
Speeches, 1946-1948
Statistics
Box   30
1939
Box   42
1940-1950
Student Applications
Box   30
1939
Box   42
1940-1946
Box   43
1947-1950
Box   43
Student autobiographies, 1940-1950
Syllabi
Box   30
1939
Box   43
1940-1950
Testimonials
Box   30
1939
Box   43
1949-1950
Training Institute
Box   43
1940-1948
Box   44
1949-1950
Box   44
Twenty-fifth anniversary, 1945-1946
Work Camp
Box   30
1939
Box   44
Proposed Camp, 1940
Series: Vineyard Shore Workers School, 1929-1933
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Box   44
Alumnae, 1931
Box   44
Catalogs and Handbooks, 1931
Box   44
Curricula, 1929-1931
Box   44
Dramatics, 1930
Box   44
Ellen Hayes, 1930
Box   44
Extra Curricular Activities, 1929
Box   44
Faculty, 1929-1930
Box   44
Finance, 1930
Box   44
Forms, 1930
Box   44
Fund Raising, 1926-1932
Box   45
Organization and Management, 1926-1932
Box   45
Photographs, 1928-1930
Box   45
Public Relations, 1927-1930
Box   45
Publicity, 1926-1933
Reports
Box   45
Faculty, 1930-1933
Box   45
Special, 1930-1933
Box   45
School Journalism, 1929-1933
Box   45
Self-Government, 1930
Box   45
Speakers, 1930, 1931
Box   45
Statistics, 1932
Box   46
Student Applications, 1929
Box   46
Student Autobiographies, 1931
Syllabi
Box   46
1930-1933
Box   47
English, 1930; Science, , 1930-1933
Box   47
Testimonials, 1928
Box   47
Unemployment Relief Committee, 1951
Series: Barnard Summer School, 1927-1934
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Box   47
Alumnae, 1928-1932
Box   47
Books and Reading, 1928-1932
Box   47
Catalogs and Handbooks, 1929
Box   48
College Assistants, 1928-1932
Box   48
Curricula, 1928-1930
Box   48
Dramatics, 1928-1930
Box   48
Extra Curricular Activities, 1928
Box   48
Faculty, 1927-1930
Box   48
Finance, 1927-1933
Box   48
Forms, 1928-1930
Box   48
Fund Raising, 1928-1933
Box   48
Institutes and Conferences, 1930-1933
Box   48
Organization and Management, 1926-1932
Box   48
Photographs, 1928-1930
Box   49
Public Relations, 1927-1933
Box   49
Publicity, 1927-1932
Box   49
Recruiting, 1927-1929
Reports
Box   49
Curricula, 1928-1932
Box   49
Director, 1927-1931
Box   49
Faculty, 1928-1931
Box   49
Research and Teaching Materials, 1927-1932
Box   49
School Journalism, 1927-1933
Box   49
Self-Government, 1928-1932
Box   49
Statistics, 1928-1933
Box   50
Student Applications, 1927-1933
Box   50
Student Autobiographies, 1929-1930
Series: Affiliated Schools for Workers, 1929-1950
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Applications not accepted
Box   55
1921, 1922, 1924
Box   56
1925, 1928
Box   57
1929, 1931, 1932
Alumnae
Box   50
Organization and management, 1930-1932
Box   50
Correspondence, 1927-1938
Box   50
Bulletins published by the ALES, 1935-1948
Box   50
Catalogs and Handbooks, 1930
Box   50
College assistants, 1936-1939
Box   50
Finance, 1928
Box   51
Forms, 1941
Box   51
Fund Raising, 1929-1943
Box   51
Institutes and Conferences, 1930-1950
Box   51
Leadership Training, 1931-1945
Box   51
Organization and Management, 1928-1950
Box   52
Public Relations, 1930-1950
Box   52
Publicity, 1929-1948
Reports
Box   52
Director, 1933-1950
Box   52
Education Department, 1928-1933
Box   52
Field Work, 1929-1947
Box   52
Government Cooperation, 1934-1946
Box   52
Schools
Box   53
Special, 1927-1942
Box   53
Research and teaching materials, 1928-1949
Box   53
Statistics, 1931
Box   54
Studies and Surveys, 1930-1938
Box   54
Testimonials, 1932
Series: National Committee for the Extension of Labor Education
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Box   57
American Federation of Labor, 1946-1949
Bills
Box   57
Analysis, 1946-1949
Box   57
House, 1946-1949
Box   57
Senate, 1947-1948
Box   58
Bulletins, 1946-1949
Box   58
Conferences, 1945-1949
Box   58
Congressional Record, 1946-1950
Box   58
Drafting Committee, 1946-1948
Box   59
Endorsements, 1942-1950
Box   59
Essay Contest, 1947
Box   59
Finance, 1946-1949
Fund Raising
Box   59
General
Labor, 1946-1950
Box   60
AFL
Box   60
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Box   60
American Federation of Teachers
Box   60
Auto Workers
Box   60
Carpenters
Box   60
Central Labor Unions
Box   60
CIO
Box   60
Communications
Box   60
Gas, Coke, et cetera
Box   60
Glass Workers
Box   60
Hat and Cap
Box   60
Independent Unions
Box   61
Industrial Union Councils
Box   61
International Brotherhood Electrical Workers
Box   61
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Box   61
Laundry Workers
Box   61
Miscellaneous Unions
Box   61
Oil Workers
Box   61
Packinghouse
Box   61
Paper Workers
Box   61
Pulp & Sulphite
Box   61
Railway Unions
Box   62
Rubber Workers
Box   62
State Federation of Labor
Box   62
Steel Workers
Box   62
Stone Workers
Box   62
Telephone Workers
Box   62
Textile Workers
Box   62
White Collar Unions
Box   63
General Motors Corporation, 1948-1949
Hearings
Box   63
1946-1950
Box   63
Correspondence, 1948-1949
Organization and Management
Box   63
1936-1945
Box   64
1946-1947
Box   64
1948-1950
Box   64
Executive Committee, 1948-1950
Public Relations
Box   64
American Labor Education Service, 1945-1950
Box   65
Civic Groups, 1946-1950
Box   65
Congress, 1946-1950
Box   65
Federal agencies, 1945-1950
Box   65
General, 1945-1950
Box   66
International, 1948-1949
Labor
Box   66
1945-1947
Box   66
1945-1950
Box   67
Libraries, 1946-1950
Box   67
Schools, 1945-1950
Publicity
Box   68
1945-1949
Box   68
1949-1950
Box   69
Related Legislation, 1946-1949
Reports
Box   69
Chairman, 1946-1950
Box   69
Lobbying, 1946-1950
Box   69
Senate, 1948-1949
Testimony
Box   69
House, 1948-1949
Box   69
Senate, 1948
Series: Supplementary File
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Colleges and Universities
Box   70
University of California
Box   70
Chicago
Box   70
Cornell
Box   70
Hampton Institute
Box   70
Howard University
Box   70
University of Illinois
Box   70
Indiana
Box   70
Kansas
Box   70
Mexico
Box   70
Minnesota
Box   70
Mount Holyoke College
Box   70
Pennsylvania State College
Box   70
Princeton University
Box   70
Roosevelt College
Box   70
Ruskin College
Box   70
Rutgers University
Box   70
Wayne University
Box   70
University of Washington
Box   70
Wellesley Institute
Box   70
Yale University
Community Agencies
Box   70
American Friends Service Committee
Box   70
Art Workshop - New York City
Box   70
Churches
Box   70
Cooperatives
Box   70
Negro Education
Box   71
Religion and Labor Foundation
Box   71
Settlements
Box   71
Young Women's Christian Association
Government Departments
Box   71
Labor Department
Box   71
Price Administration, Office Of
International Relations
Box   71
American Labor Education Service
Box   71
Canned Workers Education Association
Box   71
International Labor Organization
Box   71
International People's College
Box   71
Lake George Workshop
Box   71
Pan American Union
Box   71
Puerto Rico
Box   71
United Nations
Box   71
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Box   71
Boston Labor School
Box   71
Community Workers of America
Trade Unions
Box   72
CIO
Box   72
Farmers Union
Box   72
Food, Tobacco, and Agriculture Workers Union
Box   72
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Box   72
Massachusetts Federation of Labor
Box   72
National Alliance Postal Employees
Box   72
National Women's Trade Union League
Box   73
Trade Unions
Box   73
Textile Workers Union
Box   73
Union Directories
Box   73
United Auto Workers
Box   73
Workers Education Bureau
Workers Schools and Agencies
Box   73
California Labor School
Box   73
Georgia Workers Education Service
Box   73
Highlander Folk School
Box   73
New Jersey Workers Education Council
Box   74
Office Workers, Summer School for
Box   74
Pacific Coast School for Workers
Box   74
Pendle Hill
Box   74
Philadelphia Labor Educational Association
Box   74
Pittsburgh Labor College
Box   74
Washington, D.C., Workers Education Committee
Box   74
Wisconsin School for Workers
Box   78
Card Catalog
M76-409
Part 2 (M76-409): Additions, circa 1930-1961
Physical Description: 3.0 cubic feet (3 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, circa 1930-1961, include annual reports, programs, reprints, bulletins, publications, pamphlets (some authored by donor), and leaflets. Some of the earlier papers are from the Affiliated School for Workers, ALES's predecessor. Also included are records from individual labor schools, including Hudson Shore Labor School and Bryn Mawr Summer School.
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Box   1
Folder   1-4
Bulletins, 1935-1961
Box   1
Folder   5
Labor Education Guide, 1941-1957
Box   1
Folder   6-8
Publications
Box   1
Folder   9-15
1931-1940
Box   1
Folder   16-23
Reprints, 1926-1961
Box   2
Folder   1
Focus on the U.N.
Box   2
Folder   2
Findings, 1939-1957
Box   2
Folder   3
Bibliographies, 1935-1960
Box   2
Folder   4-6
Conference Programs, 1937-1952, 1956-1962
Box   2
Folder   7-8
Washington's Birthday Conferences
Box   2
Folder   9-10
Annual Reports
Box   2
Folder   11-12
Labor/World Affairs
Box   2
Folder   13
White Collar Workshops
Box   2
Folder   14-15
Annual Reports
Box   3
Folder   1
Report of the St. Louis Labor Education Project, 1948-1950
Box   3
Folder   2
New Jersey Minorities Program
Box   3
Folder   3
United Nations Schools, 1954-1961
Box   3
Folder   4
Publicity - Leaflets, et cetera, 1930-1960
Reports to the Fund for Adult Education
Box   3
Folder   5
Memorandum on Evaluation Methods
Box   3
Folder   6-7
April 1953 - September 1955, January 1957 - October 1961
Box   3
Folder   8
Study of Emerging Needs in Workers' Education
Box   3
Folder   9
Special Studies
Box   3
Folder   10
Hudson Shore Labor School
Box   3
Folder   11
Wisconsin School for Workers
Box   3
Folder   12
Barnard School for Women Workers
Note: Also Art Workshop.
Box   3
Folder   13
Bryn Mawr Summer School
Box   3
Folder   14
Vineyard Shore Labor School
Box   3
Folder   15
Charts (Samples) - W.M. Roy Smith Com.
Box   3
Folder   16
Cooperatives
Box   3
Folder   17
National Committee for the Extension of Labor Education
Box   3
Folder   18
Affiliated Schools for Workers
Box   3
Folder   19
Scrapbooks/List of Class Materials
Box   3
Folder   20
Southern Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
Box   3
Folder   21
Affiliated Summer Schools for Women Workers in Industry - Spring Magazine, 1930
PH 5059
Part 3 (PH 5059): Additions, undated
Physical Description: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Photographs of the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Hudson Shore Labor School.
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