Labor Songbooks collection

Collection

Identifier: L-Songbooks

Staff Only
Not requestable

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Labor Songbooks Collection contains songbooks created for unions by the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Industrial Workers of the World, and The International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, among others. Some songbooks were compiled and edited by labor schools and organizations contain labor and folk songs. The collection contains songbooks dated 1937 to 1988.

Dates

Creation: 1937-1988, undated

Creator

AFL-CIO (Organization)
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) (Organization)
American Federation of Labor (Organization)
Industrial Workers of the World (Organization)
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (Organization)

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research use.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet (in 1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

The Labor Songbooks collection is an artificial collection of printed songbooks containing labor songs (1937-1988). Materials are usually received by Special Collections along with donated manuscript collections.

Related Materials

Some labor songbooks have been individually cataloged and added the the Special Collections and Archives book collection. Consult the Georgia State University Library catalog for information about accessing those items.