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Unemployment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Government Unemployment Insurance leaflet.
Government Unemployment Insurance leaflet.

Government Unemployment Insurance, 1930

 Item
Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.46
Scope and Contents

"7,000,000 Men Out of Work. Action is Necessary!" Brochure promoting the Socialist's proposal of an unemployment insurance law which would impose on each employer who hires five or more men in the same line of work the duty to pay a man whom he lays off a definite percentage of his wages and not less than $2.00 for each day he is unemployed....

Dates: Publication: 1930

Harold Leventhal proletarian archive, 1885-1978

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-003
Scope and Contents

This archive, and its accompanying library, were acquired by Guy Logsdon, then Library Director, in 1977. It is ascribed to Harold Leventhal, who was a folk music manager, handling such musicians as the Weavers, Woody Guthrie, Peter, Paul and Mary and Joan Baez. This archive includes an selection of correspondence of the noted activist Ammon Hennacy as well as biographical materials.

Dates: 1885 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1975
Is Any Friend of Yours Out of Work? leaflet.
Is Any Friend of Yours Out of Work? leafle...

Is Any Friend of Yours Out of Work?, 1932

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.60
Scope and Contents

"...You don't turn your back on a friend. Not when he needs you. Then why shut your eyes and turn away now--when millions of men and women--just how many millions no one seems to know--have lost their jobs?...." Includes a black and white political cartoon by Art Young.

Dates: Publication: 1932

Out of Work, 1932

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.3
Scope and Contents

"Crops Rot, Machines Lie Idle--Why Must Humans Suffer Want?..." Leaflet promoting the philosophy and values of the Socialist Party.

Dates: Publication: 1932

Out of Work: The A.B.C. of Unemployment, Undated

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.4
Scope and Contents

"...The Struggle for Work..." Leaflet extolling the values and virtues of socialist philosophy. On the cover: photo-lith reproduction of a sculpture featuring adult men, boys, a women and baby.

Dates: Publication: Undated

Out of Work: The A.B.C. of Unemployment, Undated

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.4
Scope and Contents

"...The Struggle for Work..." Leaflet extolling the values and virtues of socialist philosophy. On the cover: photo-lith reproduction of a sculpture featuring adult men, boys, a women and baby.

Dates: Undated

Resolution on Fascism, Undated

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.25
Scope and Contents

Draft statement addressed to the Workers of America, specific author unknown.

Dates: Issued: Undated
Unemployment and the Mechanical Man leaflet.
Unemployment and the Mechanical Man leafle...