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Creator
Rand School of Social Science. Department of Labor Research
Call number
MssCol 2522
Physical description
.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language
Materials in English
Preferred Citation

Rand School of Social Science, Dept. of Labor Research records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
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The Rand School of Social Science, a socialist institution, was founded in New York City in 1906. Alexander Trachtenberg was director of the school's Dept. of Labor Research. Collection contains correspondence and writings of Trachtenberg while he was director of the Dept. of Labor Research at the Rand School. Correspondence consists primarily of letters received by Trachtenberg and documents the preparation and reception of the American Labor Yearbook, 1916, and an effort in 1918 to have the New York legislature abolish night work in bakeries. Included are letters from representatives of labor unions, socialist groups and journals, university professors, and government officials. Also, typescripts of articles, reports and other writings mainly on socialist and labor topics.

Biographical/historical information

The Rand School of Social Science, a socialist institution, was founded in New York in 1906. Alexander Trachtenberg, 1884-1966, was Director of the School's Department of Labor Research during the period when these papers were created.

Scope and arrangement

The papers, 1915-1923, were accumulated by Trachtenberg while he was Director of the Department of Labor Research at the Rand School. Correspondence, 1916-1923, consists primarily of letters received by Trachtenberg. It documents the preparation and reception of the American Labor Yearbook, 1916 which was prepared by the Department and published by the School, and a 1918 effort to have the New York State Legislature abolish night work in bakeries. A few general matters are also treated. Included are letters from representatives of labor unions, Socialist groups, university professors, journals, and government officials. Prominent correspondents include: Mary Beard, Eugene Victor Debs and Theodore Debs, Florence Kelley, Walter Lippmann, Scott Nearing, and Lillian Wald.

Also included are typescripts of articles, reports, and other writings mainly on Socialist and labor topics. Some of these were gathered to support the bakery legislation, and some appeared in the Yearbook. Authors include: Max Danish, Sen Katayama, Harry Laidler, Benjamin C. Marsh, Joseph Schlossberg, Ernst Toller, and Trachtenberg.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

1923

Related Material

Records of the Rand School, 1906-1962, 23 linear feet, are at the Tamiment Institute Library, New York University Libraries, New York, N. Y. 10012 and are also available on microfilm.

Alexander Trachtenberg's papers, 1911-1968, 1 cubic foot, are at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706.

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Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328