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American Labor Education Service records, 1921-1961
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Records of American Labor Education Service (ALES), a voluntary organization established in 1927 as the Affiliated School for Workers to promote cooperation among the few existing summer schools fo...
Records of American Labor Education Service (ALES), a voluntary organization established in 1927 as the Affiliated School for Workers to promote cooperation among the few existing summer schools for workers. ALES went on to aid unions develop their educational programs and encourage adult- and labor-education projects in colleges and universities. Included are records pertaining to the Bryn Mawr Summer School, 1921-1939, and its successor, the Hudson Shore Labor School, 1939-1951. Smaller groups of papers relate to the Vineyard Shore Labor School, 1920-1933, and the Barnard Summer School for Women Workers in Industry, 1927-1933.
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- Mixed Materials
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- English
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- 32.0 cubic feet (77 archives boxes, 1 card box, and 6 volumes in 2 flat boxes); plus
- additions of 3.0 cubic feet and
- 0.8 cubic feet of photographs
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- ocn145775610, ocn145807979
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- Finding aid
- Presented by Hilda W. Smith through the American Labor Education Service, Inc., July 10, 1956.
Subjects
- Barnard Summer School for Women Workers in Industry.
- Bryn Mawr Summer School.
- California Labor School.
- Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
- Hudson Shore Labor School.
- National Committee for the Extension of Labor Education.
- Pacific Coast School for Workers.
- Pittsburgh Labor College.
- Vineyard Shore Labor School.
- Wisconsin School for Workers in Industry.
- Labor movement -- Study and teaching.