Smithsonian report from 1877?
I am attempting to locate the “Annual Report for the Smithsonian Institution” for the year 1877. I see that the report has an electronic link, but I cannot find the report for this year. Do we have this volume in the annex?
From what I can see from the Worldcat catalog record, Annex holdings go back only [...]
Where can I find old sports coverage?
If I wanted to search old sports articles from newspapers around the country [U.S.A.], where would I look? I’m guessing a lot of the articles would be Associated Press articles, so is there an AP database with electronic copies of the articles? Also, is there another generalized newspaper article database that has full text versions [...]
Trying to find historical NYS Department of Labor publications.
I am an author trying to locate data on NY State employment or unemployment during the years 1928 through 1940. I understand that New York was one of the first states to systematically collect such data, during the governorship of Franklin Roosevelt and when Frances Perkins was NY Secretary of Labor. Staff at the NY [...]
Can you help me find copies of 19th century labor speeches and periodicals?
I am looking for periodicals or speeches from 1820-1840 that would be what a working man would have read. Also Tristam Burges writings in the same years, and the speeches of William Heighton. I am interested in the race relationship of free blacks and white workers during those years. I was told that Catherwood library [...]
1911 glider meet?
Q: I am currently interested in newspaper and/or magazine articles on a Harvard Aeronautical Society glider meet, at Atlantic, in May 3-6, 1911. It is a little difficult for me to get to Boston, as I live in LA.
I would like to know:
1. Are there any articles available?
2. How can I get assistance in [...]
How can I find the hourly wage of a Teamster in 1963?
I am a reference librarian for the Virginia Beach Public Library in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I am trying to help a patron locate the hourly wage of a member of the Teamsters in 1963. I have checked with the Walter Reuther Library, Bureau of Labor Statistics, George Washington University, and the Historical Statistics of the [...]
Liberty Hyde Bailey papers?
I’m seeking any connections (meetings, influences) between Liberty Hyde Bailey and Colonel Francis W. Parker. Thank you for your help.
Evidence of these connections may be a part of the correspondence files maintained in our Cornell manuscripts collections at Kroch Library here on the Ithaca campus.
The related Catalog record for this collection of Liberty Hyde [...]
Can you help me find the transcript of the trial of Dietrich Flade?
I’m writing a short piece on Dietrich Flade for the website www.executedtoday.com (his execution date is coming up in a couple days) and was wondering if I could get a couple things from you:
- A .pdf or photographic plate image (not for distribution) of the original trial transcript.
- A photograph of the document itself for [...]
Does the library contain any documentation from the Dunlop Commission?
Does the library contain any documentation from the Dunlop Commission?
Yes!After the Dunlop Commission (or, more formally, the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations), officially closed up shop in November 1994, dozens of its reports, testimony transcripts, briefs, and other key documents were placed in the Kheel Archives at the at the Catherwood Library. Over a period [...]
How can I find biographical information for George Pendray?
Question :
Looking for biography information for George Edward Pendray. He coined the phrase ‘time capsule.’ President of the American Rocket Society, American Interplantary Society, and a
New York publicist. Need references (i.e. webpage, book & page no. ).
The George Edward Pendray papers are housed in the Library at Princeton University. [...]