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David F. Selvin photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-pho-0019
Scope and Contents This collection consists of photographs gathered by Selvin in his role as editor of Northern Califonia Labor, a labor newspaper he founded in 1951. Other photographs were used in several books and articles Selvin authored related to labor history, in particular, his 1996 book, A Terrible Anger: The 1934 Waterfront and General Strikes in San Francisco. Many of the photographs in this collection are reprints from various...
Dates: 1861-1991; Majority of material found within 1960-1980

Sue Ko Lee scrapbook on Chinese Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: larc-srp-0011
Scope and Contents Scrapbook belonging to Sue Ko Lee, a button hole machine operator at the National Dollar Store garment factory in San Francisco's Chinatown, and member of the Chinese Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (CLGWU), Local 341. Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, bulletins and photographs pertaining to the CLGWU, mostly concerning the strike at the National Dollar Store/Golden Gate Manufacturing in 1938. Contains a few images of Sue Ko Lee, and International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union...
Dates: 1937-1938