Samuel Gompers Papers

The		Papers

The manuscript copy (MS) is useful for experienced scholars. The transcription (TR ) provides background information and is more useful in the classroom. Not sure how to begin? See Reading Primary Documents.

"What Does Labor Want?" Speech, 1893
From W. A. Platt, 1902 (Cigarmakers) (MS) (TR)
To Lew Morton, 1906 (IWW) (MS) (TR)
To Ida Tarbel, 1910 (Women) (MS) (TR)
To John Moffitt, 1910 (Hatters Case) (MS) (TR)
Newspaper Article, 1910 (McNamara Case) (MS) (TR)
To R. Flores Magon, 1911 (Mexican Rev.) (MS) (TR)
To J.C. Skemp, 1911 (Black Workers) (MS) (TR)
From Clarence Darrow, 1911 (McNamara) (MS) (TR)
To Bruce Barton, 1913 (Religion) (MS) (TR)
To Frank Morrison, 1913 (W. Coast; Anti-trust) (MS) (TR)
From Josephine Casey, 1914 (Women Organizers) (MS) (TR)
From Eugene Jones,1914 (Black Workers) (MS) (TR )
To Charles Lewis, 1917 (WWI, Women) (MS) (TR)
From John White, 1917 (Anti-war) (MS) (TR )
To Frank Sudduth, 1917 (Black Workers) (MS) (TR)
IWW Memo 1917 (WWI Sedition Case) (MS) (TR)
To John O'Connell,1917 (Mooney Case) (MS) (TR)
To Daniel Willard,1917 (Steel workers, WWI) (MS) (TR)
To William Hutcheson, 1917 (WW I) (MS) (TR)
To Woodrow Wilson, 1920 (Debs)(MS) (TR)
To Ralph Slaughter, 1921 (KKK) (TR)
To Lena Toliver, 1921 (Black Workers) (MS) (TR)
From William Z. Foster (TUEL) (MS) (TR)
Fannia Cohn to Florence Thorne, 1924 (Women) (MS) (TR)
To Norman Thomas, 1924 (Socialists) (MS) (TR)

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