The collection consists of a wide range of ephemera pertaining to labor in the Bay Area, California and the nation. Dating from roughly 1900 to the present, the collection includes ephemera created by or related to labor unions, with large amounts of materials related to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the United Farm Workers; organizations such as the Communist Party and Industrial Workers of the World; and topics such asagriculture, World War II, the 1934 San Francisco General Strike, and women's employment; civic associations and activist groups; and social justice related groups and subjects. Types of ephemera include: contracts; reports; leaflets; pamphlets; newsletters; constitutions and bylaws; fliers; journals and journal articles; and newspaper clippings.

50.0 boxes

Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives & Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives & Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Collection is open for research.