National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) records, 1904-1953 (bulk 1904-1934).
- 7,000 items. 66 1 containers plus oversize. 36.4 linear feet.
- Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Correspondence, Speeches, and Related Material, 1905-1943; Series 2: Reports of Investigation, 1904-1937; Series 3: Minutes, 1904-1945; Series 4: Proceedings of Annual Meetings and National Conferences of the National Child Labor Committee, 1905-1929; and Series 5: Scrapbooks and Printed Matter, 1907-1953.
Open to research.
Correspondence, speeches, official records, reports, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks containing form letters, press releases, and newspaper clippings concerning the work of the National Child Labor Committee in promoting the rights and education of children and youth in relation to labor. Includes reports on child labor conditions in various industries; minute books and proceedings of annual meetings and national conferences of the National Child Labor Committee and of the National Committee on Federal Aid to Education; correspondence (1905-1912) of Alexander Jeffrey McKelway, secretary for the Southern States of the National Child Labor Committee; and two letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Photographs Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to
Organization founded in 1904 and incorporated by an act of Congress in 1907 with the mission of promoting the rights and education of children and youth in relation to labor.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012051
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McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918 --Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Correspondence.
Child labor--Southern States. Child labor--United States. Education--Finance.--United States Federal aid to education--United States.