“Learn Yourself” and Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington
From KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio | Part of the We Do the Work series | 28:01
“Learn Yourself” and Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington
Interview: Mike starts a special segment of We Do The Work called ‘Learn Yourself” that will explore an historical labor event hoping listeners will learn more about Labor history. The interviews will be with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the Labor Archives of Washington, at University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, and the first ‘Learn Yourself’ will be about the Everett Massacre, also called Bloody Sunday, where a confrontation caused 7 to 12 people to be murdered on November 5, 1916.
For more information, go to www.laborarchives.org or email cmcasey@uw.edu.
“Learn Yourself” and Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington
Interview: Mike starts a special segment of We Do The Work called ‘Learn Yourself” that will explore an historical labor event hoping listeners will learn more about Labor history. The interviews will be with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the Labor Archives of Washington, at University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, and the first ‘Learn Yourself’ will be about the Everett Massacre, also called Bloody Sunday, where a confrontation caused 7 to 12 people to be murdered on November 5, 1916.
For more information, go to www.laborarchives.org or email cmcasey@uw.edu .
We Do The Work Comments:
> Right-to-Work has a racist history.
> Union membership used to be a matter of economic self-interest but not anymore.
To learn more about history, go to these sites:
UW Labor Archivist: Some of the resources discussed in the show:
Labor Archives of Washington’s website: www.laborarchives.org
Labor Archives of Washington’s Collections: http://guides.lib.washington.edu/laborarchives
Labor Archives of Washington’s Digital Collections Portal: http://content.lib.washington.edu/portals/law/
Labor Archives of Washington’s Archived Labor Websites: http://www.archive-it.org/collections/3988
Labor Archives of Washington: Industrial Workers of the World Photograph Collection Exhibit http://guides.lib.uw.edu/friendly.php?s=research/IWWPhotos
Everett Massacre Collection University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections.http://content.lib.washington.edu/pnwlaborweb/index.html
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Labor Archives of Washington Collections
Everett Prisoners’ Defense Committee Records.http://www.lib.washington.edu/…/EverettPrisonersDefense …
Industrial Workers of the World, Seattle Joint Branches Records. 1905-1950. http://www.lib.washington.edu/…/IndustrialWorkersWorldS …
Industrial Workers of the World photograph collection. circa 1910s-circa 1940s. http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/view …
John Leonard Miller Papers. 1923-1986.http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/view …
John Leonard Miller Photograph Collection. circa 1920-1975.http://www.lib.washington.edu/…/MillerJohnLeonardPHColl …
Anna Louise Strong Papers. 1885-1971. http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/view …
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Other Archival Collections
The National Archives Contains results of an inquiry into the Everett Massacre collected by the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7869205
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Online Exhibits and Articles
Everett Public Library. “The Everett Massacre Exibit” http://www.epls.org/nw/dig_emassacre.asp
Everett Massacre of 1916 University of St. Francis.http://www.stfrancis.edu/…/btopics/works/Everett.htm
Essay on the Everett Massacre HistoryLink.org – The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History.http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5326
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Books and Articles:
Botting, Jr. David C. “Bloody Sunday,” The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Oct., 1958), pp. 162-172
Clark, Norman H. 1972. Mill town a social history of Everett, Washington, from its earliest beginnings on the shores of Puget Sound to the tragic and infamous event known as the Everett Massacre. Seattle: University of Washington Press. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489835423
Clark, Norman H. “Everett, 1916, and after” The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 2 (Apr., 1966), pp. 57-64
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Documentaries:
Bird, Stewart, Deborah Shaffer, and Roger N. Baldwin. 2006. The Wobblies.
Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington
From KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio | Part of the We Do the Work series | 27:52
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Mike continues his special segment of We Do The Work called ‘Learn Yourself” that explores an historical labor event hoping to inspire listeners to learn more about Labor history.
Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Mike continues his special segment of We Do The Work called ‘Learn Yourself” that explores an historical labor event hoping to inspire listeners to learn more about Labor history.
This ‘Learn Yourself’ will be about the Everett Massacre, also called Bloody Sunday, where a confrontation caused 7 to 12 people to be murdered on November 5, 1916.
For more information, go to www.laborarchives.org , type in ‘Everett Massacre’ in search box or go to http://content.lib.washington.edu/portals/law/ or email cmcasey@uw.edu .
We Do the Work Comments:
> Wells Fargo is fined for creating fake credit card accounts.
> Hold the Fort song, a tune by Philip P. Bliss and this version is sung by Cameron Johnson.
> On November 5, 1916, a dozen IWWs were shot and killed as they tried to enter Everett Washington by boat so the IWW members in the northwest will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Everett Massacre on November 5.
> Mourn Not the Dead Poem by Ralph Chaplin, recited by Mike Dumovich.