Illinois Labor History Society records

Scope and Content

Administrative files, meeting minutes, research files, correspondence, newspaper articles, and other records of the Illinois Labor History Society (ILHS), which was formed in 1969 to promote and assist awareness of labor history. Included are fliers and correspondence from society and labor-related events, issues of the society's newsletter Reporter (1975-1988), and the papers of Les Orear, ILHS president, including information on running political action groups and a report titled History of the Chicago Printing Pressmen's Union No. 7's Struggle for Manning of Presses and Comparison of the Accomplishments to Other Cities. Most of the research files are on school integration, including newspaper clippings, booklets, pamphlets, reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, and conference materials from the National Conference on Negro History (1966) held by the American Federation of Teachers and from the Education vs. Racism Conference (1968). Also included are newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports from the Chicago Teachers' Union, and materials from the World Parliament of the Peoples for Peace (1980), such as petitions, reports, newsletters, and speech transcripts.