About Labor History Links
Discover the Record of Working-Class Life
Labor History Links is a curated gateway to thousands of resources documenting the history of work, workers, and labor struggle in America and beyond. This isn't a general search engine — every entry has been selected and annotated with keywords and categories selected by historians, giving you a starting point you can trust rather than a pile of unsorted results.
Inside, you'll find books, museum exhibits, digital archives, oral history collections, maps, documentary film and audio, movies, music, art, podcasts, timelines, teaching materials, and more — spanning strikes and organizing drives, immigrant and radical labor traditions, women's labor history, civil rights and the labor movement, and the everyday experience of work across every region of the country and beyond.
We will build up this site further when we can acquire more financial resources. You are invited to join us in this endeaver, to help others become aware of a project, book, exhibit, music, art, etc. that is missing from our lists, by submitting a link. It's pretty easy!
Our Team
Prof. Rosemary Feurer - Northern Illinois University-- Curator/Concept/web design
Ondrew Tillotson- Web Developer/Design, Data architect and Tech Expert
Research and data curation:
Emma Barton-Norris
Hollis Harris
Matthew Keath
Jack Vavrinchik
Billy Holladay
Anthony Villanueva
Masthead art is from the work of
Kathleen Farrell, Joliet Illinois, and Kathleen Scarboro, Paris, France
We gratefully acknowledge grants from the following:
Thanks for assistance/suggestions from:
Shelton Stromquist, University of Iowa
Elliot Gorn Loyola University, Chicago
Dominic Pacyga, Columbia College Chicago
James Connolly, Ball State University
Katie Sutrina-Haney Indiana State University
Nicole Etcheson, Ball State University
Jon Teaford, Purdue University
Wilson J. Warren, Western Michigan University
Janet K. Weaver, University of Iowa
Erik Gellman, University of North Carolina
John McKerley, University of Iowa
Carl S. Smith, Northwestern University



