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George A. Spencer Papers, 1931-1963 (C2466)
4.6 cubic feet

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Correspondence, publicity, and legislative papers of a Boone County, MO, Democrat. Spencer's election campaigns and positions as city attorney, prosecuting attorney, and state representative and senator, and candidacy for Democratic nomination for attorney general. Activities of the Columbia, MO, Chamber of Commerce.

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George A. Spencer Papers, 1948-1960 (C0969)
9.0 cubic feet (954 folders), 1 oversize volume

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Letters, reports, and legislative papers of a Democratic state representative from Boone County, 1949-1952, and state senator, 19th district, 1953-1960. In the 1960 Democratic primaries Spencer was an unsuccessful candidate for the attorney general nomination.

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Mabel Spielman Papers, 1888-1968 (K0182)
1 c.f.

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Photographs, diaries, and legal documents, but mainly correspondence to and from Spielman, a resident of Webb City, Jasper County, MO, to her husbands and friends. These letters contain information on the day to day lives of the correspondents.

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Dan Spies Photograph Collection, 1962 (P1173)

Negatives of historic buildings in Huntsville, MO from 1962. Depicted are a wagon factory, Mayo home, George Burkhart Home, and the Rutherford Home.

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William Jasper Spillman Papers, 1944-1961 (C2267)
0.3 cubic feet

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The papers of William Jasper Spillman contain correspondence and papers concerning the establishment of the William J. Spillman Farm Management Fund at the University of Missouri. Also included are two unpublished calculus manuscripts by W.J. Spillman.

Jeffrey Spivak Union Station Research Collection, 1880-1999 (K1432)
12.6 cubic feet

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The Jeffrey Spivak Union Station Research Collection contains letters, notes, and research documents compiled by Jeffrey Spivak for his book Union Station, Kansas City.

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Rose Evelyn Kurs Sporn Papers, 1943-2011 (K1166)
0.21 cubic foot (18 folders, 14 photographs)

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The Rose Evelyn Kurs Sporn Papers contain writings by Sporn, correspondence, and publicity related to the Kidde Kapers productions at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City. It also contains photographs, a brief history of the Dolls for Democracy project, and a scrapbook.

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Albert M. Spradling Jr. Collection, c. 1935-1986 (C3959)
2 folders, 3 rolls of microfilm

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Newspaper clippings, mostly from Missouri newspapers, about Democratic State Senator Albert M. Spradling, Jr. and Missouri politics. Also included are articles published in periodicals, campaign advertisements, signed petitions, photographs, and miscellaneous Federal Bureau of Investigation career documents.

J. Orville Spreen Papers, 1900-1982 (S0486)
27.7 cubic feet, 524 folders, 4690 photographs

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James Orville Spreen was a Wabash employee and railroad executive for 50 years (1912-1962). Most materials in this collection pertain to Spreen's involvement with the Junior Chamber of Commerce Historic Markers Committee. The collection consists of pamphlets, tourist information, and photographs. The photographs document several areas in St. Louis, which were later razed for the Mansion House, JNEM, and Stadium project.

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Orville Spreen Railroad Papers, 1830-1982 (S0485)
24.4 cubic feet, 914 folders, 3591 photographs, 8 microfilm roll

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Orville Spreen was a Wabash Railroad employee and executive for 50 years (1912-1962). His papers include newspaper clippings, freight receipts, invoices, articles, patents, providing information on general railroad history, specific railroad lines, railroad museums, railroads in St. Louis, and railroad societies and associations. Also included in the collection are scrapbooks, cash books, and photographs of centennials and locomotives.

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Barbara Sprenger Papers, 1867-2016 (S0281)
11 cubic feet

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The Barbara Sprenger Papers contains correspondence, histories, photographs, reports, and maps pertaining to Dioxin and hazardous waste dumping of the Russell Bliss, Grover Callahan, and related properties in the Wildwood and Ellisville, Missouri, areas. The collection also contains family papers, which include correspondence, genealogical research materials, and photographs.

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Spring Creek Baptist Church, Phelps County, Missouri Records, 1880-1991 (R0445)
6 volumes microfilmed

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This collection includes minutes of meetings, 1880-1987, and membership records, 1880-1991, of
the Spring Creek Baptist Church in northern Phelps County, Missouri. Volume 1 includes records of
two earlier organizations: the Corinth Baptist Church, 1880-1891, and the Macedonia Baptist Church,
1881-1883.

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Springfield Wagon Company Records, 1873-1972 (R0059)
(9 rolls of microfilm)

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The Springfield Wagon Company Records contain microfilm copies of twelve volumes and fifty folders of records for the Springfield Wagon company. These records include account books and ledgers, correspondence from travel agents, dealers, supplies and customers. Also included is the master's thesis documenting the history of the company written by Steven L. Stepp in 1972.

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Springfield-Branson, Missouri, Metropolitan Area, Photograph Collection, 1884-1965 (P1109)

An artificial collection of photographs of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster, Stone, and Taney Counties.

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St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1957-2024 (CA6262)
9.4 cubic feet, 26 oversize items, 64 computer discs, 9 video cassettes, 185 MB of digital files

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The records of a church established in 1957 include newsletters, annual reports, directories, photographs, slides, building records, membership records, church bulletins, and a parish register.

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St. Charles Countians Against Hazardous Waste/Weldon Springs (SCCAHW) Records, 1946-1996 (S0677)
5 cubic feet, 148 folders, 79 photographs

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The St. Charles Countians Against Hazardous Waste Records contain correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and reports documenting the group’s effort to halt nuclear dumping at, and eventual decontamination of, the Weldon Spring Ordnance Works site.

St. Charles County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1887-1968 (P1149)

An artificial collection of photographs of St. Charles County, Missouri.

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St. Charles, Missouri Collection, 1952-1976 (S0055)
0.08 cubic foot, 15 folders

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The St. Charles, Missouri, Collection is an artificial collection consisting of reports, budgets, maps, histories, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the history of St. Charles, Missouri.  

St. Ferdinand's Chruch, Florissant, Missouri Records, 1792-1977 (S0432)
5 microfilm rolls

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Established in 1789 as the first church in Florissant, Missouri, St. Ferdinand's was the focal point of the Catholic Indian Mission Movement of the 19th century with Father DeSmet and Mother Duchesne both active there. The records include registers for baptisms, first communions and confirmations, marriages, burials, and financial records of both Old St. Ferdinand's (1789-1955) and New St. Ferdinand's Church (1955- ). In Latin, French, and English.

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St. James, Missouri Collection, 1869-1980 (R1528)
3 cubic feet (31 folders, 6 oversize folders, 141 photographs, 2 glass plate negatives)

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The James Memorial Library Collection contains photographs, genealogical records, maps, organizational records, publications, papers, and scrapbooks collected by James Memorial Public Library in St. James, Phelps County, Missouri.

St. Joe Minerals Corporation Collection, 1864-1974 (R0048)
(12 rolls of microfilm)

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hese are business records from mining concerns in Missouri's "Old Lead Belt." The collection
includes records from the St. Joseph Lead Company, the Doe Run Lead Company, the Bonne
Terre Farming and Cattle Company, and the Mine La Motte Corporation.

St. John's United Church of Christ (Pinckney, Mo.) Records, 1870-1978 (C3615)
1 roll of microfilm (1 folder, 2 volumes)

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Church records, including births, confirmations, marriages, deaths, communions, family register, collections, and love offerings. The church was established in 1870 with fourteen families included in its membership.

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St. Joseph (Mo.) Typographical Union No. 40 Records, 1905-1991 (C4272)
4.0 cubic feet (98 folders), 3 oversize items

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The records of the St. Joseph Typographical Union No. 40 consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, contracts and agreements, convention materials, financial records, and miscellaneous materials of a printers’ trade union.

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St. Joseph Lead Company, Southeast Missouri Mining & Milling Division Records, 1950-1968 (R0542)
2 cubic feet (30 folders)

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These are records from the files of Division Manager Elmer A. Jones. Included are development
and production reports, summaries of operations, and administrative materials for a major
lead-producing firm in Missouri. There is also material concerning the Bonne Terre Hospital Association
and the National Research Council's Committee on Rapid Excavation.

St. Joseph, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1865-1966 (P0954)
6 photographs

An artificial collection of photographs depicting the city of St. Joseph and its residents.

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St. Louis Ambassadors Records, 1965-2007 (S0968)
10 cubic feet

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The records of the St. Louis Ambassadors contain chronological event memorabilia, directories, videotapes, and photographs relating to the group's mission to help the St. Louis community through helping organizations plan and execute events and assist with electing candidates for political office in Missouri and Illinois.

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St. Louis American Newspaper, (S0325)
37 microfilm rolls

Weekly newspaper of the African American community in St. Louis.

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St. Louis Artists' Guild Collection, 1907-1976 (S0070)
0.25 cubic feet, 10 folders

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The St. Louis Artists’ Guild is one of the oldest extant art organizations in the country and one of the few which maintains its own building and galleries. The Guild sponsors annual art exhibition competitions and provides education in many artistic varieties. The materials consist of minutes, catalogs, correspondence, "Book of Hours," indenture deed, and programs, including those of Little Theater of St. Louis.

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St. Louis Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1901-1980 (S0218)
0.02 cubic feet, 9 folders

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Collection includes minutes, photographs, histories, convention programs, yearbooks, pamphlets, and publications of the Informal Dames, the Auroran Club (of the YWCA), the Prudence Crandall Club, and the association.

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St. Louis Chamber of Commerce Photographs, 1939-1969 (P0813)
5 photographs

Images of St. Louis landmarks, including Union Station, the St. Louis Art Museum, Barnes Hospital Group, and a 1963 aerial photograph of the city.

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St. Louis Christmas Carols Association Records, 1924-2022 (S0395)
5.5 cubic feet

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This collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, and scrapbooks documenting the organization's mission to raise money for St. Louis children's agencies through Christmas caroling.

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St. Louis City Data Collection, 1885-1985 (S0075)
8 cubic feet

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The St. Louis City Data Collection is an artificial collection comprised of various donations documenting the history of St. Louis City, city government, and historic sites. Included in this collection are reports, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets on neighborhood rehabilitation, street plans, population trends, and urban land policy.

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St. Louis City-St. Louis County White House Conference on Education Records, 1955-1988 (S0494)
17 cubic feet, 488 folders, 1 grooved media, 738 photographs, 20 cassettes, 14 audio tapes, 11 video tapes

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This collection contains correspondence, cassettes, reports, and meeting minutes documenting the St. Louis-St. Louis County White House Conference on Education’s effort to improve education throughout St. Louis by examining local education problems, establishing effective communication among citizens, educators, and legislators, and creating recommendations to serve as guidelines for developing education policy.

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St. Louis City/County Board of Freeholders Records, 1959-1990 (S0487)
18 cubic feet, 396 folders, 126 audio cassettes, 20 photographs, four 3.5 disks, four 5.25 disks

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The records of the St. Louis City/County Board of Freeholders contain meeting minutes, correspondence, plans, photographs, and audio cassette tapes, chronicling the board's mission to reunify St. Louis City and County. The plan was never brought before the voters due to a class-action suit brought by non-property holders.

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St. Louis Civic Ballet Records, 1958-1979 (S0072)
0.4 cubic feet, 19 folders, 3 photographs

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The St. Louis Civic Ballet Records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and photographs documenting the dance company’s mission to foster young people’s interest in ballet through performances and scholarships.

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St. Louis Civic Orchestra Records, 1968-2011 (S0386)
1 cubic foot

The St. Louis Civic Orchestra Records contain correspondence, program booklets, financial materials, and photographs, documenting the orchestra's mission to preserve and perform musical creations in the St. Louis area.

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St. Louis Civil Rights Enforcement Agency Scrapbooks, 1953-1960 (S0607)
2 microfilm rolls

This collection consists of two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings from March 1953 through December 1960 on crime in St. Louis City.

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St. Louis Consumer Federation Records, 1935-1977 (S0375)
2 cubic feet, 84 folders

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The records of the St. Louis Consumer Federation contain correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, bulletins, legal briefs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to its mission to act as a communication link between consumers and the government. Topics of interest include food stamps, the Standard Milk Ordinance, and the Poultry Inspection Law.

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St. Louis County Cemetery Collection, 1901-2000 (S0800)
2.5 cubic feet, 94 photographs

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The St. Louis County Cemetery Collection consists of subject files, books, and photographs collected by Ann Morris in preparation for her book, "Sacred Green Spaces." The subject files consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets on St. Louis-area cemeteries, including Bellefontaine and Bates cemeteries. Other items of interest include drafts of the book.

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St. Louis County Data Collection, 1942-1977 (S0073)
1.5 cubic foot

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The St. Louis County Data Collection is an artificial collection of various small donations documenting the history of St. Louis County and county government. The collection consists of publications, reports, newspaper clippings, pamphlets on historic buildings, highways, zoning, land use, and recreation.

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St. Louis County Parks Advisory Board Minutes, 1952-1990 (S0610)
0.4 cubic feet, 14 folders

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This collection contains the meeting minutes of the St. Louis County Parks Advisory Board, which oversees the St. Louis County Parks Department.

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St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Photographs Collection, 1962-2000 (S1212)
5 cubic feet

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The St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Photographs Collection contains photographs of various parks administered by St. Louis County.

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St. Louis County Residential Architectural Drawings, 1928-1967 (S1171)
3 cubic feet

This collection consists of architectural drawings and plans for homes in St. Louis County, Missouri.

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St. Louis Desegregation Case Records, 1849-1986 (S0684)
3 cubic feet, 35 folders

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This collection contains legal materials, reports, and analyses pertaining to Craton Liddell vs. the Board of Education, City of St. Louis. Minnie Liddell, the mother of Craton Liddell, organized a boycott against the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis in 1971 after the school board announced that they would bus her son from the overcrowded Yeatman School to a substandard school outside Liddell's neighborhood. The Board of Education relented to the boycott, and transferred her son to another school. Liddell continued her fight, filing a lawsuit against the Board of Education in 1972. The lawsuit was finally settled in 1999 and resulted in a city-wide busing plan that encompassed sixteen school districts in the St. Louis area, known as the Voluntary Interdistrict Transfer Program.

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St. Louis Donor Historical Recordings, 1927-1974 (S0825)
1 cubic foot, 27 Acetate and Vinyl albums

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This collection contains historical recordings from St. Louis's past, including audio of President Calvin Coolidge welcoming Charles Lindbergh to Washington, D.C. on June 11, 1927, as well as jazz recordings.

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St. Louis Harmony Chorus Records, 1958-2011 (S0334)
9 cubic feet

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This collection contains scrapbooks, CDs, and VHS tapes, documenting the group's history as a volunteer women's chorus, with a specialization in four-part, a cappella harmony.  Materials of interest include scrapbooks containing photographs, program booklets, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and histories chronicling the group's yearly activities, including local performances and participation in choir competitions in the United States.

St. Louis History Slide Shows, 1984-1986 (S0519)
0.8 cubic foot, 6 folders, 561 slides, 5 reel-to-reel audio tapes, 7 audio cassette tapes, and 1 videotape

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The St. Louis History Slide Shows contains three slide shows: a forty-minute presentation highlighting women who have made significant contributions to St. Louis, a slide show about the Western Historical Manuscript Collection (WHMC)-St. Louis Research Center’s labor history collections, and a slide show about the St. Louis Collection.

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St. Louis Joint Council of Women's Auxiliaries Scrapbook, 1926-1976 (S0209)
1 volume

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Founded on February 27, 1926, under the leadership of Mary Ryder to assist strike efforts and to lobby for legislation to improve working conditions for laborers. It helped to establish Mary Ryder Homes for underprivileged and homeless women in 1930 and pioneered the organization of state and national auxiliary groups. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and histories of individual auxiliaries.

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St. Louis Labor Council Minute Books, 1913-1963 (S0061)
14 rolls of microfilm

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The St. Louis Labor Council, AFL-CIO Meeting Books contains meeting minutes, committee reports, and attendance lists documenting the Council’s efforts to strengthen organized labor, and avocation for social justice in the St. Louis area from 1913 to 1963.

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St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune Records, 1918-2019 (S0521)
49 cubic feet

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Maury Rubin founded the St. Louis Labor Tribune in 1935 to help expose poor quality work on non-union housing projects in St. Louis. Rubin's nephew, Ed Finkelstein, became publisher in the late 1970s, and Rubin died in 1984. The collection primarily includes the paper's photograph negative morgue. Also included in the collection are correspondence, memorandum, and newspaper clippings documenting labor-related events and news stories.

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