Dana Frank papers, 1916-1999
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Overview of the Collection
- Compiler
- Frank, Dana
- Title
- Dana Frank papers
- Dates
- 1916-1999 (inclusive)19161999
- Quantity
- 5.57 cubic feet, (8 boxes plus 1 oversize vertical file)
- Collection Number
- 6288
- Summary
- Research materials and ephemera on the history of Seattle labor unions and women's activism collected by a professor of history
- Repository
- University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on access except audio tape which requires advanced notice to access.
- Languages
- Collection materials are in English.
Biographical Note
Dana Frank is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Frank used the University of Washington's Special Collections in researching her book Purchasing Power. Frank is also an expert on human rights and U.S. policy in Honduras.
Content Description
Research files including clippings, photocopies, photographs, original materials and ephemera collected and donated by historian Dana Frank. Includes materials related to the history of Seattle labor and women's activism.
Other Descriptive Information
Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Donated by Dana Frank, 1995 and 2021.
Related Materials
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Description: Audio tape: "Experiments in Democracy- Show 3"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 6288-001 Box 1
- Description: Research Files
Clippings, photocopies, photographs, and original materials. Includes "After the Deluge: The Seattle General Strike of 1919 and its Aftermath" by Rob Rosenthal. Original materials includes Seafarers' International Union of North America fact booklet (1956), International Longshoremen's Association letter (1920), Address by Samuel Gompers (1918), The Railway and Transportation Labor News (1933).
Dates: approximately 1918-1990sContainer: Box 6288-001 Box 1 - Description: Research Index CardsDates: approximately 1985-1995Container: Box 6288-001 Box 1
- Description: Research Index CardsDates: approximately 1985-1995Container: 6288-001 Box 2
- Description: Research Index CardsDates: approximately 1985-1995Container: 6288-001 Box 3
- Description: Research Index CardsDates: approximately 1985-1995Container: 6288-001 Box 4
- Description: Research Index CardsDates: approximately 1985-1995Container: 6288-001 Box 5
- Description: Research Index CardsDates: approximately 1985-1995Container: 6288-001 Box 6
- Description: Research Index CardsDates: approximately 1985-1995Container: 6288-001 Box 7
- Description: Research Index CardsDates: approximately 1985-1995Container: 6288-001 Box 8
- Description: Articles of incorporation for the Associated Industries of Seattle
The Associated Industries was an employer group dedicated to instituting the "open shop", or ending compulsory membership in union for employees in workplaces where the majority of workers belonged to a union.
Dates: 1919Container: Vf:oversize OSVF 192 - Description: Two Laundry Workers Union, Local 24 (Seattle) union membership cards and a membership book, including the union wage scale, attendance stamps, and by-lawsDates: 1927Container: Vf:oversize OSVF 192
- Description: Issue of The Woman Statist
Published by the Stocker Sisters Co. in Burlington, WA, the newspaper was a means to encourage women to political participation after they had won the vote.
Dates: 11 April 1916Container: Vf:oversize OSVF 192
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Labor movement--Washington (State)--History--Sources
- Labor unions--Washington (State)--History--Sources
- Labor--Washington (State)--History--Sources
- Open and closed shop--Washington (State)--History--Sources
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Geographical Names
- Washington (State)
Form or Genre Terms
- Charters and articles of incorporation
- Membership cards
- Newspapers
- Printed ephemera
Other Creators
Corporate Names
- Associated Industries of Seattle
- Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (host institution)
- Laundry Workers Union. Local 24 (Seattle, Wash.)
