WAUFrankDana6288.xmlGuide to the Dana Frank Papers 1916-1999Frank (Dana) PapersSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2019 (Last modified: 4/13/2022)
Seattle, WA 98195
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections6288 (Accession No. 6288-001)Frank, DanaDana Frank papers1916-19995.57 cubic feet (8 boxes plus 1 oversize vertical file)Collection materials are in English.Research materials and ephemera on the history of Seattle labor unions and women's activism collected by a professor of history

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.

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.

No restrictions on access except audio tape which requires advanced notice to access.

Request at UW

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.

Donated by Dana Frank, 1995 and 2021.

Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Laundry Workers Union. Local 24 (Seattle, Wash.)Associated Industries of SeattleLabor--Washington (State)--History--SourcesLabor unions--Washington (State)--History--SourcesLabor movement--Washington (State)--History--SourcesOpen and closed shop--Washington (State)--History--SourcesMembership cardsPrinted ephemeraCharters and articles of incorporationNewspapersLabor Archives of Washington (University of Washington)Labor HistoryLabor UnionsWashington (State)Women

 

1Audio tape: "Experiments in Democracy- Show 3"undated1Research Filesapproximately 1918-1990s

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).

1-8Research Index Cardsapproximately 1985-1995OSVF 192 Articles of incorporation for the Associated Industries of Seattle1919

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.

OSVF 192Two Laundry Workers Union, Local 24 (Seattle) union membership cards and a membership book, including the union wage scale, attendance stamps, and by-laws1927OSVF 192Issue of The Woman Statist11 April 1916

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.