From its inception, the Industrial Relations Section had envisioned its library as part of an IR clearing house. It obtained and provided difficult to find publications for its students and faculty as well as for researchers and practitioners around the world. The collection of 31,142 items in approximately 1,039 boxes comprises original materials produced by companies, trade unions, research organizations, governmental agencies, and professional associations spans from 1922-1989. This collection is noteworthy because it includes documentation and information direct from the policies as they were established. This collection’s strengths are in the policies and communication of those policies that are of significance to the study of industrial relations and labor economics.
The material includes: documentation of correspondence and periodicals from companies; proceedings, constitutions, briefs, agreements, journals from trade unions and federations; reports and periodicals from U.S. and international research organizations and associations; earnings, reports, and periodicals from government agencies; research reports from other universities; news, special articles, and opinion pieces from general and labor presses; financial reports and statistics; and, contacts, information and advice, and other documents from field work in Industrial Relations.
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