• IdentificationWing Modern MS RosemontH
  • TitleHenry Rosemont Typographical Union Collection, ca. 1920s-1979 Wing.Modern.MS.RosemontH
  • PublisherThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
  • RepositoryThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
  • Physical Description26.0 linear feet (15 record cartons, 7 boxes, and 6 oversize flat boxes)
  • Dateca. 1920s-1979
  • AbstractA variety of files concerning the Chicago Typographical Union (Local 16), and its parent organization the International Typographical Union, compiled by the Union's unofficial historian, Henry Rosemont. Includes ephemera, manuscript and printed materials relating to the union activities, Rosemont's research notebooks about unions and union history, and information about other labor and trade groups. There is extensive information about the Chicago newspaper strike of 1947-1949.
  • Location4a 25 1-4; 4a 26 6
  • OriginationRosemont, Henry

This material is unprocessed, and is available by appointment only.

  • Names
    • Rosemont, Franklin
    • Rosemont, Penelope
  • Subject
    • Chicago
    • Printing History and Book Arts
    • Social Action