Labor Archives of Washington
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The Labor Archives of Washington is a special collection at the University of Washington Libraries dedicated to preserving documents from the labor movement in Washington state.{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Robin |date=November 22, 2011 |title=UW Labor Archives preserves workers' history |work=International Longshore and Warehouse Union |url=https://www.ilwu.org/uw-labor-archives-preserves-workers%E2%80%99-history/ |access-date=November 18, 2015}}{{Cite news |last=Long |first=Katherine |date=September 7, 2010 |title=Solidarity forever preserved in UW labor archives |work=The Seattle Times |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/solidarity-forever-preserved-in-uw-labor-archives/ |access-date=November 18, 2015}}
Background
The Labor Archives were founded by Conor Casey in 2010 funded by a $250,000 fundraising campaign run by the Washington State Labor Council and a $150,000 matching grant from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.{{Cite news |last=Groves |first=David |date=April 11, 2013 |title=Labor Archives of Washington wins prestigious national honor |work=The Stand |url=http://www.thestand.org/2013/04/labor-archives-of-washington-wins-prestigious-national-honor/ |access-date=November 18, 2015}}
The Labor Archives won the John Sessions Memorial Award in 2013 and 2021. The 2021 award citation commended the Archives for its Oral History Project, “Working in the Time of COVID19,” that was a collaboration with unions, faculty, and regional labor history organizations.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-21 |title=Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, wins John Sessions Memorial Award |url=https://rusaupdate.org/2021/03/labor-archives-of-washington-university-of-washington-libraries-special-collections-wins-john-sessions-memorial-award |website=RUSA Update}}
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External links
- [http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/laws/ Labor Archives of Washington] home page.
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Category:Archives in the United States
Category:University of Washington projects
Category:2010 establishments in Washington (state)
Category:Works about the labor movement
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