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Indiana
Terre Haute
Debs Museum
Sycamore Street
Terre Haute IN
Phone 812 232-2163
Web Site www.eugenevdebs.com/pages/tour.htm
Description home of labor leader and political activist, now features memorial garden
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus Famous People
Industry Profession Labor
Era 1890

Massachusetts
Lawrence
Immigrant City Archives, Historical Society of Lawrence
6 Essex Street
Lawrence MA 01840
Phone 978 686-9230
Web Site http://krhlawrence.com/Archives_page1.html
Alt Web http://www.essexheritage.org/visiting/placestovisit/listofsitesbycommunity/immi                   grant_city.shtml
Description local history in old buildings around a courtyard
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Building Collection
Building Type Commercial
Field of Study/Science Facility Labor
Research /Reading Archives
Era      1883
New or Updated: 11/04/2003

Lawrence

Lawrence Heritage State Park

1 Jackson Street

Lawrence MA 01840

Phone 978 794-1655

Web Site http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/lwhp.htm

Alt Web http://www.essexheritage.org/lawrence_heritage.htm

Description restored boarding house with two floors of exhibits explains history town's mills including 1912 Bread and Roses strike

Type of Resource Museum

Primary Focus Industrial

Field of Study/Science Facility Labor

New or Updated: 12/5/2005

Massachusetts
Lowell
American Textile History Museum
491 Dutton Street
Lowell MA 01854
Phone 978 441-0400
Web Site www.athm.org
Alt Web http://www.athm.org/sites/boston/bostonftp/athm/home.html
Description history of the textile industry
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Industrial
Field of Study/Science Facility Labor
Industry /Profession Textiles
Collection A-F Costume
Collection G-M Machinery
Collection N-Z Tools
New or Updated: 10/26/2003

Maryland

Mt Savage

Old Row Museum - Cardinal Mooney House

Old Row

Main Street

Mt Savage MD 21545

Phone 302 264-9916

Web Site *****

E-mail http://www.mdisfun.org/planning_a_md_visit/attractionDetails.asp?DMid=10572

Alt Web http://www.laborheritage.org/IALL-MD.html

Description boyhood home of Cardinal is a company row house, museum jail

Type of Resource House Museum

Primary Focus Famous People

Field Labor

New or Updated: 12/28/2005

Silver Spring

George Meany Memorial Archives

10000 New Hampshire Avenue

Silver Spring MD 20903

Phone 301 431-5441

Web Site http://www.georgemeany.org/archives/home.html

Description focus on labor history -- permanent exhibit on life of labor leader

Meany, rotating exhibits of labor interest, AFL-CIO archives and labor

Type of Resource History Related Organization

Primary Focus History Resource

Field of Study/Science Facility Labor

Research Archives

Owner/Operator: National Labor College

New or Updated: 5/15/2007

NJ
Haledon
American Labor Museum, Botto House
83 Norwood Street
Haledon NJ 07508
Phone   973 595-7953
Web Site http://inet.paterson.k12.nj.us/~labormuseum/index.html
E-mail mailto:labormuseum@aol.com
Alt Web http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/dl/trips/alm.htm
Description story of American workers, ethnicity, immigrants, at focal point of 1913                     Paterson Silk Strike
Type of Resource   Specialty Museum
Field of Study/Science Facility Labor
New or Updated:  1/15/2004

OH
Youngstown
Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor
151 West Wood Street
PO Box 533
Youngstown OH   44501
Phone   330 743-5934
Web Site http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/youngst/
Toll Free 800 262-6137
Description the impact of the iron & steel industries from beginning to end
Type of Resource   Museum
Primary Focus Industrial
Field of Study/Science Facility Labor
Industry /Profession Iron & Steel
Research /Reading Archives
New or Updated:   3/25/2004

Last Update: 03/03/2010

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