Selig Perlman papers, circa 1909-1998
Miscellaneous materials of Selig Perlman, labor economist and University of Wisconsin faculty member. Included is a tape-recorded and transcribed interview with Perlman on coming to Wisconsin and working with John R. Commons on his history of labor, the University's intellectual life (mentioning Professors Commons, Ross, Ely, Turner, and others), and both the Wisconsin and federal Industrial Commissions. On microfilm are four of Perlman's writings: an unpublished article written with Edwin Young, titled "Union Leaders," a revision of "Toward a Theory of the Labor Movement," an unpublished revision of "History of Trade Unionism," and "The End of the New Deal's Advance." In paper form is a November 11, 1947, letter from Perlman to Theodore Herfurth containing recollections of William English Walling
Archival Material, English, 1909
compact discs
0.1 c.f. (1 folder), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), and 3 tape recordings; plus additions of 1.2 c.f.
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