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Mother Jones, Janet Butler Munch
Mother Jones, Janet Butler Munch
Publications and Research
Mother Jones was a union organizer and activist in the U.S. labor movement. She fought to alleviate the misery of workers in mines, railroad yards, factories, and mills across the country. Her reform efforts led to the abolition of child labor, acceptance of the eight-hour workday, and implementation of Social Security and the minimum wage.
Wilbur Charles ("Weeb") Ewbank, John A. Drobnicki
Wilbur Charles ("Weeb") Ewbank, John A. Drobnicki
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Weeb Ewbank was a professional football coach who won championships with two different teams, the Baltimore Colts and the New York Jets.
Terrance Gordon ("Terry") Sawchuk, John A. Drobnicki
Terrance Gordon ("Terry") Sawchuk, John A. Drobnicki
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Terry Sawchuk was a Hall of Fame hockey goaltender who set records for shutouts and victories.
Review Of The Book Guide To Genealogical Research In The National Archives Of The United States, 3rd Ed., John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Book Guide To Genealogical Research In The National Archives Of The United States, 3rd Ed., John A. Drobnicki
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Review of the book Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States, 3rd ed., ed. Anne Bruner Eales and Robert M. Kvasnicak.
Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith), John A. Drobnicki
Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith), John A. Drobnicki
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Wolfman Jack was a radio personality, television host, actor, and commercial spokesperson.
George Herbert Allen, John A. Drobnicki
George Herbert Allen, John A. Drobnicki
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George Allen was a professional football coach and broadcaster, known primarily for coaching the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins.
William B. Williams, John A. Drobnicki
William B. Williams, John A. Drobnicki
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William B. Williams was a long-time disc jockey on radio station WNEW-AM in New York City.
An Activist's Guide To Lesbian History: A Companion To The Video Not Just Passing Through, Polly Thistlethwaite
An Activist's Guide To Lesbian History: A Companion To The Video Not Just Passing Through, Polly Thistlethwaite
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This guide, designed to accompany the video Not Just Passing Through, contains guidelines for conducting oral history, forms for donating material to mainstream and community based archives, and lessons for engaging lesbian history with activism.
The Lesbian And Gay Past: An Interpretive Battleground, Polly Thistlethwaite
The Lesbian And Gay Past: An Interpretive Battleground, Polly Thistlethwaite
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The lesbian and gay past is an interpretive battleground that mainstream archives have refused to enter, assuming few risks in collecting, naming, or identifying archival collections. At the same time, libraries offer up worlds to those who work to unearth the secrets there.
The New York Public Library's 1994 "Becoming Visible" exhibit trumpeted The Arrival of lesbian and gay history to New York's cultural mainstream. The NYPL exhibit denies the library's role in secreting lesbian and gay history, and diminished the contributions of community-based archives to the exhibit.