Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Historical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Arrangement
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
|---|---|
| Title: | General Strike Collection |
| Dates: | 1926 May |
| Quantity: | 3.9 cubic feet (6 flat boxes) |
| Abstract: | Newspapers, bulletins, timetables, public notices, and facsimiles documenting the course of the General Strike. |
Historical Note
The General Strike was a massive wave of labor strikes that occurred in Great Britain in May of 1926. The strike originated in a dispute between coal miners, who wanted to protect their existing work conditions, and mine owners, who sought to cut wages and extend work hours. To force their demands, owners on May 1 locked roughly one million miners out of their mines. In response, the Trade Unions Congress (TUC), an umbrella organization of British trade unions, called for sympathy strikes throughout the country. By May 4 over one million workers in a variety of industries had answered the call and taken to the streets. The nation-wide strike lasted until May 12, when the TUC, under pressure from the government, called on strikers to return to their jobs. The coal miners' strike continued, however, until November, when the miners' own economic needs compelled them to accept mine owners' demands.
TopScope and Content Note
The General Strike Collection includes newspapers, both daily and weekly, strike bulletins, railway timetables, assorted public notices, and facsimiles of publications pertaining to the strike. Of particular interest is a set of the newspaper, The Strand Gazette, with variant strike issues.
TopArrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by document type.TopAccess and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Subject Headings
Subjects:
- General Strike, Great Britain, 1926
- Labor--Great Britain
- Strikes and lockouts--Great Britain
VCL Categories
- Politics
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
General Strike Collection, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Mark Seidl, August 2014.
Acquisition Information
The items in this collection were donated by Lucy Maynard Salmon and cataloged in Dewey. Original acquisition date unknown. Transferred from Special Collections Dewey materials on June 13, 2014.
Container List
| Box 1 | Bulletins of provincial newspapers |
| Boxes 3-6 | Daily newspapers |
| Box 1 | Facsimiles of testimonials re. Gerstner machines from newspaper offices |
| Box 1 | Illustrated records of the strike |
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous strike bulletins (2 folders) |
| Box 2 | Political bulletins |
| Box 2 | Public notices |
| Box 2 | Railway time-tables |
| Box 2 | Set of The Strand Gazette (with variant issues) |
| Box 2 | Strike issues of weekly newspapers |
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Details
Newspapers, bulletins, timetables, public notices, and facsimiles documenting the course of the General Strike.
