New York State Factory Investigating Commission Press Clippings Concerning Commission Activities
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- The clippings in this series are from news and trade publications, and deal with activities of the Factory Investigating Commission. They concern: scheduled hearings; hearings held in Schenectady, Troy, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo; witnesses testifying at the hearings; descriptions of the commission's investigation of factory and store health and safety conditions, wages, and cost of living; and descriptions of actual conditions in factories and stores relating to dangerous working conditions, poor wages, and child labor.
Title
- Press clippings concerning Commission activities
Quantity
- 0.1 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- A3023
Creator
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Content Note
These clippings are from news and trade publications. They concern: scheduled hearings; hearings held in Schenectady, Troy, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo, often quoting or summarizing testimony given at the hearings; witnesses testifying at the hearings; descriptions of the commission's investigation of factory and store health and safety conditions, wages, and cost of living; and descriptions of actual conditions in factories and stores relating to danger from unguarded machinery, inadequate fire escapes and fire prevention, inadequate sanitation, ventilation, and lighting, low wages, child labor, and night work.
Alternate Formats Available
Microform is available at the New York State Archives through interlibrary loan.
Scanned images of this series are available at the New York State Archives.
Press clippings concerning Commission activities, 1911, 1913-1914
New York State Archives Digital Collections
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