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History at the Department of Labor

History eSources

Below are links to historical resources from the Department of Labor, other federal civilian agencies, and selected non-governmental bodies. The list is as complete as possible for civilian governmental sites but it includes just a sampling of the vast number of non-governmental history sites available. Links from these sites will also lead to many more historical pages.

Department of Labor Historical Pages

Bureau of Labor Statistics — Monthly Labor Review Online: Index
www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/indexh.htm

Employment Standards Administration
www.dol.gov/esa/aboutesa/history/history.htm

History of Labor Day
www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm

History of Minimum Wage Changes
www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/coverage.htm

Labor Hall of Fame
www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/laborhall/main.htm

Mine Safety and Health Administration
www.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/MSHAINF2.HTM

Mine Safety and Health Administration — Mining History
www.msha.gov/history.htm

Occupational Safety and Health Administration — Chronology
www.osha.gov/as/opa/osha30yearmilestones.html

Office of Labor Management Services
www.dol.gov/esa/olms/history/

Veterans' Employment and Training Service
www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/history/history.htm

Wirtz Labor Library
www.dol.gov/oasam/library/

Women's Bureau
www.dol.gov/wb/info_about_wb/interwb.htm

Women's Bureau — Directors
www.dol.gov/wb/edu/gallery.htm

Additional DOL Historical Information
www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/addlhistinfo.htm

Other Federal Government Historical Pages

Bureau of the Census Centennial
www.census.gov/mso/www/centennial/

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
www.immigration.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/index.htm

Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov/about/hhshist.html

Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov/library/index.cfm

Department of State
www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/

Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/history/

Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov/oc/history/default.htm

Library of Congress — "American Memory"
memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

National Archives and Records Administration — Presidential Libraries
www.archives.gov/presidential_libraries/addresses/addresses.html

National Archives and Records Administration — "Research Room"
www.archives.gov/research_room/index.html

National Institutes of Health — Museum of Medical Research
http://www.nih.gov/science/

National Museum of American History
americanhistory.si.edu/

National Park Service
www.cr.nps.gov/history_nps.htm

Public Health Service
www.usphs.gov/AboutUs/history.aspx

Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov/history/

Supreme Court of the United States
www.supremecourtus.gov/about/about.html

U.S. Senate
www.senate.gov/pagelayout/art/a_three_sections_with_teasers/art_hist_home.htm

White House
www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/

Selected Non-Governmental Historical Sources

American Historical Review
www.historycooperative.org/ahr/

Bobst Library Sources in U.S. Labor Studies
www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/laborrefguide.html

Bobst Library Sources in U.S. Women's Labor History
www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/women/cover.html

George Meany Memorial Archives, AFL-CIO
www.georgemeany.org

H-Net Discussion Lists
www.h-net.msu.edu/

H-Labor Discussion List
www.h-net.msu.edu/~labor/

Journal of American History
www.indiana.edu/~jah/

National Coalition for History
www.h-net.msu.edu/~nch/

Society for History in the Federal Government
www.shfg.org/

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