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.
Special Items from Our Collection
Letters from the President, Woodrow Wilson to the Secretary of Labor, W.B. Wilson
Department of Labor Historical Pages
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Monthly Labor Review Online: Index
www.bls.gov/mlr/
History of Labor Day
www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm
History of Minimum Wage Changes
www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/coverage.htm
Labor Hall of Fame
www.dol.gov/dol/aboutdol/hallofhonor/
Mine Safety and Health Administration
www.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/MSHAINF2.HTM
Mine Safety and Health Administration — Mining History
www.msha.gov/history.htm
Office of Labor Management Services
www.dol.gov/olms/history/
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/history/history.htm
Wirtz Labor Library
www.dol.gov/oasam/wirtzlaborlibrary/
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/