The Mary van Kleeck- Russell Sage Foundation Industrial Research Collection (papers, 1910-1950) 53 manuscript boxes Accession No. 573 Most of the papers (and all of the personal papers) of Mary van Kleeck were deposited at the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College, her alma mater. She separated some material having to do with labor research, and designated the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs as the repository for that material, which largely comprises the files of Edward A. Wieck, D. Knickerbacker Boyd, and other research experts in her RSF Department. Thirteen of the fifty boxes are some of her own files and studies as Director of Industrial Research at the Russell Sage Foundation. These files were received by the Archives in 1972, The Edward A. Wieck collection, already deposited at the archives, has a close relationship to his files in the van Kleeck Collection, which were geenrated at the Russell Sage Foundation, Only a few of the many studies are duplicated. These files comprise Boxes 22 to 34. They contain many original documents gathered by Wieck, relating to labor conditions and strikes in the coal, steel and automobile industries. The mining documents here postdate the documents in the Wieck papers. The studies of industrial relations and conditions in the building industry (1915-1935), by the noted architect, D, Knickerbacker Boyd (as well as the numerous other studies included here), were done under the Russell Sage Foundation aegis, and under Miss van Kleeck's direction. Mary van Kleeck (1883-1972) was Director of Industrial Studies for the Russell Sage Foundation from 1908 to 1948. The author of many books, articles and pamphlets, and a speaker in great demand, she was an industrial sociologist and expert on employment statistics and working conditions. During World War I she was appointed Director of the Women's Bureau of the US Department of Labor, and a member of the War Labor Policies Board. She was Associate Director of the International Industrial Relations Institute, and one of the founders of the Interprofessional Association for Social Insurance. She was an early expert on working women and their problems. Edward A. Wieck (1884-1963) was a long-time officer of the United Mine Workers of America. From 1934 to 1948 he was Research Associate at the Russell Sage Foundation with Mary van Kleeck in the Department of Industrial Studies. -2- D. Knickerbacker Boyd (1872-1944) , prominent architect of New York and Philadelphia, an officer and fellow of the American Institute of Architects, founded the Philadelphia Building Congress, and was a lecturer and writer in the architectural field. He gave his unique and precise building industry files to the RSF Industrial Studies department with the understanding that his files would not be disarranged in any way. His files have been kept in his original order, and comprise Boxes 35 to 50. Principal subjects in the collection are: Apprenticeships in Construction Industry Automobile Industry-Labor Relations and Historic Documents Building Industry-Labor Relations Citizens' Waterfront Committee, 1946-1947 Coal Industry-Labor Relations and Historic Documents Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Economic Conferences and Congresses Housing Industrial Fatigue Industrial Relations Institute (International) Interprofessional Association for Social Insurance Miners' Unions National Recovery Administration Productivity Sit-down Strikes Social Insurance Social Planning Social Work Standards of Living Statistics Steel Industry-Labor Relations and Historic Documents Unemployment Union Agreements Wartime Labor Problems (WWII) Welfare Work Working Women Correspondents include Mary van Kleeck, E. A. Wieck, Mary Fledderus, D. Knickerbacker Boyd, John M. Glenn, Henry Kraus, and numerous others, many notable, but with no frequency. Miss van Kleeck's, Edward Wieck's and D. Knickerbacker Boyd's letters are not indexed but will be found in their sections of these papers. Correspondents in Boyd's files were not indexed, as, although there are many letters, they are nearly all single letters, answering inquiries. An index of some correspondence is at the end of this guide. -3- Series Description Series I. Files of Mary van Kleeck (Boxes 1-13) This series consists of seven files: A-Correspondence and Subject File; B-Conferences and Committees; C-Speeches and Writings; D-Clip- pings; E-Industrial Relations Institute, F-Interprofessional As- sociation for Social Insurance; and G-Working Women. Material is as indicated, and includes also research reports and research material. Dates are mostly between 1921 and 1952, a few going back as far as 1910. Series II. Russell Sage Foundation Industrial Research Papers (Boxes 14-50) These files include reports by a number of researchers, including Mary van Kleeck herself, Edward A. Wieck, D. Knickerbacker Boyd, Louis Bloch, and many others. Original documents on coal mining, the steel industry, the automobile industry, and other industries and workplaces, as well as the final reports, are included. Files are: A-Miscellaneous Industrial Studies; B-Colorado Fuel and Iron Company; C-Collective Bargaining in the Coal Industry; D-Edward A. Wieck files, notes and studies, including coal and steel documents; E-Automobile Industry under the NRA, and original documents; and F-the D. Knickerbacker Boyd Files on the Building Industry. Dates of most papers are between 1920 and 1950, some material earlier. Much relevant published material from Mary van Kleeck's papers has been given to the Archives library. Most of it has to do with mining. This includes numerous published reports, pamphlets, early proceedings of UMWA, and court trial transcripts from 1900, mostly UMWA cases. Among the serials are the Progressive Miner, the Coal Mining Review, the UMWA Journal and many agreements. Interesting old cases involving the chief early union leaders, Mother Mary Jones, etc. are also among these library materials. A copy of the guide to the Mary van Kleeck Collection at the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College, may be seen on request. -4- Contents BOXES Series I. Mary van Kleeck Files 1-2 Subseries A Mary van Kleeck Files 2-3 Subseries B Conferences and Committees 4-5 Subseries C Speeches and Writings 5-8 Subseries D Clipping File 9 Subseries E Industrial Relations Institute 10-12 Subseries F Interprofessional Association for Social Insurance 13 Subseries G Working Women Series II. RSF Industrial Studies and Documents 14-18 Subseries A Miscellaneous Industrial Studies and Reports 19 Subseries B Colorado Fuel and Iron Company 20-21 Subseries C Collective Bargaining in the Coal Industry-Reports of Louis Bloch 22 Subseries D Edward A. Wieck Files Notes and Studies 23-24 Reports and Documents on Coal Mining 25 Steel Industry Reports 26-27 Steel Industry Documents 28 Subseries E Automobile Workers Under the NRA (E. A. Wieck) 29-34 Original Documents of the Automobile Industry Study 35-50 Subseries F the D. Knickerbacker Boyd Files-"A Study of the Building Industry CORRESPONDENCE INDEX - 5 - Series I Mary van Kleeck Files Subseries A - Correspondence and Subject Files, 1921-1952 Box 1 - Correspondence and Subject Files 1. Agreements received, 1939 2-4. American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff Corporations, 1929-30 -UTWA strike information 5-18. Citizen's Waterfront Committee, 1946-47 Mary van Kleeck was Treasurer and Chairman of the Research Subcommittee. Reports, clippings, corres. on efforts of a volunteer committee to publicize and improve labor conditions on the N. Y. waterfront. Problems of black longshoremen included. 19. Correspondence - W. F. Ardis, Subscription Letters, 1925 20. John Barat, 1942-43 21-24. Henry Kraus, 1940-41, 1947-48 25. Edward A. Wieck, 1935 Information on Detroit auto labor situation 26-30.Correspondence, 1921, 1931, 1933-Apr 1935 A few letters reflect the subject of public pressure on liberal organizations Box 1A - Correspondence and Subject Files 1-17. Correspondence, May 1935-1937, 1941-42, 1944, 1948, 1950-52 Box 2 - Correspondence and Subject Files 1-2. International Chamber of Commerce, 1931 van der Leeuw statement; D. F. Kelly address, "Merchandising and Distribution," and T. H. McDonald on "Highway Finance" 3. Legislative and Political Reports, statements, various dates; petition on HUAC citations; concentration camp bill 4. Frances Perkins statement to RSF on statistics, 1933 5. Press releases on statistics, 1926 6-7. Progressive Citizens of America (Wallace campaign), 1947-48 8. Public welfare - N.Y., 1917-21 - paper by David M. Schneider and Albert Deutsch 9. Mary van Kleeck statements on NRA - clippings, 1933-35 10. MvK statement at Senate hearing on NLRA, 11 Apr 1939 11-13. Stewart Hall, Inc., 1939-47 - cooperative apartment 14. Soviet Russia - recognition, 1933 National Republican Club debate corres. 15. Sen. Robert Wagner on Labor's Participation in Management, 1928 16-21. Who's Who. 1922-48 22-23. Frankwood E. Williams, 1936-37 Manuscript and memorial tributes and descriptions by Arthur H. Ruggles, Bertha C. Reynolds, John A. Kingsbury, Alvin Johnson and Harry L. Lurie -6- Subseries B Conferences and Committees 24. National Unemployment Conference, 1921 Speeches of Presidents Harding and Hoover, corresp. 25. President's Conference on Unemployment, 1923 26. International Industrial Welfare Workers' Conference, 1924-Report, 27. US Railroad Labor Board, Conference on Wage Statistics, Chicago, 1924 28. Taylor Society, 1927, 1934 29. World Social Economic Congress, Holland, 1931 Analysis and Review by MvK. Series I Conferences and Committees Box 3- Conferences and Committees 1-2. World Power Conferences, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1935 3-7. Third World Power Conference, and Second Congress on Large Dams, 1936 Transactions, releases, clippings, reports 8-16. ILO Technical Tripartite Conference on the Textile Industry, Washington, 1937 17. World Trade Union Congress, Paris, 1945 18. Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Pro- fessions, 1946 19. World Power Conference, 1946 20. National Conference of Social Work, 1948, 1951 Subseries C Speeches and Writings Box 4 - Speeches and Writings Speeches 1. Speeches on Social Work, 1922 2. "Social Economic Planning," 1932 3.