Finding Aids about Labor Unions

The Bloomington Education Association was organized in June 1967 with nearly half of District 87’s 400 teachers joining at its onset.  ...

Bloomington labor unions banded together on October 18, 1891, to establish the Bloomington Trades and Labor Assembly. Union organizatio...

Margaret (Peg) Kirk was a beloved English teacher and speech coach at Normal Community High School. Kirk was instrumental in getting th...

The John Brown Lennon collection contains newspaper articles, personal and professional correspondence, certificates of membership and ...

The collection includes Marguerite McKeon and Geraldine McKeon’s personal correspondence from friends and family, many in Canada. Women...

Railroad foremen used time books to record workers’ names, hours, wages and specifics of projects undertaken.  Train engineers and fire...

Glen Wallace was an employee of Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) for more than twenty-five years. Wallace moved to Normal i...

Laurence (Larry) Yeast was born in McLean County June 11, 1915.  Yeast was a Bloomington High School graduate and served in the Civilia...