All Special Collections materials must be used on-site.*
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314-935-5495 spec@wumail.wustl.edu
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This guide contains an overview of archive collections in the WashU Libraries Department of Special Collections that include primary sources broadly related to to the topic of "Work in American History." Topics include the slave system, housework, farm labor, factory work, labor laws, organized labor, and issues of race and gender, among other topics.