Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
The clippings in this series are from news and trade publications, and deal with activities of the Factory Investigating Commission.
They concern: scheduled hearings; hearings held in Schenectady, Troy, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo; witnesses testifying
at the hearings; descriptions of the commission's investigation of factory and store health and safety conditions, wages,
and cost of living; and descriptions of actual conditions in factories and stores relating to dangerous working conditions,
poor wages, and child labor.
Creator:
Title:
Press clippings concerning Commission activities
Quantity:
0.1 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates:
1911, 1913-1914
Series Number:
A3023