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Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3000
Dates:
1912-1914
Abstract:
The General Wage Investigation data cards provide background information for reports and recommendations on wage legislation. The 70,000 cards compiled by field agents detail information about the wages and personal history of employees in four industries: department stores, shirt and collar factories, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Abstract:
Factory Investigation Commission staff recorded their assignments to conduct factory surveys on these appointment cards. The cards contain information on: the firm visited; owner's name, date of scheduled visit; and the field agent assigned to do the research..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Abstract:
These work reports document the daily activities of Factory Investigating Commission employees. Field and office staff work cards list factory field visits; the type of work; and relevant staff expenses..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Abstract:
Statistical tables based on data collected by field agents about factory employees from establishments studied 1912-1914. The tables provide statistics about factory workers such as: wages; age; sex; time worked; years worked; immigration status; occupation; and housing. The series contains background .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3010
Dates:
circa 1913-1914
Abstract:
This series contains rough notes and lists providing agents of the Factory Investigating Commission with information on the recording and coding of business establishments and occupations..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes of staff meetings, staff reports, questionnaires and responses, research notes and rough statistical tables, and draft copies of forms relating to the Wage Investigation. Many of the files document wages and working conditions in the different .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Abstract:
The Wage legislation opinion files are comprised of questionnaires and correspondence advising the Factory Investigating Commission on minimum wage legislation. These records document the Commission's solicitation of views of business, labor, academic professionals, economists, lawyers, and others to .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Factory Investigating Commission establishment financial analysis reports for the Wage Investigation
Series:
A3014
Dates:
1912-1913
Abstract:
Field agents of the Factory Investigation Commission prepared financial analysis reports for the Wage Investigation 1912-1913. These reports were compiled from interviews and factory records to determine ability to increase wages. The reports contain gross revenue; manufacturing costs; selling expenses; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3016
Dates:
1914
Abstract:
The cost of living report, draft and background notes were used to study the laboring class in New York City. This series contains data on cost of living for single women and men; cost of living for families; workers' living conditions; and workers' earnings and expenditures. The series also contains .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Abstract:
This series consists of a background report on the 1913 department store worker strike in Buffalo, New York. The report deals mainly with wages, although in addition to higher wages, strikers were demanding Saturday night closing of stores, an eight-hour day, and better sanitary conditions. Packard's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Abstract:
This series contains vouchers, typed financial statements, and ledgers, recording expenses of the Factory Investigation Committee for salaries, office supplies, rent, and travel. The records generally provide payment date; to whom paid; purpose of payment; and amount paid. Two of the ledgers also provide .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Abstract:
This series contains letters, memorandums, and telegrams of the Factory Investigation Commission regarding administrative activities, plans for and methodology of investigations, and proposed solutions. Correspondents include government agencies; businessmen and organizations; employee and civic groups; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3020
Dates:
1914
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence between field agents in Upstate New York and staff in the main office in New York City. The correspondence concerns data cards; instructions to agents; factories and stores under investigation; salaries, and supplies to study Upstate during the Wage Investigation. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3022
Dates:
1914-1915
Abstract:
This series consists of Factory Investigation Commission press releases addressing labor law recodification, fire hazards in stores, wage legislation, issues related to enforcing laws, and business owners' complaints..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3024
Dates:
1914
Abstract:
This series consists of a brief submitted the Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department by the Factory Investigating Commission in the case of People of the State of New York v. Jacob Balofsky. The commission's brief argued against Balofsky's appeal of his conviction of violating Section 104 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3025
Dates:
1900-1914
Abstract:
These letters, reports, articles, notes, and government documents provide information about the prison contract labor system for the manufacture of shoes and shirts in other states and countries. The series includes correspondence comparing prison labor to free labor in the shoe industry; questionnaires .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3026
Dates:
1907-1914
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, memorandums, notes, and other material concerning the New York City and Upstate Advisory Committees on Recodification of the Labor Law. The files include committee membership lists; meeting attendance lists; lists of individuals to receive recodification proposals; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3027
Dates:
1912-1914
Abstract:
These records document the commission's preparation of proposals to consolidate New York City building inspection agencies. The series contains a leaflet of questions regarding proposed legislation; a list of extracts of answers to a questionnaire regarding the establishment of a separate building inspection .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
20
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3028
Dates:
1914
Abstract:
This series documents the Factory Investigating Commission's preparation of proposals and reports on fire hazards in stores. Included are letters, memoranda, lists of persons attending a hearing on the fire hazard, lists of stores inspected and store representatives seen, printed floor plans, reports, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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