Perkins Lectures
This collection consists of lectures given by Miss Perkins at Cornell University in the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Subject areas covered are generally labor related with emphasis on the history of the labor movement during her appointment as Secretary of Labor. Discussed are the effect of the Roosevelt administration on labor; New York State labor; labor legislation; poverty; various labor leaders and labor organizations as well as significant labor incidents.
The lectures below correspond to the box and folders listed in 3047av, Frances Perkins Lectures, 1957-1965. The file name of each lecture corresponds to the collection number (3047av), box number, and folder number. For some there is a part one and two. We also have the transcripts of the lectures.