Writings, Speeches, and Notes, 1912-1950s

Scope and content:

This series contains much of Lucy Mason's work output as the CIO's Public Relations Representative and is largely composed of her writings and associated drafts and notes, her speeches and associated notes, and the field notes and memoranda that she created during or shortly after site visits to towns or workplaces. Of note are drafts of Mason's CIO memoirs, To Win These Rights, as well as other shorter publications by Mason. Also of interest are Mason's field notes, which give hyper-local and detailed insight into a given town or company's attitudes towards organized labor and their employment policies and history. Due to the nature of Mason's work, her field notes also contain copious amounts of contact information for community members in each place that she visited. While labor unions are the largest focus of this material, other topics in this series include the relationship between Christianity and labor, economic problems in the South, racial tensions caused by these economic issues, and the importance of interracial cooperation.

Contents

Using These Materials