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Capital and Labor in the Age of Enterprise, 18771900
Andrew Carnegie:
A Tribute
This site also contains a sound file of Carnegie speaking.
Andrew Carnegie .
. . and than some
Inlcudes links to informational and pictorial sites about Andrew Carnegie.
Andrew
Carnegie: The American Experience
Includes a Rags to Riches Timeline, Making Money the Old Fashioned
Way, Teacher's Guide, Bibliography, and Millionaire's Screen Saver!
Carnegie Corporation of
New York
Information about the Carnegie Foundation can be found at this official
site.
Illinois Labor History Society
This site aims to provide an interface among students and teachers,
unionists, scholars, media folks, and history buffs. There is a growing
menu of interesting snippets of labor history to whet your appetite; useful
resources to help you in your studies; and news from the field.
The History of Labor
Day
This site chronicles the history of Labor Day, how it came about, and
what it means.
The Labor Movement:
Peace Maker of Peace Breaker?
These critical essays have been prepared by high school Advanced Placement
U.S. History students.
Pullman
Strike Timeline
An annotated timeline is provided here with a few graphics.
Eugene V. Debs Papers
The site contans a table of contents, user information, biographical
sketch, scope and content note, calendar, and cataloging information.
The Home for Wayward
Socialists
This is the self-proclaimed "Cyberhome of Spirit of Eugene Debs."
Petroleum
and the Birth of an Industry
This essay is heavily footnoted and contains numerous graphs, tables,
and photogrpahs.
Henry W. Grady,
"The New South"
The full text of Grady's December 1886 speech is provided here.
American Lives: Jay Gould
Jay
Gould
Biographical information on Jay Gould is provided at this site.
The Jay Gould Affair
Chronicles what is know as the Jay Gould Affair.
The Day They Tried to Corner
Gold
A brief look at how Gould and Fisk attempted to control the gold market.
Wooten
Patent Desk
View a photo of Jay Gould's Woosten Patent Desk and visit related
information for additional information.
Lyndhurst
Web site for the Revival Gothic mansion Jay Gould purchased in 1881.
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