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MAY DAY

International Workers' Holiday

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
From the Holt Labor Library collection

Adelman, William. Haymarket Revisited: A Tour Guide of Labor History Sites and Ethnic Neighborhoods Connected With the Haymarket Affair. Chicago: Illinois Labor History Society, 1976.

Castro, Fidel. Labor Day Address About the Destiny of Cuba : Translation of an Address Delivered by Dr. Fidel Castro, Prime Minister of Cuba, in the Plaza Civica, Havana, Cuba, May 1, 1960. Havana: Coopepativa Obrera de Publicidad, [1960].

Castro, Fidel. May Day Speech: Live Speech by Fidel Castro at Havana May Day Celebration 1961. New York: Fair Play for Cuba Committee, [1961].

David, Henry. The History of the Haymarket Affair: A Study in the American Social-Revolutionary and Labor Movements. New York: Russell & Russell, 1958.

Filley, Jane. An American Holiday: May Day 1939. New York: United May Day Provisional Committee, 1939.

Foner, Philip S. May Day: A Short History of the International Workers' Holiday . New York: International Publishers, 1986.

Johnson, Olive M. May Day vs. Labor Day: A Comparison of the Social Significance of the Two Days of Labor Celebration. New York: New York Labor News Company, 1936.

Lenin, V. I. May Day / May Day Action by the Revolutionary Proletariat. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, [n.d.].

Mayworks Festival. [Videocassette] Vancouver B.C.: Mayworks Festival of Working People & the Arts, 1989.

Road to Haymarket. [Videocassette] Chicago: Labor Beat Committee For Labor Access, 1987.

Trachtenberg, Alexander. History of May Day. New York: International Pamphlets, 1931.

Roediger, David R. ed. Haymarket Scrapbook. Chicago: C.H. Kerr Pub. Co., 1986.

Trotsky, Leon. May Day in the West and the East. London: New Park Publications Ltd., 1973.

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ARCHIVES

• Albert Richards Parsons papers -
  Includes correspondence, his trial notes, International Working Peoples Association, and the 8-hour day movement in Chicago.
  
• Chicago Historical Society -
  The archives has a stenographic transcription of the Haymarket martyrs' trial. Coming soon the online exhibit, "The Haymarket Affair."
  
• Labadie Collection - l
  Materials related to the Haymarket martyrs from a variety of sources. Click on and perform a "Simple Search" using the term "Haymarket" for an online exhibit of 10 images.
  

The Holt Labor Library provides these links for your convenience. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate, the Holt Labor Library makes no guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of the information on these sites, and is not liable for any inaccuracy, error, or omission, regardless of cause.

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