Battle of Homestead Foundation - Charles McCollester Collection

The photograph is double sided. The photograph depicts Monsignor Charles Owen Rice holding a rock in the Timna Mines. The Timna Mines, nicknamed King Solomon’s Mines, are located in the Arava Valley within the Negev Desert in Israel. These mines were used throughout antiquity as an abundant source of copper. The backside has the number 23 written in pencil. The bottom of the photograph has Solomon's Mines Negev 1965 March written in purple.

The following form is a nomination for a historical marker to commemorate the 1909 McKee's Rocks Strike. The strike, undergone by immigrant worker, was against the Pressed Steel Car Company. Animosity between strikers, replacement laborers, and the state police caused a Riot in August of 1909 resulting in 11 deaths. The form outlines the history of the event, the biographical data, the location, and the marker itself.

The following is a program for the dedication of the 1922 Railway Shopman's Strike Historical Marker held by the Pennsylvania Labor History Society, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and the Blair Bedford Central Labor Council. The event was held on Friday, September 10, 2010 at 10:30 am.

The document summarizes the information pertaining to the Kennedy-Nixon Taft-Hartley Debate historical marker. It includes the nomination information, the location, and the process of the marker build.

This is an invitation to the 50th anniversary celebration of the ordination of Monsignor Charles Owen Rice. The event was held in Pittsburgh on Sunday, June 24, 1984. The mass was held at St. Anne Church in Castle Shannon at 2 pm and the reception was held at the Churchill Country Club at 4:30 PM.

The photograph is the front side of the photograph that depicts 4 armed policemen with white armbands during the 1933 Ambridge Strike. The backside of the photograph says Ambridge Pa Strike Oct/33. The 1933 Ambridge strike occurred in early October 1933 when workers at Ambridge's National Electric Plant voted to strike for recognition of their union, the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, SMWIU, and wage increase. Subsequently, workers at Central Tube Co., Sprang-Chalfant, Wycoff Drawn Steel, H.H. Robertson, and A.M. Byers all joined the strike. All locations were met with a heavy police presence. In an attempt to break picket lines, a violent altercation ensued on October 5th, 1933. The altercation resulted in the death of a spectator, and over 100 injuries.

The photograph is the front side of the photograph that depicts 5 men of varying ages sitting at a desk covered in papers. The photograph is related to the 1933 Ambridge Strike. The back side is a newspaper clipping of the same photograph with the title reading, These Appointees of the Governor Investigate Industrial Police. The clipping is from the Pittsburgh Press from March 9, 1934.The 1933 Ambridge strike occurred in early October 1933 when workers at Ambridge's National Electric Plant voted to strike for recognition of their union, the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, SMWIU, and wage increase. Subsequently, workers at Central Tube Co., Sprang-Chalfant, Wycoff Drawn Steel, H.H. Robertson, and A.M. Byers all joined the strike. All locations were met with a heavy police presence. In an attempt to break picket lines, a violent altercation ensued on October 5th, 1933. The altercation resulted in the death of a spectator, and over 100 injuries.

The photograph has both a front side and a back side. The front side of the photograph that depicts policemen approaching Ambridge strikers on the street. The police are noted by their white armbands and their guns. The back side of the photograph says Ambridge Oct 1933. The 1933 Ambridge strike occurred in early October 1933 when workers at Ambridge's National Electric Plant voted to strike for recognition of their union, the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, SMWIU, and wage increase. Subsequently, workers at Central Tube Co., Sprang-Chalfant, Wycoff Drawn Steel, H.H. Robertson, and A.M. Byers all joined the strike. All locations were met with a heavy police presence. In an attempt to break picket lines, a violent altercation ensued on October 5th, 1933. The altercation resulted in the death of a spectator, and over 100 injuries.

The photograph has a front side of the photograph that depicts the riot at the Ambridge Strike of 1933. Those in white armbands are police and those without are either strikers or spectators. The back side says Ambridge Oct 1933. The 1933 Ambridge strike occurred in early October 1933 when workers at Ambridge's National Electric Plant voted to strike for recognition of their union, the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, SMWIU, and wage increase. Subsequently, workers at Central Tube Co., Sprang-Chalfant, Wycoff Drawn Steel, H.H. Robertson, and A.M. Byers all joined the strike. All locations were met with a heavy police presence. In an attempt to break picket lines, a violent altercation ensued on October 5th, 1933. The altercation resulted in the death of a spectator, and over 100 injuries.

The photograph is double sided. The photograph is the front side of the photograph that depicts policemen intermingling in a large crowd of strikers and community members. The back side says Ambridge 6/15/1937. The 1937 Ambridge strike occurred in mid-June 1937 as a part of the Little Steel strike that swept the United States from spring into summer 1937. The Little Steel strike began on Memorial Day, May 26, 1937, by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and its branch, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC). The strike was against many steel companies, but primarily Republic Steel, Inland Steel, and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. The strike is remembered as one of the most violent of the 1930s but was successful in achieving the union’s goals.