Battle of Homestead Foundation - Charles McCollester Collection

The photograph is double sided. The front side of the photograph depicts Monsignor Charles Owen Rice standing next to a plaque commemorating Philip Murray on a brick wall. The back side has the number 17 written in pencil. The bottom of the photograph says Eilat March '65 in blue ink.

The photograph is the front side of the photograph and depicts 13 strikers at a picket line armed with guns at the Ambridge Strike of 1933. 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.

This document is a review of the book Rev. Charles Owen Rice, Apostle of Contradiction by Patrick J. McGeever done by Charles McCollester.

The timeline is for the events leading up to the feasibility study conducted on the Duquesne Mill prior to the closing of the Dorothy 6 blast furnace. The events are from September 1984 to December 1984.

This article is an excerpt of the broadcast, The Jewish Criterion, given by Monsignor Rice. The broadcast discusses the atrocities done to those of the Jewish faith in Europe and the hope that that sentiment does not rise in the United States.

This handwritten document was written by Charles McCollester. These were outline notes for different chapters for McCollester's book Fighter with a Heart, a book written about labor priest Monsignor Charles Owen Rice.

The outline overviews the contents of Charles McCollester's book Fighter with a Heart. The outline houses 9 chapters and three parts.

The document is a copy of the introduction of Charles McCollester's book, Fighter with a Heart. The introduction is heavily edited.

The photograph is double sided. The front side of the photograph is of 5 smokestacks located in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The date of the photograph is unknown. The photograph was taken by Earl Dotter Photojournalist. The back side of the photograph has a note that reads, Early Dotter Photojournalist and an address. It also reads Copy print not for reproduction copyright 1992 Early Dotter Homestead, PA.

The article, Labor Priest, draft was written by Charles McCollester concerning Monsignor Charles Owen Rice.