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The California Labor School (until 1945 named the Tom Mooney Labor School) was an educational organization in San Francisco from 1942 to 1957. [1] [2] Like the contemporary Jefferson School of Social Science and the New York Workers School , it represented the "transformed and upgraded" successors of the "workers schools" of the 1920s and 1930s.
Catalog for the then-new California Labor School at 240 Golden Gate Ave., 1948. Image: Labor Archives at San Francisco State University. During 1946 the school continued to build on its successes, and co-sponsored an institute on labor education with the University of California at Berkeley, and expanded its campuses to Oakland, Berkeley, and Los Angeles while holding classes up and down the ...
The California Labor School, originally called the Tom Mooney Labor School, opened in June 1942 in a small loft at 678 Turk Street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District. As demand for political and cultural education increased, CLS moved into a five-story building at 216 Market Street and added extension schools throughout California.
These were combined into this California Labor School Collection which spans the entire life of the School from its founding as the Tom Mooney Labor School in 1942 until its closing by the Internal Revenue Service in 1957. Researchers should also see the Holland Roberts Collection (Acc. #: 1987/088) which includes subject files on the School ...
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The California Labor School was a cultural hub for the Bay Area's progressive and labor communities during the 1940s and 1950s. The school originated in San Francisco and expanded its campuses to Oakland, Berkeley, and Los Angeles.
California Labor School Search This collection of digitized negatives highlights scenes from the California Labor School from 1944 to 1957 through images of lectures, performances, workshops, symposia, festivals, and portraits of administrators, faculty, and students.
The California Labor School was a cultural hub for the Bay Area's progressive and labor communities during the 1940s and 1950s. The school originated in San Francisco and expanded its campuses to Oakland, Berkeley, and Los Angeles.
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