Links to Sites Related to Triangle Fire

American Labor Studies Center
http://www.labor-studies.org/
The ALSC sponsors a $1,000 Gold Medal special prize for the best entry in the senior division of the National History Day contest, whose theme is American Labor History. For more information see "The National History Day Project" on the ALSC web site.

New Deal Network http://newdeal.feri.org/library/d_4m.htm
This Columbia University-based site features more photos of the Triangle Fire and a dramatic mural depicting the fire. The site is geared to Web-based research and teaching resources that are devoted to the public works and arts projects of the New Deal.

The Digital Classroom http://www.archives.gov/education/
This site, developed by the National Archives and Records Administration, has resources for teachers who would like to introduce their students to the use of primary documents.

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1820-1940
http://womhist.binghamton.edu/index.html
Available by subscription through select libraries. Please ask your librarian about it. For more information see http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/

Women in UNITE! http://www.unitehere.org/resources/womeninunite.php
This exhibit features women who were leaders within the unions of the needletrades industries.

Cornell University's Apparel-Related Web Sites
http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/fsad/?CFID=31213862&CFTOKEN=77197455
(includes government resources)

Famous Fires in History
http://www.browards-bravest.com/famousfires.htm

International Labor Organization Report on Thailand Toy Factory Fire
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/hazardwk/fire/fir01.htm
On May 10, 1993, near Bangkok, Thailand, a fire in a doll factory killed at least 187 persons and injured 500 others. World's deadliest factory fire.

Photos From the Triangle Factory Fire
http://teaching.arts.usyd.edu.au/history/hsty3080/3rdYr3080/trianglewebsite/collection.html
An analysis of a small collection of Triangle Fire-related photographs.

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Last Update: 6 Aug 2009