Skip to main content
Notice: The Library is open for research by appointment only, please visit our research services page for more information.

Chinese American laborers

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Often defined as unskilled manual work for wages, usually requires skills and is hard demanding work. Includes: quarrymen; powdermen; assembly line worker; canal diggers; railroad track layers; factory workers.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Atlantic Dynamite Company payroll books

 Collection
Accession: 2706
Abstract:

The Atlantic Dynamite Company was one of the largest manufacturers of dynamite in the United States between 1882 and 1904. These are four volumes containing entries listing employees, hours worked, and wages paid at a dynamite plant at Kenvil, New Jersey.

Dates: 1872-1898