Immigrant 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:
Dowling & Kennedy records
Collection
Accession: 1475
Abstract:
Dowling & Kennedy were railroad contractors. The partnership of Dowling & Kennedy and its predecessor, Reynolds, Dowling & Company, were typical of the many small firms that subcontracted to grade sections of railroad rights of way for large general contractors. This collection contains account books, vouchers, and statements covering the receipt of monies from the general contractor and its expenditure for labor and supplies. There are also timebooks, payrolls, and correspondence.
Dates:
1872-1886
