AnnotatedBibliography

PrimarySources

Cabot,GodfreyL."LetterFromGodfreyCabotRegardingChildLabor05/13/08."LettertoChairman,House CommitteeonLabor,HouseofRepresentatives.13May1908.MS.Boston,Massachusetts.

Thislettercreatedonthe13thofMayin1908byGodfreyCabotwassenttothechairmanofthe HouseCommitteeonLabortovoicehisopinionsontheHousetryingtolimitworkhoursforminors. Cabotbelievesthatitisagooddecision,althoughtherearealsosomedrawbackswhichcanbe damagingtotheindustryandeconomy.

""TheChurch,theSchool,andtheHomeWorkedTogether.""InterviewbySusanLevitas.Libraryof Congress.CongressofTheUnitedStates,30Aug.1994.Web.

TheChurch,theSchool,andtheHomeWorkedTogetherisaninterviewconductedbySusan Levitas,whoisinterviewingRev.LouisMcDowell.McDowellexplainshischildhood,howhehad shinedshoesandhowmanychildrenwouldwanttowork.Thisinterviewshowsthemindsetthe youthhadtowardsthemworking.

"TheEvilsofChildLabor."NewYorkTimes5Jan.1892:Print.

PublishedonthefifthofJanuaryin1892,thenewspaperarticleaddressesacitizensviewonchild labor.Theevilsandconsequencesofchildrenworkinginfactoriesarediscussedinthispiece.One mandiscussesthelimitsoffreedomchildrenhaveasworkers.

Hine,LewisWickes.LawrenceJ.Hill,17YearsOld,FingersSmashedbyStampingMachine...1908.

Photograph.LibraryofCongress,WashingtonD.C.

Thisphotograph,takenbythefamousLewisHine,isofaLawrenceHill,aninjuredminorworker. Thephotographshowsthenegativeconsequencesofworkinginfactorieswithhazardous conditions,especiallyasayouthfulperson.Today,thisphotocanbefoundintheLibraryof Congress.

Hine,LewisWickes.YoungBoysShuckingOysters.1909.Photograph.NationalArchives,Washington D.C.

YoungBoysShuckingOysters,aphotographbyLewisHine,showsapictureofagroupofminors shuckingoysters.Manyteenagersandchildrenwouldoftentrytofindwork,whichoftenrequired somelabor,suchasshuckingoysters.ThisphotoisoneofmanyofLewisHinesworkonchild labor.

Macauley,CharlesR.TheTreadMill.1913.Photograph.LibraryofCongress,WashingtonD.C.

TheTreadMillisapoliticalcartooncreatedbyCharlesMacauly.Thecartoonshowsawatermill withthewordsPROFITSONCHILDLABORprintedacrossit,andchildrenarebeingusedto treadonthemill.

"ShiningShoesoutsideNear'sDrugStore."InterviewbySusanLevitas.LibraryofCongress.19Aug. 1994.Web.

SusanLevitasinterviewsLeonardJonesintheaudiorecordingShiningShoeoutsideNearsDrug Store.Jonestellsstoriesofhowheandotherchildrenwouldwork,eveniftheydidnotneedto. Hewouldtellofwhatjobshehasdone,wherehewouldwork,andhisdailyroutines.

UnitedStates.Cong.CommitteeonInterstateCommerce.InterstateCommerceinProductsofChildLabor. HearingsbeforetheCommitteeonInterstateCommerce,UnitedStatesSenate,Sixtyfourth Congress,FirstSession,onH.R.8234,anActtoPreventInterstateCommerceintheProductsof ChildLabor,andforOtherPurposes..64thCong.Cong.Bill.Washington:Govt.Print.Off.,1916. Print.

Thisactisbythe64thCongressoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,madeactiveintheyearof1916. Thisactpreventsinterstatecommerceintheproductsofchildlabor,asitsaysinthetitleoftheact itself.

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"childlabor."AmericanHistory.ABCCLIO,2013.

ThearticleChildLabor,foundontheABCCLIOdatabase,goesoverindetailthehistoryofchild laborintheUS.Childrenwereexpectedtoworkatyoungages.Eventually,lawsweremadeto regulateandlimitchildlabor.Manywereconcernedaboutthesafetyofchildrenwhenworking.

"childlaborinantebellumamerica."AmericanHistory.ABCCLIO,2013.

ABCCLIOsarticle,ChildLaborinAntebellumAmerica,showsthepositionsmanyAmerican childrenhadasworkersinpreCivilWarAmerica.Theprioritiesofchildrenconcerningeducation andworkisparticularlyinteresting,asmanywouldratherworkthangotoschool.Thisarticledoes wellinshowingthedaytodaylifeofAmericanchildreninantebellumAmerica.

"Children'sBureau."AmericanHistory.ABCCLIO,2013

ChildrensBureauexplainsthehistoryandeffectsoftheChildrensBureauthatwascreateddueto theprogressivemovementshappeningduringthetimeperiodintheU.S.Themainpriorityofthe agencywastoprotecttherightsofchildrenandtheirrighttotheirchildhoods.TheChildrens Bureauwasamajorpresenceinpoliticsregardingminors,andtheagencyhadalmostgotten anewamendmenttobeputintoaction.

Isecke,Harriet.ChildLaborandtheIndustrialRevolution.HuntingtonBeach,CA:TeacherCreated Materials,2009.Print.

ChildLaborandtheIndustrialRevolutionisbyHarrietIseckeandpublishedShellEducation.This booktalksabouttherolesofchildreninAmericasindustrialrevolution,theworkingenvironments, andhowchildrenweretreated.

Lockett,TerryE."RememberingLewisHine."TheHumanist.TheHumanistMagazine,Sept.Oct.2011. Web.

RememberingLewisHine,byTerryLockettofTheHumanist,summarizestheaccomplishmentsof LewisHine.LewisHinesphotographsareapartofourhistory,alargepartofit.TerryLocketthas includedpoemsbyhimselfinthisarticle,inspiredbyHine.

"TeachingWithDocuments:PhotographsofLewisHine:DocumentationofChildLabor."NationalArchives. Web.

ThisarticlefoundintheNationalArchivesdescribesthelifeofLewisHine,howhecametofame, andhiscontributionstotheChildLaborReform.Thissourcecontainsaselectionofphotographsby LewisHinehimself.

Yellowitz,Irwin."ChildLabor."History.com.A&ETelevisionNetworks,Web.

FoundinthewebsiteoftheHistorychannel,History.com,ChildLabor,anarticlewrittenbyIrwin Yellowitz,showsingreatdetailofthehistoryofchildlaborintheUnitedStates.Sincethe19th century,legislationsandlawsweremadeforworkersconsideredminors.Lateron,manywould trytocompletelystopit.