NINE NATIONAL CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE PAMPHLETS

New York: National Child Labor Committee, 1905-1907. Mixed. Saddle-stitched. Nine pamphlets published by the National Child Labor Committee. In Good condition. Housed in a protective folder with green cloth spines and green paper boards. Pamphlets are staple- or glue-bound or are folded single sheets with light plus age toning and light bumping to corners. All are ex-library copies with usual markings, including stamps (since crossed out in pencil) and pencil annotations.




CONTENTS: "Illiteracy Promoted by Perjury: A Statement from the pennsylvania Child Labor Committee" (15 pages), 1905. -- "Children Who Work at Night" (23 pages), 1905. Ink notations to blank rear cover. -- "Leaflet No. 13: The Child and the Machine" (4 pages), 1907. Second Edition. -- "Leaflet No. 14: Children in the Glass Industry in Pennsylvania" (12 pages), 1907. -- "Leaflet No. 15: The Little Garment Makers of the Tenement" (8 pages), 1907. -- "Leaflet No. 16: The Gall of the Factory" (8 pages), 1907. -- "Leaflet No. 17: Poverty and Child Labor" (16 pages), 1907. -- "Leaflet No. 20: The Song of the Shirt" (4 pages), 1907. -- "Leaflet No. 23: We Are Co-Operating with Officials and Educators to Save the American Child from Premature Toil and Secure for Him the Benefits of a Practical Education" (4 pages), undated. -- Also included are four unrelated pieces of ephemera, including a valentine, a card describing "Your future wife" and "Your future child", and two advertisements. EH consignment. Shelved in Room G. 1381903. Special Collections.