This is a web service that collects activity reports from the trade union movement, from the local level to the global level, from the 1880s to the present day. Material from four archival institutions is published here in a shared database to enable joint searches in a large text corpus.
The material comes from the collections of the Labour Movement Archives and Library (ARAB), the People's Movement Archives for Uppsala County (FAC), the Archive of Social Democracy in Bonn (AdSD) and the International Institute for Social History (IISH). AdSD and IISH have published all the activity reports they have from the trade union movement, while ARAB and FAC continue to publish material as they scan and process it. This work will continue for many years to come.
What is in the collection?
Activity reports and annual reports. These are documents that are resource-efficient to digitise. They provide a clear picture of an organisation's activities and, in themselves, are an essential source of knowledge about history. But they also serve as keys to the archive collections. Read the annual report, and you will know what to look for in the minutes or correspondence series.
What is not included in the collection?
The rest of the organisations' archives. At Labour's Memory, we only publish annual reports and financial statements. Other documents from the organisations' archives can be found at the respective archival institutions. References to who holds which archive can be found in the metadata fields linked to each document. If you are interested in digging deeper, contact the respective archive institution, and they will help you further.
