print email comment close The Samuel Gompers Papers URL: http://www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/index.htm Description: "Samuel Gompers was the nation's leading trade unionist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924." The site features a biography and timeline, quotations, a bibliography, and selected writings. Sponsored by the University of Maryland College Park, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the AFL-CIO. Publisher: University of Maryland College Park Extra Keywords knights of labor IWW Library of Congress Subject Headings: American Federation of Labor Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924 Labor leaders -- United States Labor unions -- United States People LII Database Information: Record 21824 created by Maria Brandt on 06/12/2006 Last modification on 06/12/2006 Published: 06/15/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21824