LABOR HISTORY RESOURCES AT THE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES.

The article presents information about the Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and its labor history resources. Rutgers University was founded in 1766 and has been in the process of building library collections for over two centuries, however, the concept of building manuscript and archival holdings in an organized fashion dates back less than 50 years. Rutgers' Special Collections and Archives now includes approximately 3000 manuscript collections and the largest and most comprehensive collection of New Jersey books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, broadsides, and pictorial materials. Although the major focus of the collection has been New Jersey and its history, significant 20th century holdings have been developed in such areas as the consumer movement, social welfare policy, and women's history, all areas that have collections relating to labor history. Also at Rutgers are the papers of over 20 New Jersey politicians who have served in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, dating from William Paterson's term in the Senate to former Congressman/now Governor James J. Florio.