Pennsylvania State Archives
RG-16
Records of the DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
The Department of Labor and Industry was created on June 2, 1913 (P.L. 396)
as an outgrowth of the Office of Factory Inspector, which was created in 1889
(P.L. 243) to administer safety inspections of industrial plants in Pennsylvania,
and was later expanded into the Department of Factory Inspection in 1905. The
new Department of Labor and Industry was charged with enforcing the laws relating
to the health, welfare and safety of employees. It was headed by a Commissioner
of Labor and Industry, a post that was changed to Secretary of Labor and Industry
by amendments to the Administrative Code of 1929.
The Department serves the labor and industrial needs of the Commonwealth by
promoting the health, welfare, and safety of employees; rehabilitates workers
with disabilities; and stabilizes the income of employees who become unemployed
through no fault of their own or who are victims of certain occupational diseases
or work-related injuries. It also promotes a business friendly environment in
Pennsylvania by strengthening economic development and job creation by improving
cooperation between labor and management, promoting apprenticeship and job training
programs and assisting displaced workers with retraining and job placement.
- Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, 1913-1916. (7
volumes) {#16.1} [Description] [Holdings]
- Annual Reports of the Factory Inspector, 1890, 1892-1897, 1899-1911. (20
volumes) {#16.2} [Description] [Holdings]
- Biennial Report of the Department of Labor and Industry, 1919-1920. (1 volume)
{#16.3} [Description] [Holdings]
- Graphics, circa 1995-2003. (2 items) {#16.108} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Legislative Voting Records, 1911-1936. (1 folder) {#16.46} [Description]
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- Miscellaneous Printed Matter, 1941, 1972-2002, 2008. (1 box) {#16.104}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Reports and Related Records, 1919-1927. (1 box) {#16.4} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Staff Training Bulletins, 1937. (1 folder) {#16.5} [Description]
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Executive Office
- Affirmative Action Reports, 1975-1981, 1983-1992, 1994, 1995, 1998. (9
cartons, 1 box) {#16.77} [Description]
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- Annual Planning Reports, 1979-1992, 1994-1998. (5 cartons) {#16.82}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Miscellaneous Reports, 1989-1991, 1999. (1 box) {#16.60} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Administrative Correspondence and Subject Files, 1915, 1936-1999. (6 cartons,
2 boxes) {#16.65} [Description] [Holdings]
- Annual Planning Reports, 1975-1979. (2 cartons) {#16.6} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Architectural Renderings from the Property Division, circa 1960s. (11 items)
{#16.75} [Description] [Holdings]
- Area Labor Market and Manpower Reports and Newsletters, 1954-1967. (7 cartons)
{#16.7} [Description] [Holdings]
- Biennial Reports, 1938-1968. (1 carton) {#16.117} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Cancelled Memoranda and Bulletins, 1937-1951. (2 cartons) {#16.8}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Director's Administrative File, 1946-1978. (17 cartons, 1 box) {#16.9}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Employer's Accounts Review Board Meeting Minutes, 1955-1975. (2 cartons)
{#16.94} [Description] [Holdings]
- Employment Security Manual (Federal), circa 1940s-1970s. (2 boxes) {#16.112}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Employment Security Manual Transmittal Letters (Federal), 1946-1988. (2
boxes) {#16.111} [Description] [Holdings]
- Labor Market Area Reports, 1964-1968. (5 cartons) {#16.10} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Labor Market Letters, 1964-1968. (2 cartons) {#16.11} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Manpower Review Reports, 1965-1970. (6 folders) {#16.12} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Manual of Operation and Procedure, circa 1940s-2001. (5 cartons, 3 boxes)
{#16.91} [Description] [Holdings]
- Memorabilia, 1946-1988. (2 boxes, 2 items) {#16.116} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Miscellaneous Employment and Labor Reports, 1940-1988. (1 carton, 1 box)
{#16.92} [Description] [Holdings]
- Miscellaneous Pamphlets, Posters, and Reports, 1931-1966. (2 boxes) {#16.59}
[Description] [Holdings]
- [RESTRICTED] Monitor Advocate File,
1979-1981. (6 cartons, 1 box) {#16.95} [Description]
[Holdings]
- [APPOINTMENT REQUIRED] Motion Picture
Films, Including World War II Informational Films, 1937, [ca. 1941-1943],
1954. (14 reels) {#16.14} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Press Releases, 1939-1972. (2 cartons, 1 box) {#16.15} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Reorganization Files, 1972-1986. (1 carton, 1 box) {#16.89} [Description]
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- Rules and Regulations Files, 1936-1980. (4 cartons, 2 boxes) {#16.113}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Slides, circa 1960. (1 box) {#16.120} [Description] [Holdings]
- Transmittal Letter Masters, 1949-1998. (23 cartons, 1 box) {#16.90}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Unemployment Compensation Charts and Statistics, 1940-1974. (2 boxes) {#16.58}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Annual Reports, 1984-2009. (1 carton) {#16.76} [Description] [Holdings]
- Daily Staff Journals, 2008, 2009. (1 box) {#16.126} [Description] [Holdings]
- General Files, 1987-2008. (2 cartons) {#16.71} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Handbooks and Manuals, 1986-2011. (1 carton, 1 box) {#16.81} [Description]
[Holdings]
- News Clippings, 1989-2011. (1 carton) {#16.125} [Description] [Holdings]
- Newsletters, 1985-2010. (1 box) {#16.78} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Photographs, circa 1980s-2010s. (3 cartons, 2 boxes) {#16.72} [Description]
[Holdings]
State Council for the Blind
- Accident Prevention and Industrial Hygiene Training Course Book for State
Factory and Building Inspectors, 1937. (1 volume) {#16.19} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Approval Committee Minutes, 1916-1923. (2 volumes, 1 folder) {#16.45}
[Description]
[Holdings]
- Approval Files for Devices and Equipment, 1979-1997. (1 carton) {#16.52}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Biennial Reports of the Industrial Board, 1919-1922. (3 volumes) {#16.20}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Boiler Advisory Board Minutes, 1952-1983, 1989-1993, 2004. (1 box) {#16.42}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Boiler Advisory Board Meeting Transcripts, 1967-1980, 1989-1993, 1998-2006.
(2 cartons) {#16.49} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Building Advisory Board Minutes, 1956-1981. (1 box) {#16.43} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Building Advisory Board Meeting Transcripts, 1966-1976, 1979-1981. (5 cartons,
1 box) {#16.56} [Description] [Holdings]
- Bulletins of Information, 1920-1923. (1 box) {#16.67} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Departmental Bulletin Books, 1925-1930. (1 volume) {#16.21} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Digest of the Industrial Board Minutes, 1937-1944. (1 box) {#16.40} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Digest of the Transactions of the Industrial Board, 1914-1916. (1 volume)
{#16.41} [Description] [Holdings]
- Elevator Advisory Board Minutes, 1952-1993. (1 box) {#16.44} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Elevator Advisory Board Meeting Transcripts, 1966-1993. (3 cartons, 1 box)
{#16.50} [Description] [Holdings]
- Elevator and Emergency Lighting System Rules and Regulations Files, 1920,
1925-1928. (1 box) {#16.51} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Fire and Panic Advisory Board Minutes, 1989-1991. (1 folder) {#16.54}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Industrial Board Meeting Transcripts, 1964-1970, 1973-2006. (56 cartons)
{#16.48} [Description] [Holdings]
- Liquified Petroleum Gas Advisory Board Minutes, 1989-1992. (1 folder) {#16.53}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas Advisory Board Meeting Transcripts, 1991. (1 folder)
{#16.64} [Description] [Holdings]
- Minutes, 1914-2006. (30 cartons, 17 boxes) {#16.22} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Minutes of Advisory Board of Review for Industrial Buildings, 1973. (1 volume)
{#16.23} [Description] [Holdings]
- Minutes of the Building Advisory Committee, 1973-1979. (4 volumes) {#16.24}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Minutes of the Industrial Standards Advisory Board, 1964-1965. (1 volume)
{#16.25} [Description] [Holdings]
- Minutes of the Powder Actuated Tool Advisory Board. 1958-1975. (1 volume)
{#16.26} [Description] [Holdings]
- Minutes of the Private Employment Agency Advisory Board, 1975-1979. (1 volume)
{#16.27} [Description] [Holdings]
- Monthly Bulletin Books, 1914-1934. (21 volumes) {#16.28} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Monthly Reports of Work Injuries in Pennsylvania, 1972-1975, 1977. (2 boxes)
{#16.29} [Description] [Holdings]
- Occupational Safety and Health Plan of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
[ca. 1972]. (1 folder) {#16.30} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Pennsylvania Labor and Industry Review Books, 1939-1945, 1947-1949. (24
volumes) {#16.31} [Description] [Holdings]
- Powder Actuated Tool Advisory Board Meeting Transcripts, 1966-1975. (1 volume)
{#16.55} [Description] [Holdings]
- Reports File, 1906-1958. (4 cartons) {#16.32} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Rulings, 1915-1918. (1 folder) {#16.119} [Description]
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- Selected Readings on Apprenticeship Training, [ca. 1940]. (3 volumes) {#16.33}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Selected Readings on Occupational Diseases, [ca. 1940]. (3 volumes) {#16.34}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Special Bulletin Books, 1924-1963. (11 volumes) {#16.35} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Strike-Lockout Committee Files, 1914, 1920, 1921. (1 folder) {#16.74}
[Description] [Holdings]
- United States Department of Commerce Census of Manufactures, 1939. (2 cartons)
{#16.36} [Description] [Holdings]
- Annual Reports, 1937-2006. (5 boxes) {#16.47} [Description]
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- Formal (Closed) Case Files, 1937-1973. (69 cartons, 5 boxes) {#16.57}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Governor's Study Commission on Public Employee Relations, Administrative
Files, 1976-1979. (1 box) {#16.98} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Governor's Study Commission on Public Employee Relations, Hearing Files,
1976-1979. (4 cartons, 1 box) {#16.100} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Governor's Study Commission on Public Employee Relations, Research Data
on Acts 111 & 195, 1958-1979. (5 cartons, 1 box) {#16.99} [Description]
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- Legal Files, 1937-1968. (18 cartons) {#16.37} [Description]
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- Minutes, 1937-2001. (5 cartons) {#16.38} [Description]
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- Portraits of Board Chairmen, 1937-1991. (1 flat box) {#16.88} [Description]
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- Publications, 1958. (1 box) {#16.97} [Description]
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Prevailing Wage Advisory Board
State Board of Vocational Rehabilitation
Last minimal processing update: 9/6/2012, acc. #6308 (bmr)