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Date: 2014 Annual Report
Name of Section/Roundtable: Labor Archives Roundtable (LAR)
Officers: Catherine Powell, Conor Casey, Co-Chairs
Report from 2014 annual meeting:
Completed projects/activities:
A labor archives retreat was hosted by the Southern Labor Archives in April 2014
A labor archives repository map was completed and is hosted on the LAR and Labor Archives of Washington websites. http://www2.archivists.org/groups/labor-archives-roundtable/labor-archives-roundtable-directory-labor-archives-in-the-united-states-and-canada
Ongoing projects/activities:
Labor archives directory update [http://www2.archivists.org/groups/labor-archives-roundtable/labor-archives-roundtable-directory-labor-archives-in-the-united-states-and-canada ]
Labor archives directory repository map update [ http://www2.archivists.org/groups/labor-archives-roundtable/map-of-directory-of-labor-archives-in-the-united-states-and-canada ]
Labor archives portal.
New projects/activities:
LAR now has a regular column in the Labor Online newsletter published by the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA). Regular contributions from LAR roundtable members have been being published.
Collaborative History Pin project featuring labor history walking tours/maps from LAR members
Initiatives associated with the 2014-2018 Strategic Plan:
Questions/concerns for Council attention: