This collection contains the administrative and teaching files of the Annual Women’s Summer Schools, organized by the United Association for Labor Education (UALE), dating from 1929 to 2002. The teaching files reflect the history of labor organizing and union activity in the United States, from labor reformers and labor-related events in the early 1900s to labor activists and unions in the early 2000s. The administrative files cover the planning and programming of summer schools from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. The collection contains essays, pamphlets, reprints, interviews, articles, obituaries, clippings, newsletters, maps, photographs, planning meeting materials, correspondence, workshop evaluations, and audiovisual materials. It includes biographical documentation of prominent labor organizers, educators, activists, and scholars, with an emphasis on women labor leaders. Extensive labor union history files document significant events, including strikes, labor accidents, union meetings, and union leaders, with particular attention to women’s contributions to the labor movement. Minority group-related files cover labor activism and organizing among Asian immigrants, LGBTQ workers, Black, Hispanic, and Jewish workers, as well as topics related to racial and seniority discrimination and workplace violence. The records cover the history of unions across various fields, including farmers, nurses, government employees, food, commercial, transport, garment, and furniture workers, coal miners, and teachers. Administrative files on summer schools reflect the development of women worker educational programs from the late 1970s through the 1990s, documenting leadership training, labor history programming, and workshops such as computer literacy and anti racism education. Audiovisual materials relate to labor organizing, workplace rights, union training, and labor history. The collection is arranged into four Series