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This phone script was used by Chicago Typographical Union members during a strike at Total Typography to alert the company's customers to the treatment of workers and to request that they support the strike.

This photo of the Daily Racing Form staff was taken not long before Mollie West retired. Mollie worked at the Daily Racing Form for 14 years.

Button reading "Clean up politics, elect women

This eraser has the logo for the American Federation of Teachers, a national teachers union, and the message "erase sexism."

Mollie, who fell in love with the French horn in high school, often wore this necklace.

This press release announced that the House Un-American Activities Committee would hold hearings on youth Communist activities. Mollie West would be called for these hearings because of her previous involvement with the Young Communist League.

Mollie West received this subpoena from the House Un-American Activities Committee, commanding her to appear before the committee regarding her involvement in the Communist Party. Mollie was ill at the time, and her appointment

Medal worn by Mollie West at the 115th Annual International Typographical Union Conference in San Diego, CA. The medal details the dates of the conference as well as the year it occurred.

Correspondence from Carl Leiber describing his activities in the Army as he is being sent overseas. Dates, locations, and other information were censored out of the soldiers' letters so that information about military movements could not get into the…

In this letter from Carl Lieber to his wife Mollie on August 14, 1944, Carl describes his arrival in Italy after the journey from the United States.