Note to researchers: This exhibit presents mainly primary documents, with a selection of secondary documents. If you are new to research of this type, please review the difference between primary sources and secondary sources under Tips for Students.
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Letter to Michael and Hugh from Pauline Newman
Pauline Newman was active in sweatshop reform. She had worked at the Triangle Factory, but quit before the disaster. -
Letter To Wm, from Charles Willis Thompson, journalist.
A journalist and member of the Washington Bureau of the New York Times and of the New York World, Thompson wrote a letter providing a witness account of the events surrounding the fire.