Peter Rachleff
Collection

Peter Rachleff is the founding co-executive director of the ESFL.  He taught labor, African American, and immigration history for more than thirty years, primarily at Macalester College and Metropolitan State University.  Peter’s publications include BLACK LABOR IN RICHMOND, 1865-1890, and HARD-PRESSED IN THE HEARTLAND: THE HORMEL STRIKE AND THE FUTURE OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT.  Peter’s materials at ESFL include extensive collections in labor, African American, and immigration history.

 

 

COLLECTIONS

Hmong  Archives

a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit located inside the East Side Freedom Library

DONATED COLLECTIONS

Hy Berman

Donna Gabaccia/ Jeffrey Pilcher

Fred Ho

David Montgomery

Peter Rachleff

David Roediger

Matt Witt

Paula Rabinowitz

Naomi Scheman

Toni Randolph

Ray Tricomo

Sal Salerno

Dexter Arnold

Culture (Gretchen Lang)

Beth Cleary

Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League

Leota Lawrence

Gary Kennedy

Ben Mchie

Steve Dombrosk

Activists Art

Keith Christensen
Leon Wang
Aaron Johnson-Ortiz
Ruthann Godollei

COLLECTION CATEGORIES

Labor and working-class history and literature

U.S. immigration history

African American and African diasporic history

Asian American and Asian history

Political-economic history, U.S. and global

Women’s history and feminism(s)

Political philosophy

Jazz and radical music history

Historical methods and historiography, including oral history