The history of American labor can be found in union records and leaders’ personal papers—but those collections also document movements for the rights of women, children and minorities. A University of Notre Dame library guide to U.S. archives identifies several starting points for exploring that material. Its description of the AFL-CIO Archive and Labor Collections emphasizes records spanning different formats and decades of American history, connecting organized labor with broader social movements. Another entry highlights the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs. The guide describes it as North America’s largest labor archives and the home of collections from numerous unions and labor-related organizations. The resource also directs readers toward institutions that preserve other dimensions of community history. Chicago Public Library’s Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, located at the Woodson Regional branch, is highlighted for its African American historical holdings. The American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati holds papers and records of Jewish religious leaders and organizations in the United States. For LGBTQ history, the guide lists ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California, describing it as the world’s largest repository of LGBTQ materials. These entries show how research into American life can lead beyond federal repositories to libraries, universities and specialized collections. Digital access provides one route into that work. Notre Dame notes that the major libraries and historical societies in its selected list have digitized portions of their collections, often accessible through a Digital Collections page. That wording matters: an online selection represents only part of an institution’s holdings. The guide also includes a searchable directory of local historical societies. For a reader investigating a workplace, organization or community, its practical value is as a map of possible repositories—places to begin locating the records on which a fuller history can be built.