Cornell University
Cornell University: Irl School: The Triangle Factory Fire
Site is devoted to every facet of the tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. Primary source documents, oral histories, photographs, newspaper articles, and a list of victims is included in this comprehensive site.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Trial, 1911
Site opens with a terrible picture of victims of the fire that draws the reader into the incredible story of this tragedy. A very comprehensive site with newspaper articles, trial testimony, maps of the building, and photographs.
City University of New York
Cuny: The Triangle Fire: From Industrialism to Progressivism
A lesson that explores the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that occurred on March 25, 1911 in New York City.
PBS
Pbs American Experience: Triangle Fire
Film and special features on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911. Features include a timeline of the deadliest workplace accidents, biographies of famous women of the time, and primary resources of the coverage of the fire. For...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Student will use primary and secondary sources to gain a richer understanding of women's activism and how the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire led to changes in labor and safety regulations in America.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: 1911 New York Factory Fire Was Fuel for Labor Laws
Article discusses the impact that the Triangle Company fire had on labor laws and unions.
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PBS
Pbs: Working for Freedom: Labor Reform and the Triangle Factory Fire [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the conditions American workers faced in the late 1800s. Students will understand the factors that precipitated the birth and growth...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Looks at the garment factory industry in the 1800s and the early part of the 20th century, where workers toiled in sweatshop conditions. After a terrible fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911, labor unions gained support in...
University of Maryland
Howard County History Labs: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire [Pdf]
In order to use this source to assess young scholars' historical thinking skills, students should understand the history of industrialization and the working conditions typical of late nineteenth-century factories. Young scholars will...
Scholastic
Scholastic: New York Times Upfront: 1911: The Triangle Factory Fire
Article addresses the horror and the legacy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire while examining the inhuman treatment of immigrants during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
A&E Television
History.com: How the Horrific Tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Led to Workplace Safety Laws
The March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was one of the deadliest workplace catastrophes in U.S. history, claiming the lives of 146 workers, most of them women immigrants in their teens and twenties. The fire was so horrific it...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Weekend All Things Considered: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
A short piece on the death of the last living survivor of the fire, Rose Freedman. She died at the age of 107. You can hear a recorded talk between a reporter and Freedman's granddaughter.
Other
History Buff: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
For as short as this synopsis is, it does give a good overview of the story of the fire and the aftermath. Provides text on resulting labor laws.