Research Guides: UALE Summer School for Union Women: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Books and Other Media About The Fire

Books

Benin, Leigh; Linne, Rob; Sosin, Adrienne and Sosinsky, Joel. The New York Triangle Factory Fire. New York: Arcadia, 2011.

Companion book to the HBO Film.

Goldin, Barbara Diamond. Fire!: the Beginnings of the Labor Movement. N.Y.: Viking, 1992.

An account of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911. Recommended for children aged 7-11.

Stein, Leon. The Triangle Fire NY: ILR Press, 2001.

An account of the fire by Stein, editor of Justice, the official publication of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

Von Drehle, David. Triangle: The Fire That Changed America. NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003.

This well-reviewed book has brought new attention and interest to the tragedy that was a turning point for organizing immigrant needle trade workers and instigating health and safety practices.

Films

Triangle: Remembering The Fire
First aired on March 21, 2011, this film commemorates the 100th anniversary of the fire, examining both the fire and its aftereffects on American society.
Triangle Fire
A documentary done as part of PBS's American Experience series; the 51-minute-film can be streamed through the website's video player.

Websites About The Fire

The Triangle Factory Fire
Excellent multimedia site created by the Cornell ILR Kheel Center and UNITE!; history, photographs, documents, oral histories, cartoons, research guide for high school students.
"Remember The Triangle Fire" Coalition
A New York based commemorative organization. “In concert with individuals and organizations across the country, the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition is spearheading the creation of commemorative events – activism, education, art – for the March 2011 Centennial.”
Triangle Factory Fire Remembrance Project- Adelphi University
Adelphi University, based in Garden City New York has set up a year-long commemoration of the fire, including an exhibition, theater project, and community blog.
The Triangle Fire: One Hundred Years After
Online exhibit about the fire, created and hosted by Labor Arts, a project of NYU’s Bobst Library. Includes photographs, drawings and other images chronicling the fire and its aftermath.
Art-Memory-Place: Commemorating The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
A "collaboration between the Grey Art Gallery and graduate students in NYU’s Programs in Museum Studies and Public History", this website is the digital version of the Gallery's commemorative exhibition. Includes text and accompanying photographs/art.
"About The Triangle Fire," by Robert Pinsky
An essay on the fire by former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinksy, including art, photographs, and one of the eyewitness accounts of the fire. Part of the Modern American Poetry Site of digital exhibits, hosted by the English department at the University of Illinois.
NPR: “The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire”
Part of the release of David Von Drehle’s book, this NPR site includes a story on the fire, an extended interview with the author, and a 1984 audio piece on the fire.