Kirk Hallahan’s publications related to the 1913-1914 Colorado Coal Strike and the response by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., whose family owned 40% of the shares of the largest coal operator, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
Striking back: Brief Overview. Hallahan, K., Colorado Coal Strike. Robert L. Heath (Ed.), Encyclopedia of public relations (2nd ed., 2013), vol. 1, pp. 143-145, Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
Note: From 1916 through 1923, John D. Rockefeller Jr. also became an advocate for improving relations between employers and employees in industry. He gave speeches, authored articles, served as a public delegate to the 1919 White House Conference on Industrial Relations, and published an edited volume of his writings on the topic. He also interceded in labor problems at several large firms in which his family held investments, underwrote the creation of a nonprofit consulting firm, and funded industrial relations programs at Princeton, Wharton and Harvard.
Ivy Lee’s Work for the Rockefellers . Hallahan, K. (2002). Ivy Lee and the Rockefellers’ response to the 1913-1914 Colorado coal strike. Journal of Public Relations Research, 14(4), 265-315.
See also: Hallahan, K. (2007), Ivy Ledbetter Lee, Entry in Stephen L. Vaughn (Ed.). Encyclopedia of American Journalism (pp. 458-459). New York: Routledge; Hallahan, K. (2012), On Publicity: Ivy Lee’s 1924 talk to the American Association of Teachers of Journalism. Paper presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago, IL.
William Lyon Mackenzie King as Consultant. . Hallahan, K. (2003). W.L. Mackenzie King: Rockefeller’s “other” public relations counselor in Colorado. Public Relations Review, 29(4), 401-414. Reviews the role of Canada’s future prime minister and his life-long friendship with Rockefeller.
Philanthropy as Part of the Strike Response. [online] Hallahan, K., Six roles of philanthropy in John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s Response to the 1913-1914 Colorado Coal Strike. Rockefeller Archive Center Research Papers (Issues Lab), January 2023. https://rockarch.issuelab.org/resource/six-roles-of-philanthropy-in-john-d-rockefeller-jr-s-response-to-the-1913-14-colorado-coal-strike.html
U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations Hearings. Hallahan, K., Public Relations on Trial: U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations — Investigation of Roles of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Ivy Lee in Colorado Coal Strike, 1913-1914. Presentation at International Public Relations History Conference, Bournemouth University, UK. (PowerPoint slides)
Bibliographic Essay. An unpublished review of primary and secondary sources related to the strike and its aftermath.
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