United Mine Workers of America. District 31

Scope and Contents Fred Mooney papers, ca.1935. 1 ms. Box and 1 bundle. Original manuscripts on "The Life of Fred Mooney, By Himself" and a scrapbook and newspaper clippings collected by Mooney. Mooney was a former secretary-treasurer of United Mine Workers District 31. A microfilm copy of the papers was made in 1961 and is filed under A&M 1428.Additional: One folder of correspondence by or to Fred Mooney, 1938-1941. Includes typescript pages of Mooney's early life and family. Correspondents...

Overview Typescripts: "A Short History of Mountaineer Coal Company," WMMN Broadcast, July 21, 1962; ""The Anatomy of a Mine Disaster,"" by Engle L. Hall, May 24, 1963; typed letter signed, C.J. Urbaniak, President, District #31, UMWA, to Dr. Wayne Smith, Fairmont State College, 1963 May 6 regarding gains for Marion County miners in wages and benefits since 1939; packet of handwritten notes on the history of the coal mining industry in Marion County, West Virginia. For photographs related to this...

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The collection consists of the "Proposed Rules of MFD Caucus", from District 3l, UMWA, and the transcribed testimony of Charles M. Culp, a West Virginia miner, given in Washington, D.C., on 18 February 1972 in an investigation of his retention by District 31 as campaign worker for the Boyle-Titler-Owens international slate in 1969. Culp's handwritten statement and other evidence are included with the testimony.