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United Mine Workers of America

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

United Mine Workers of America, Local Union 6046, Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2680
Overview Minutes, correspondence, grievance case files, and union campaign material of union locals in the New River field. The correspondence concerns implementation of national bituminous coal mine contracts, local 6046's members' benefits, safety and working conditions in the Lochgelly mine, and state and federal legislation sought by the UMW. The minutes of Local 6046 meetings summarize all matters discussed and acted on, including reports from the local's mine and safety committees, expenses,...
Dates: ca. 1933-1974
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Walter R. Thurmond (1881-1967) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2141
Overview Operator in the Logan coalfield for many years, collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, and president of the state Board of Control, 1937-1941. Thurmond returned to the coal industry in 1941 and helped organize the Southern Coal Producers' Association, serving as its secretary until his retirement in 1958. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers, including Thurmond's diaries for 1938-1967. Subjects include labor relations, taxes, mine...
Dates: 1938-1967
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Coal - Logan County. 1
Coal - company stores. 1
Coal - labor disputes. 1
Coal - labor relations. 1
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Coal miners - Medical care. 1
Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
Coal mining - Medical care. 1
Coal mining - Working conditions. 1
Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
Coal mining. 1
Diaries and journals. 1
Logan County - coal. 1
Logan County, W. Va. -- Public schools 1
Logan County. 1
New River (N.C.-W. Va.) 1
Politics and government. 1
Public institutions -- West Virginia 1
Rivers and river valleys. 1
Schools - Logan County. 1
Taxation 1
Union names. 1
Unions - UMWA. 1
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 1
West Virginia - public institutions. 1
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