United Mine Workers of America
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Panoramic Photographs Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4168
Overview
Collection of over 110 panoramic photographs documenting soldiers and military camps, conventions and meetings, West Virginia University (WVU), businesses, railroads, family reunions, and more. Types of image include group portraits, landscapes, and building photographs. Conventions and meetings include the WV Delegates to Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Convention, the 13th Annual Meeting of the WV Dairymen's Association, the Democratic National Convention, the WV State...
Dates:
1890-2008; Majority of material found within 1890-1960
Teamsters Local 175, Scrapbook and Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2284
Overview
A scrapbook and personal diary of Volney Andrews, one-time president of Local 175, covering the years 1938-1949. There is material on disputes over the legitimacy of the AFL and the CIO especially as it was reflected in state regional labor councils and jurisdictional struggles in West Virginia between the United Mine Workers of America and the Progressive Mine Workers of America. Also mentioned are political concerns such as elections, congressional investigations of labor and foreign trade...
Dates:
1938-1949
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- Bluefield (W. Va.) 1
- Charleston. 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Elections 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Grafton. 1
- Labor 1
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 1
- Labor unions 1
- Labor unions - Teamsters. 1
- Logan (W. Va.) 1
- Military camps 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- Strikes and lockouts 1
- Union names. 1
- Unions - Progressive Mine Workers of America. 1
- Unions - Teamsters. 1
- Unions - UMWA. 1
- Unions. 1
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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