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United Mine Workers of America

 Organization

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

United Mine Workers of America, District 6, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2819
Overview

20 items relating to union organizing in District 6, UMWA (eastern Ohio). Includes court injunctions against UMWA, 1951; affidavits with complaints against UMWA organizers, 1951; list of loyal UMWA members; a letter, 20 February 1951, transmitting this material from George Waters to Steve Kubic; also two credentials for UMWA conventions, 1949 and 1952.

Dates: 1942-1952

United Mine Workers of America Inventory

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2982
Overview Preliminary inventory of the archives of the United Mine Workers of America conducted circa 1985. Inventory was conducted by the West Virginia Collection at the request of the UMWA, in order to help the labor organization prepare to send the materials to an archival repository. Collection contains a three-page explanation of the inventory process and the twenty-seven page inventory. Inventory notes types of materials (correspondence, subject files, financial reports, meeting minutes,...
Dates: circa 1985

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

United Mine Workers of America, Miscellaneous Papers and Union President Election Material Regarding Elijah Wolford

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2126
Overview

Material and campaign literature from the campaign of Elijah Wolford for the presidency of the union, 1969. Includes a letter from a campaign committee, the campaign platform, reprint of remarks by Congressman Ken Hechler in the United States House of Representatives, and a report on "Conspiracy in Coal" by T.N. Bethell.

Dates: 1969

United Mine Workers of America, Miscellaneous Papers, Certificate of Membership in Local No. 90

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2102
Overview

Certificate of membership in Local No. 90 of the United Mine Workers at Watson.

Dates: 1899

United Mine Workers of America, Miscellaneous Papers, Charter for Union Local No. 3934

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2261
Overview

Charter issued to Local 3934 by the United Mine Workers of America, May 13, 1920. M.B. Johnson of Hoard, West Virginia is listed as President of the Local and Loyd Downey of Point Marion, Pennsylvania is listed as Secretary. John L. Lewis, national President, signed the charter.

Dates: 1920

United Mine Workers Records at Cornell University

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2991
Overview

Guide to the microfilmed records at the Labor Management Documentation Center of Cornell's M.P. Catherwood Library. Includes the early joint conferences of coal miners and operators, 1899-1920, the District 12 (Illinois) conventions, 1899-1916 and grievance adjustment proceedings, 1899-1927. None of Cornell's holdings pertain directly to West Virginia.

Dates: 1899-1927

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  • Subject: Unions. X
  • Subject: Coal mining. X

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Subject
Coal mining - Labor organization. 18
Union names. 18
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 18
Coal mining. 11
Elections 7
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Politics and government. 7
Unions - UMWA. 7
Coal miners 6
Unions. 6
New Deal, 1933-1939 5
Account books 4
Coal mining - coal companies. 4
Coal mining - coal operators associations. 4
Coal mining -- Strikes 4
Labor 4
Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 4
World War, 1914-1918 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
Editors - letters and papers. 3
Fairmont. 3
Railroads 3
Taxation 3
Unions - Progressive Mine Workers of America. 3
Academies (Private schools) 2
Bluefield (W. Va.) 2
Broadsides. 2
Coal - coal operators. 2
Coal industry. 2
Coal mining - Medical care. 2
Coal mining - Safety. 2
Coal mining - Strikes - West Virginia mines. 2
Diaries and journals. 2
General stores 2
Judges - letters and papers. 2
Labor unions 2
Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
Marion County (W. Va.) 2
Mills and mill-work 2
Mountain Lake Park (Md.) 2
Politicians -- United States 2
Unions -- Coal 2
United States -- Politics and government 2
Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
Advertising 1
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
Agriculture 1
Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954 1
Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
Cemeteries -- Union Miners' Cemetery 1
Charleston. 1
Churches -- Roman Catholic 1
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
Coal - Island Creek Coal Co. 1
Coal - Mine safety. 1
Coal - Solvay Collieries. 1
Coal - labor disputes. 1
Coal companies - Island Creek Coal Company. 1
Coal companies - Solvay Collieries. 1
Coal miners - March on Mingo and Logan. 1
Coal miners - Medical care. 1
Coal miners' spouses 1
Coal miners' trials. 1
Coal miners--West Virginia 1
Coal mines and mining 1
Coal mines and mining -- Kentucky 1
Coal mining - Illinois. 1
Coal mining - Logan Coal Operators Association. 1
Coal mining - March on Mingo and Logan. 1
Coal mining - Miners' March of 1919. 1
Coal mining - Miners' Treason Trials. 1
Coal mining - Strikes - Colorado mines. 1
Coal mining - Wage scales. 1
Coal mining - West Virginia Coal Association. 1
Coal mining - Working conditions. 1
Coal mining - age affidavits. 1
Coal mining - engineering problems. 1
Coal mining - non-union miners. 1
Coal operators associations. 1
Colorado 1
Education 1
Environmentalism. 1
Estate settlements. 1
Fairmont Index. 1
Fairmont Times. 1
Farms and farming. 1
Fayette County - Fayette Whiskey Ring. 1
Fayette Whiskey Ring. 1
Gas industry 1
Grafton. 1
Grievance cases - labor unions. 1
Guffey Coal Act. 1
Homestead, PA -- Steel workers -- Strikes 1
Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
Hyattsville (Md.) 1
Illinois - Coal mining. 1
Isolationism -- United States -- History -- 20th Century 1
Kentucky 1
Labor disputes 1
Labor organization - Subversive Activities Control Board. 1
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