United Mine Workers of America
Organization
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Progressive Mine Workers of America, Archives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2609
Scope and Contents
Records of the Progressive Mine Workers of America.Boxes 1-36 include: convention proceedings, minutes, contracts and agreements, financial records, correspondence, mine inspectors' reports, and grievance files which make up the bulk of the records. In addition there are printed National Industrial Recovery Administration and National Recovery Administration documents on the coal industry and a microfilm copy of the union's newspaper, THE PROGRESSIVE MINER, 1932-53....
Dates:
1932-1965
Progressive Mine Workers of America, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2715
Overview
Four contracts, constitutions, and wage agreements from archives of the Progressive Mine Workers of America: 1) "Agreement Between Wisconsin Steel Co. and Benham Employees Association, 1937-38"; 2) "Constitution of District No. 1 PMWA, 1942"; 3) "Contract Between PMWA District 5 and the following: Providence Coal Mining Co.; Meador, Young & Holt Co.; Lick Creek Coal Co.; Williams Coal Co.; Norton Coal Corp.; Sixth Vein Coal Co.; Hart Coal Corp.; Ruckman Coal Co.; Dawson Daylight Coal...
Dates:
1937-1942
Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0873
Overview
Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative...
Dates:
1840-2003; Majority of material found within 1918-1955
Sam Church, United Mine Workers of America Union President, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4763
Scope and Contents
Materials pertaining to Sam Church, president of the United Mine Workers of America (1979 November to 1982 November), including correspondence to and from Church, International Executive Board minutes from his presidency and 1973-1974, Coal Miners Political Action Committee (COMPAC) material, and more.
Dates:
circa 1970s-1980s and undated
Scotia Coal Company, Archives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2570
Overview
Scotia Coal Company mine and store inventories; time, field rent, and account books; invoices, ledgers and registers covering business matters and community conditions. Also includes small box of pamphlets, including travel brochures for Washington D.C. and Gettysburg (ca. 1880-1900), and programs from the Chicago World's Fair (1893).
Dates:
1878-1956
Smokeless Coal Operators Association Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1830
Scope and Contents
Production statistics and extracts from the historical files of the Smokeless Operators Association (until 1958 the Pocahontas Operators Association) showing the history of coal mining in the Pocahontas field and production, sales, and distribution statistics for the years 1930 and 1933-1961. There are weekly, monthly, and yearly reports on net tons produced, hours, worked, and tonnage lost because of labor problems, mine disability, or lack of market. There are lists of the coal companies...
Dates:
1800 (1952-1961)
Steve Nash, Miner, Pay Statement and UMWA Card
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3010
Overview
Two photocopies of material relating to the coal mining career of Steve Nash. The first is a pay statement from the Hitchman Coal & Coke Company, July 1-16, 1912. The other is a United Mine Workers of America transfer card, August 31, 1906, giving a brief statistical description of Nash as well as mentioning the local from which he is transferring.
Dates:
1906-1912
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
Thurman I. Miller Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4297
Scope and Contents
Papers of Thurman Irving “T.I.” Miller (1919-2017), a native of southern West Virginia who served in the Marine Corps from 1939-1945, worked as a master electrician in the coal mining industry, and authored multiple books about both those experiences later in life.The collection includes research material, genealogical material, drafts of his books, and other material. Formats include correspondence, clippings, ephemera, photographs, research materials and interviews, handwritten...
Dates:
ca. 1907-2017
UMWA, Miners Right To Strike Committee Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3660
Overview
Records of the Miners Right To Strike Committee, a group affiliated with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), documenting a strike against the Bituminous Coal Operators' Association (BCOA) in 1977 that resulted in a 1978 contract. Collection includes bulletins, handbills, newsletters, and other material issued by the Committee. Also includes "Statement of the Bituminous Coal Operators' Association (BCOA), presented at the First Session of the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement...
Dates:
1976-1978; Majority of material found within 1977-1978
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- Coal mining - Labor organization. 22
- Union names. 18
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 18
- Coal mining. 16
- Coal miners 11
- Unions - UMWA. 11
- Politics and government. 9
- Account books 8
- Coal mining -- Strikes 8
- Coal mining - coal companies. 7
- Elections 7
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 6
- New Deal, 1933-1939 6
- Unions. 6
- World War, 1939-1945 6
- Coal mining - Safety. 5
- Taxation 5
- World War, 1914-1918 5
- Coal mining - Medical care. 4
- Diaries and journals. 4
- Labor 4
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 4
- Mills and mill-work 4
- Railroads 4
- Unions - Progressive Mine Workers of America. 4
- Broadsides. 3
- Coal mines and mining 3
- Editors - letters and papers. 3
- Fairmont. 3
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 3
- Kentucky 3
- Labor unions 3
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 3
- Logan County. 3
- Marion County (W. Va.) 3
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 3
- Mountain Lake Park (Md.) 3
- Physicians - letters and papers. 3
- Socialism 3
- Academies (Private schools) 2
- Agriculture 2
- Bluefield (W. Va.) 2
- Coal - Mine safety. 2
- Coal - coal operators. 2
- Coal - labor disputes. 2
- Coal industry. 2
- Coal miners - Medical care. 2
- Coal miners' trials. 2
- Coal miners--West Virginia 2
- Coal mining - Miners' Treason Trials. 2
- Coal mining - Strikes - West Virginia mines. 2
- Coal mining - Working conditions. 2
- Coal mining - disasters. 2
- Education 2
- Gas industry 2
- General stores 2
- Health services. 2
- Judges - letters and papers. 2
- Mabscott (W. Va.) 2
- Maps. 2
- Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 2
- Miners' Treason Trials. 2
- Mingo County (W. Va.) 2
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
- Politicians -- United States 2
- Strikes -- West Virginia -- Coal miners 2
- Unions -- Coal 2
- United States -- Politics and government 2
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
- Women -- Suffrage 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- Advertising 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Alabama 1
- Appalachian Region 1
- Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954 1
- Benham, Ky. -- Benham Employees Associations 1
- Blair Mountain, Battle of, W. Va., 1921 1
- Blankenship vs. Boyle. 1
- Builders and contractors. 1
- Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
- Campus protests -- West Virginia University 1
- Cemeteries -- Union Miners' Cemetery 1
- Charleston. 1
- Church buildings 1
- Churches -- Roman Catholic 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal - Island Creek Coal Co. 1
- Coal - Logan County. 1
- Coal - Miners for Democracy. 1
- Coal - Solvay Collieries. 1
- Coal - company stores. 1
- Coal - labor relations. 1
- Coal - problems. 1
- Coal Mining - Tug River field 1
- Coal companies - Island Creek Coal Company. 1
- Coal companies - Solvay Collieries. 1
- Coal companies - West Virginia. 1 + ∧ less
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