Jones, Mary.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Ozanic, Labor Leader, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2482
Overview
Joe Ozanic went to work in the coal mines of Mt. Olive, joining in 1909, UMW Local 728. After serving briefly in the army during World War I, Ozanic returned to work in the mines at Mt. Olive. In 1932, Ozanic joined the Progressive Mine Workers of America, a rival organization to the United Mine Workers, serving both as president of PMWA District 1 and as national president. During the 1940s, Ozanic was an organizer for the American Federation of Labor. These papers reflect Ozanic's...
Dates:
1932-1974
Major W. P. Tams, Jr. Transcript of an Interview
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2584
Overview
Transcript of an interview by Richard Hadsell with Major W.P. Tams, Jr., former mine operator in the Winding Gulf coal mining region. Tams discusses his early days in coal mining, the opening of the Kanawha coal region, and coal operators and union officials such as: E.J. Berwind, Joe Beury, George Collins, Jarius Collins, Justus Collins, John J. Cornwell, Samuel Dixon, Elias Hatfield, Troy Hatfield, Isaac Mann, S.T. Patterson, J.A. Renahan, James O. Watts, and George Wolfe. Other...
Dates:
1825-1934
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- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Atwater. 1
- Broadsides. 1
- Cemeteries -- Union Miners' Cemetery 1
- Coal - Smokeless Coal Fields. 1
- Coal companies - Beaver Coal Company. 1
- Coal companies - Smokeless Coal Fields. 1
- Coal miners 1
- Coal mining - Beaver Coal Company. 1
- Coal mining - Scrip. 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Coal mining - company stores. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Coal trade 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Mount Olive (Ill.) 1
- N&W Railroads - railroads. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. 1
- Scrip. 1
- Smokeless Coal Fields - coal. 1
- Strikes and lockouts 1
- Unions - Progressive Mine Workers of America. 1
- Unions -- Coal 1
- Virginian Railroad -- Railroads 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
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