Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mother Jones Typescript Memoir
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2778
Overview
Typescript memoir of the life of Mother Jones, entitled "Mother Jones: the Life Story of the Irish Immigrant Girl Who Became the Most Unique Character in the American Labor Movement, Living Past 100 Years," written by Lillie May Burgess of Hyattsville, Maryland, and copyrighted 8 February 1938. The manuscript is in two parts, several pages of which are missing. The first part (241pp.) is entitled "The Life Story of Mother Jones: American Labor's Joan of Arc," and is a narration of events in...
Dates:
1938
West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1976
Overview
Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. State institutions covered in the correspondence are Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium;...
Dates:
1909-1949
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- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Agriculture 1
- Berkeley Springs Park. 1
- Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
- Churches -- Roman Catholic 1
- Coal miners 1
- Coal miners' spouses 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
- Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. 1
- Coal mining - Strikes - Colorado mines. 1
- Coal mining - Strikes - West Virginia mines. 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Colorado 1
- Droop Mountain Battlefield. 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Estate settlements. 1
- Homestead, PA -- Steel workers -- Strikes 1
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
- Hyattsville (Md.) 1
- Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. 1
- Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. 1
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 1
- Mexican Revolution. 1
- Mines and mining -- Colorado 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. 1
- Prohibition -- United States -- History 1
- Strikes - Colorado miners. 1
- Strikes -- West Virginia -- Coal miners 1
- Unions. 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- West Virginia 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Women -- United States -- History 1
- Women brewery workers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee 1
- Women labor union members 1
- Women textile workers 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1 + ∧ less
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