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Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Miscellaneous Records Regarding History of the Coal Industry

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3836
Overview

This collection contains miscellaneous records regarding history of the coal industry. Types of records include correspondence. See "Scope and Content Note" for additional information regarding material within the collection.

Dates: 1934-1937
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Richard M. Hadsell, Collector, Records Regarding History of Coal Industry

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2122
Overview Correspondence, reports, petitions, agreements, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles relating to the soft coal industry and labor conditions, generally in southern West Virginia. Subjects covered include the eight-hour day; strikes; consolidation of coal operations; freight rates; government contracts for coal; Paint and Cabin creeks, 1912-1913; working conditions in the Polack Cigar Factory, Wheeling, 1914; investigation of the Gay Coal and Coke Company, Logan County, 1917;...
Dates: 1880-1935
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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

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Subject
Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
Coal industry. 1
Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
Coal mining - Strikes - West Virginia mines. 1
Coal mining - Working conditions. 1
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Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
Coal mining -- Strikes 1
Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 1
Labor unions 1
Logan County. 1
Mabscott (W. Va.) 1
Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.) 1
Unions -- Coal 1
Unions. 1
Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
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