Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Research Papers Regarding West Virginia History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3946
Overview
Research papers of Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Collection includes photocopied correspondence, articles, and typescripts, as well as manuscript notes. Many of the photocopies appear to have been made from Archives and Manuscript collections at the West Virginia and Regional History Center, including A&M 873, A&M 1661, A&M 1824, and...
Dates:
ca. 1900-1971
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
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
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- Labor unions 2
- Bluefield (W. Va.) 1
- Charleston. 1
- Coal industry. 1
- Coal miners 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
- Coal mining - Strikes - West Virginia mines. 1
- Elections 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Grafton. 1
- Labor 1
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 1
- Labor unions - Teamsters. 1
- Logan (W. Va.) 1
- Mabscott (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- Strikes and lockouts 1
- Union names. 1
- Unions - Progressive Mine Workers of America. 1
- Unions - Teamsters. 1
- Unions - UMWA. 1
- Unions -- Coal 1
- Unions. 1
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 1
- West Virginia Mine Wars, W. Va., 1897-1921 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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