Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Pocahontas Operators Association, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2796
Overview
The minutes, correspondence, and financial records of the Pocahontas Operators Association and of its successors, the Smokeless Operators Association and the Southern Virginias Operators Association. Topics mentioned are foreign competition, environmental legislation, labor strife and union negotiations, and lobbying efforts in Congress and with state legislatures. Special mention is made of the conditions in the coal industry during World War II, the impact of the Taft-Hartley Act on...
Dates:
1941-1973
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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- Bluefield (W. Va.) 1
- Charleston. 1
- Coal industry. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Coal operators associations. 1
- Elections 1
- Environmentalism. 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Grafton. 1
- Labor 1
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 1
- Labor unions - Teamsters. 1
- Logan (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Strikes and lockouts 1
- Unions - Progressive Mine Workers of America. 1
- Unions - Teamsters. 1
- Unions. 1
- United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Labor 1 + ∧ less
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