Walter R. Thurmond (1881-1967) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2141
Operator in the Logan coalfield for many years, collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, and president of the state Board of Control, 1937-1941. Thurmond returned to the coal industry in 1941 and helped organize the Southern Coal Producers' Association, serving as its secretary until his retirement in 1958. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers, including Thurmond's diaries for 1938-1967. Subjects include labor relations, taxes, mine safety, non-union fields, company stores, the United Mine Workers of America, race relations, and national politics. There is specific comment on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
English
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5.4 Linear Feet (Summary: 5 ft. 5 in. (10 document cases, 5 in.); (1 records carton, 15 in.); 5 reels of microfilm)
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