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Box 79b

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Series 5. Artifacts (Boxes 74a-81), 1918, 1960s-2010

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

This series consists of various artifacts regarding mining safety, mining history, unions, and other such topics, including photographs, posters, awards, commemorative coins, and other such objects. Notable objects include a set of seal presses and seal press plates from various local chapters of the United Mine Workers of America, and a set of commemorative neckties from various mining organizations in the United Kingdom. See series 12 for an additional artifact.

Dates: 1918, 1960s-2010
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety

Necktie -- Battle of Saltley Gate burgundy commemorative necktie (McAteer visited striking miners as a guest. This strike is known as the Battle of Saltley Gate. The tie was given to McAteer by Joe Gormley, President of Natonal Union of Mineworkers [Great Britain].), 1972

 File — Box: 79b, Folder: 1
Dates: 1972
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety / Series 5. Artifacts (Boxes 74a-81)

Necktie -- Mines Rescue Service navy and burgundy striped necktie (This necktie was given to McAteer when visiting South Africa to review the Mines Rescue service in that country. He visited in 1975 and 1985.), 1975

 File — Box: 79b, Folder: 2
Dates: 1975
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety / Series 5. Artifacts (Boxes 74a-81)

Necktie -- Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (1869-1989) South Yorkshire, England, burgundy printed necktie (This necktie was presented to McAteer by the Yorkshire Miners Union of the NUM.), 1973

 File — Box: 79b, Folder: 3
Dates: 1973
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety / Series 5. Artifacts (Boxes 74a-81)

Necktie -- Mines Rescue Service, Nottinghamshire Division of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), burgundy and gold necktie (This tie was presented to McAteer on occasion of his visiting the Nottinghamshire Division for the purpose of comparing safety programs.), 1979

 File — Box: 79b, Folder: 4
Dates: 1979
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety / Series 5. Artifacts (Boxes 74a-81)

Necktie -- National Union of Mineworkers, navy and red patterned necktie (This tie was gifted to McAteer by James Mokleski, President of the NUM in South Africa.), 1989

 File — Box: 79b, Folder: 5
Dates: 1989
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety / Series 5. Artifacts (Boxes 74a-81)

Necktie -- National Union of Mineworkers navy necktie (This tie was presented to McAteer during his visit to a convention held in the basement of a church in Johannesburg. The membership was all black, and the President was Cyril Ramaphosa.), 1989

 File — Box: 79b, Folder: 6
Dates: 1989
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety / Series 5. Artifacts (Boxes 74a-81)