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United Mine Workers of America, District 6, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2819
Overview

20 items relating to union organizing in District 6, UMWA (eastern Ohio). Includes court injunctions against UMWA, 1951; affidavits with complaints against UMWA organizers, 1951; list of loyal UMWA members; a letter, 20 February 1951, transmitting this material from George Waters to Steve Kubic; also two credentials for UMWA conventions, 1949 and 1952.

Dates: 1942-1952
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Mine Workers of America, District 29, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2643
Overview Records of defunct UMW locals in District 29: Local 6195, Otsego, WV - minute book, 1943-71; Local 5949, Minden, WV - relief fund account book and Minden Hospital Fund, 1954-60; Local 6115, Aristo, WV - treasurer's cash book, 1945-52; two each printed copies of UMW Constitution, 1973 and 1976 and one printed copy of by-laws of UMW Local 9690, Itmann, WV. 1 reel microfilm contains 40 UMWA-District 29 contracts and reports, 1941-1971. See inventory folder for detailed list of microfilmed...
Dates: 1941-1976
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Mine Workers of America, District 29, Records Regarding Health Care Providers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4043
Overview

Records of United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), District 29 Office, regarding arrangements between the UMWA Welfare Fund (or UMWA Health and Retirement Funds) and health care providers. The 1978 Coal Wage Agreement changed the Funds managed health care plan to a fee for service plan. District 29 encompasses southern West Virginia.

Dates: ca. 1950-1978
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Mine Workers of America, Health and Retirement Fund, Director John D. Winebrenner, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3104
Overview The correspondence, travel vouchers and articles of John D. Winebrenner, a regional director of the UMWA Health & Retirement Funds in Tennessee. Papers and publications reflect the problems and contributions of organized medicine and the promotional efforts of the United Mine Workers of America in meeting the diverse medical needs of coal miners, particularly the majority of miners who lived and worked in remote areas. Publications included The Boone Report and Medical Services for Rural...
Dates: 1948-1972
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Mine Workers of America, Health and Retirement Funds, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2769
Scope and Contents The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) archives consists of the records of the first industry-wide pension and medical care plans for coal miners and their families in the United States. The archives comprise approximately 156 linear feet of records from the years 1946-1974, and include minutes, resolutions, correspondence, memos, reports, transcribed speeches, lawsuit documents, construction plans, contracts, statistical reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, microfilmed reading...
Dates: 1915-1989
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Mine Workers of America Inventory

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2982
Overview Preliminary inventory of the archives of the United Mine Workers of America conducted circa 1985. Inventory was conducted by the West Virginia Collection at the request of the UMWA, in order to help the labor organization prepare to send the materials to an archival repository. Collection contains a three-page explanation of the inventory process and the twenty-seven page inventory. Inventory notes types of materials (correspondence, subject files, financial reports, meeting minutes,...
Dates: circa 1985
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Mine Workers of America, Johnstown, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3243
Overview

Administrative and operational records of the Johnstown, PA office of the UMWA.

Dates: 1915-1978
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Mine Workers of America, Local Union 6046, Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2680
Overview Minutes, correspondence, grievance case files, and union campaign material of union locals in the New River field. The correspondence concerns implementation of national bituminous coal mine contracts, local 6046's members' benefits, safety and working conditions in the Lochgelly mine, and state and federal legislation sought by the UMW. The minutes of Local 6046 meetings summarize all matters discussed and acted on, including reports from the local's mine and safety committees, expenses,...
Dates: ca. 1933-1974
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Mine Workers of America, Miscellaneous Papers and Union President Election Material Regarding Elijah Wolford

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Collection Number: A&M 2126
Overview

Material and campaign literature from the campaign of Elijah Wolford for the presidency of the union, 1969. Includes a letter from a campaign committee, the campaign platform, reprint of remarks by Congressman Ken Hechler in the United States House of Representatives, and a report on "Conspiracy in Coal" by T.N. Bethell.

Dates: 1969
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Mine Workers of America, Miscellaneous Papers, Certificate of Membership in Local No. 90

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2102
Overview

Certificate of membership in Local No. 90 of the United Mine Workers at Watson.

Dates: 1899
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 23
Byrd, Robert C. 23
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United States. Army 16
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Monongalia Academy (Morgantown, W. Va.) 15
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 15
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 14
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 14
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 14
Morgan family 14
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 14
Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 14
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 13
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 13
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 13
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 13
Hayman family 13
Meadows, Clarence W. 13
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 13
Patteson, Okey L. 13
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Weston State Hospital 13
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 13
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 12
Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984 12
Dawson, William M.O. 12
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 12
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Moore family 12
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Barron, W. W. 11
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Consolidation Coal Company 11
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American Federation of Labor 10
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Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 10
Dayton, Spencer 10
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Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 10
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 10
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 10
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 10
Robinson family 10
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Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 10
Cuthbert, John A. 9
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 9
Green, William. 9
Hall family 9
Hardesty, David C., Jr. 9
Johnson, Louis. 9
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