Labor unions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
American Flint Glass Workers Union, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2438
Overview
Minutes, proceedings, circulars, agreements, constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, and reports of AFGWU Local 10 (Fostoria Glass), including general wage rate lists, contract increase percentages and wage and move rate lists of the punch tumbler and stemware department. Of interest would be the strike threats and agreements in the late 1950s.
Dates:
1894-1977
American Flint Glass Workers Union Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2642
Overview
Minutes, proceedings, circulars, agreements, constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, and reports of the local union which worked in the stemware and punch tumbler department of Fostoria Glass Company. Addendum of 2013/02/25 includes materials collected by Paul W. Myers (1927-2008), former employee of Fostoria Glass Company and former American Flint Glass Workers Union Representative of Local #10. Includes correspondence, business records, photographs, printed material, ephemera, clippings, an...
Dates:
1878-1986
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
Leon A. Pryzbylinski, Collector, Pamphlets and Other Material Regarding Labor History and the Cooperative Movement
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2056
Overview
Mr. Pryzbylinski, a resident of Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, was a coal miner and actively promoted trade unionism and socialism in his area from about 1915 to 1930. When many mines in the anthracite coal fields closed in the early 1930s, he stopped working as a miner and became engaged in radio repair work. He was also interested in the co-operative movement. He encouraged this movement in the Mt. Carmel area and was president of the local co-operative. The collection includes 363 pamphlets...
Dates:
1909-1950
Macil Ingram, Compiler, AFL-CIO Dept. of Education Materials
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2424
Overview
Assorted AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) pamphlets and other materials distributed by the AFL Dept. of Education in Charleston, West Virginia, between 1949 and 1956. Most of the pamphlets are dated prior to the 1955 merger of the AFL and CIO and pertain chiefly to the work of the American Federation of Labor. Pamphlets provide information about the history of the AFL, labor organizations, the benefits of unions, and the AFL's Committee on...
Dates:
1949-1956
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
Panoramic Photographs Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4168
Overview
Collection of over 110 panoramic photographs documenting soldiers and military camps, conventions and meetings, West Virginia University (WVU), businesses, railroads, family reunions, and more. Types of image include group portraits, landscapes, and building photographs. Conventions and meetings include the WV Delegates to Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Convention, the 13th Annual Meeting of the WV Dairymen's Association, the Democratic National Convention, the WV State...
Dates:
1890-2008; Majority of material found within 1890-1960
Robert E. Maynard, Sr. Collection of Coal Mining and Industrial Stickers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4596
Scope and Contents
Sticker and decal collection representing the West Virginia and regional coal mining industry and ancillary support industries, including trucking. Highlights include Valvoline Racing Oil, ARCH Coal Company of West Virginia, numerous safety reminder stickers, and many union representation stickers. Some well represented unions include the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), among others. Robert E. Maynard, Sr. (1944-2021) was part of the West Virginia coal mining industry up until his...
Dates:
circa 1970s-1990s
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
United Steel Workers of America, Union Button
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4485
Content Description
A metal pin-back button signifying membership in the United Steel Workers of America labor union. The artifact is pinned to its original paper mount. The paper mount is printed with the text "Here is Your Union Button" above the pinned button and "Wear this Badge of Honor Proudly" below. The paper also bears the Allied Label mark, certifying that the button was manufactured by Union affliated workers.
Dates:
ca. 1942-1980