Socialism
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Charles E. Boswell, Newspaper Editor, Essay regarding Miners at Paint Creek and Cabin Creek
In an unpublished essay, Boswell, editor of the Labor Argus (Charleston's Socialist newspaper) describes the mining labor troubles at Paint Creek and Cabin Creek. He adamantly opposes Governor Hatfield's settlement and the role of the UMWA in accepting it. In particular he castigates Thomas Haggerty, a field marshal for the union, for compromising with capitalists.
Forest Charles Sammons Papers
Manuscript writings of Sammons, a Huntington contractor and founder of the West Virginia Anti-Communist League. Sammons, a businessman and self-described "amateur political economist" discusses his views regarding communism, free enterprise, and constitutional law.
Joseph B. Lightburn Papers
Correspondence and writings of the mayor of Jane Lew and one-time Republican nominee for Congress, pertaining to fluoridation, United Nations, foreign aid, income tax, socialism, the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, and Lightburn's conservative interpretation of Americanism.
Keith Dix, Papers regarding Labor History
Leon A. Pryzbylinski, Collector, Pamphlets and Other Material Regarding Labor History and the Cooperative Movement
M.H. Ross, Collector, Papers
Broadsides, pamphlets, contracts, publications, ledgers, and letters on union activities and radical movements. Subjects included are mine safety, union organizing, and social justice.
Mountain People's Cooperative Archives
Includes co-op newsletters, circulars, promotional literature, business correspondence, discussions and decisions of the managing committee and daily operating notes from the workers of a Morgantown, West Virginia, grocery store. There are also editorials on liberation movements and trade unionism.
Robert O. Shepherd, Activist, Papers
Papers, circulars, and pamphlets of a local activist. Includes materials of the Socialist Party U.S.A. and of a nationwide democratic socialist group, the New American Movement. Shepherd was also active in other groups such as the Fayette County, Pennsylvania Family Abuse Council and Shelterforce - National Housing Activists. There are copies of the Socialist Tribune, The Canton Speech of Eugene V. Debs, and a notebook on the 1978 N.A.M. Convention, Milwaukee, WI.