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New Deal, 1933-1939

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Oscar Clemens Stine Interview Transcript

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2194
Overview A revised and indexed transcript copy of an interview with Dr. O.C. Stine, an expert in agricultural economics who was employed with the Department of Agriculture from the Progressive Era to that of the Fair Deal. Stine tells of his childhood on a farm in Jackson County, WV, his subsequent education in small town southeastern Ohio where his family moved, and his attendance and graduation from Ohio University with a bachelors in liberal arts and education. After teaching briefly on the...
Dates: 1884-1951
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Robert Emmett McCabe, Lawyer, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2409
Overview

Legal files of attorney Robert Emmett McCabe of Charleston, West Virginia. They contain letters and casework for individuals and businesses. There is also an addendum to this collection containing political and financial records and other material. See scope and content note for details.

Dates: 1898-1952; Majority of material found within 1907-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Robert G. Kelly Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1959
Scope and Contents Correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, reports, and speeches of a Democratic Party official; correspondence and minutes of Democratic State Executive Committee meetings. Subjects include West Virginia gubernatorial campaign of 1932, political patronage, federal relief programs in West Virginia, Rush Holt's senatorial campaign of 1934, the Holt-Kelly feud, and the miners' strike of 1939 Correspondents include Robert G. Kelly, Herman Guy Kump, M.M. Neely, Joe L. Smith, Homer A. Holt,...
Dates: 1932-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0873
Overview Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative...
Dates: 1840-2003; Majority of material found within 1918-1955
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Teamsters Local 175, Scrapbook and Diary

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2284
Overview A scrapbook and personal diary of Volney Andrews, one-time president of Local 175, covering the years 1938-1949. There is material on disputes over the legitimacy of the AFL and the CIO especially as it was reflected in state regional labor councils and jurisdictional struggles in West Virginia between the United Mine Workers of America and the Progressive Mine Workers of America. Also mentioned are political concerns such as elections, congressional investigations of labor and foreign trade...
Dates: 1938-1949
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Civilian Conservation Corps Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0629
Overview

Journals and newsletters of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal agency involved in environmental reclamation projects such as reforestation. Includes diaries and newspapers of CCC involvement in West Virginia documented in district and local camp periodicals, programs, and pictoral reviews.

Dates: 1936-1988
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0160
Overview

Executive council minutes and proceedings, correspondence, and printed material of the state organization of the American Federation of Labor founded in 1903. Papers include congressional correspondence, 1950-1957; correspondence of President E. A. Carter, 1949-1957; a few papers of H. M. Rogers, 1905-1959, and Frank W. Snyder, 1906-1911; records of the Parkersburg Central Trades and Labor Council, 1924-1942; and a typescript copy of the minutes of the Wheeling Typographical Union.

Dates: 1905-1959
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1658
Overview The West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO, which was formed in 1958, includes the records of those organizations which preceded it: the West Virginia Industrial Union Council (CIO) and the West Virginia State Federation of Labor, unofficially and more commonly known as the West Virginia Federation of Labor (AFL). There is from the AFL affiliate Congressional correspondence; officers' files (president and secretary-treasurer); delegate convention files; financial records; auditors' reports;...
Dates: 1897-1972
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia League of Municipalities, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1211
Scope and Contents

Bulletins, reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous material. Subjects covered include state aid, the Tax Limitation Amendment, New Deal agencies, police education and training, and various municipal services and problems.

Dates: 1935-1940
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia State Industrial Union Council, CIO, Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1380
Scope and Contents The West Virginia State Industrial Union Council was formed in 1937 as the state labor federation for local unions affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. In 1958, the WVIUC merged with the State Federation of Labor to form the West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Included in these two accessions are the correspondence, legal papers, reports, and printed materials of the Industrial Union Council’s president's office, between 1940 and 1951. Subjects include...
Dates: 1940-1951
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center