West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Records

Location of collection:

West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center

West Virginia University

P.O. Box 6069

1549 University Avenue

Morgantown, WV 26506

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Lori Hostuttler

Email: lori.hostuttler@mail.wvu.edu

Phone: (304) 293-3536

Web: wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu

Restrictions:

Boxes 368-379 contain Social Security numbers and sensitive unemployment records. They will be restricted for 75 years after the date of record creation, but researchers may complete the Agreement for the Use of Sensitive Materials to request access to these materials prior to the expiration of the restriction. To request access, please contact the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department in advance at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

Audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers must contact the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department in advance to request access.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Records, A&M 1658, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:

181.2 Linear Feet 421 document cases, 5 in. each; 3 record cartons, 15 in. each; 1 flat storage box, 5 in.; 1 flat storage box, 3 in.; 3 clamshell boxes, 3 in. each; 2 unboxed ledgers, 1.09 in. each; 3 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each; 1 oversized folder, 0.01 in.

Creator:

West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, Dix, Keith, and Beard, Lee

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Records, A&M 1658, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes the records of the West Virginia Labor Federation (WVLF), AFL-CIO as a singular organization, established in 1957, and the records of its predecessor organizations prior to their merger, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO).

Series 1 comprises records related to the West Virginia State Labor Federation, AFL's internal operation and initiatives, including presidents' files, secretary-treasurers' files, general office files, Department of Education files, and financial materials.

Series 2 comprises the records related to the West Virginia State Industrial Union Council, CIO's internal operation and initiatives, including executive secretary-treasurers' files, central office mailings, and records of the Political Action Committee.

Series 3 is reflective of the organization's operations and initiatives after the AFL-CIO merger, including files of various presidents, various secretary-treasurers, central office files, convention files, political materials, legislative files, assorted programs, and financial materials.

Series 4 is a 1978 addendum to this collection that includes additional files of the WVFL, AFL-CIO after the merger, largely featuring records of initiatives like the Political Action Committee and Women's Activities Department.

Series 5 is a 1981 addendum including mostly internal materials, like the notebooks of former organization leaders, photo albums, and copies of AFL-CIO publications.

Organizers featured prominently in the collection include Tom Cairnes, E. A. Carter, and Volney Andrews (series 1); Miles Stanley (series 3 and 5); Ben Skeen (series 1 and 3); Glen Armstrong (series 1, 3, and 5); and Pat Sleeth (series 3). WVLF initiatives featured prominently in the collection include the Committee on Political Education (series 3 and 4) and the Women's Activities Department (series 3 and 4), the Appalachian Council (series 3), the Manpower Development and Training Act (series 3), and others. There is a small amount of audiovisual material in this collection in the form of audio recordings created by the WVLF and some photographs that have been digitized for remote access. However, much of this collection is comprised of paper records, ledgers, photographs, printed correspondence, and notebooks.

Acquisition information:

Gifts of AFL-CIO - West Virginia Labor Federation, 1963/04/26 via unknown, 1973/11 via unknown, 1978/12/20 via Dix, Keith, and 1981/07/31 via Beard, Lee.

Physical location:

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related

Related material:

160

Separated material:

12 AFL-CIO-produced films were likely separated to A&M 4370, Motion Picture Collection:

"Four for the Future,"
"Extremists,"
"Your Next President,"
"Good Work for Democracy,"
"Victims of the Veto,"
"Issues Film,"
"Jimmy Carter Speaks,"
"COPE: Do It,"
1 unidentified film, and
3 films titles "Film COP"

6 photos separated to A&M 4168, Panoramic Photos Collection:

21st Annual Convention WV State Federation of Labor, Huntington, WV

33rd Annual Convention WV State Federation of Labor

7th Constitutional Convention, United Steelworkers of America, Atlantic City, NJ, 1954/09/20-1954/09/24

1st Constitutional Convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), Islam Grotto Temple, Pittsburgh, PA, 1938/11/14-1938/11/18

5th Constitutional Convention, United Steelworkers of America, Convention Hall, Atlantic City, NJ, 1950/05/08-1950/05/12

6th Biennial Convention, United Steelworkers Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), Convention Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 1952/05/13-1952/05/17

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Account books
Education. SEE ALSO Schools.
Elections
Politics and government.
United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947
Taxation
Union names.
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.
New Deal, 1933-1939
Women -- Roles in society
Women
Labor organization.

Names:

AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education
AFL-CIO
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
Parkersburg Central Trades & Labor Council
West Virginia Industrial Union Council, CIO
West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Wheeling Typographical Union, No.79
Andrews, Volney.
Armstrong, Glenn.
Barron, W. W.
Biaggi, Mario
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949
Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986
Boyle, William M.
Boyle, William M. Jr.
Buckman, Cecil G.
Burnside, Maurice Gwinn, 1902-1991
Butler, Paul M. (Paul Mulholland), 1905-1961
Byrd, Robert C.
Cairnes, Tom.
Carey, James B.
Carter, E.A.
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
Daniels, Jonathan.
Dawson, D. Boone.
Eccles, Mariner S.
Edmiston, Andrew.
Ellis, Hubert S.
Funkhouser, Raymond J.
Green, William.
Haywood, Allan S., 1888-1953
Hedrick, Erland H.
Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Hutchings, Paul R.
Johnson, George W.
Kee, Maude Elizabeth, 1895-1975
Kee, John, 1874-1951
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962
Landis, James M.
MacDonald, David J.
Marland, William C.
Maybank, Burnet R.
Meadows, Clarence W.
Meany, George, 1894-1980
Mollohan, Robert H.
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
Patteson, Okey L.
Preston, Rev. David.
Ramsay, Robert L.
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895-
Rohrbaugh, E.G.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr. (Franklin Delano), 1914-1988
Schiffler, A.C.
Skeen, Ben.
Dix, Keith
Beard, Lee