Pocahontas Operators Association Records
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 60691549 University AvenueMorgantown, WV 26506
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Lori HostuttlerEmail: lori.hostuttler@mail.wvu.eduPhone: (304) 293-3536Web: wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
- Restrictions:
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No special access restriction applies.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pocahontas Operators Association, Records, A&M 2796, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1.15 Linear Feet 1 document case, 5 in.; 5 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each
- Creator:
- Pocahontas Operators Association
- Abstract:
- The minutes, correspondence, and financial records of the Pocahontas Operators Association and of its successors, the Smokeless Operators Association and the Southern Virginias Operators Association. Topics mentioned are foreign competition, environmental legislation, labor strife and union negotiations, and lobbying efforts in Congress and with state legislatures. Special mention is made of the conditions in the coal industry during World War II, the impact of the Taft-Hartley Act on bargaining for the 1948 contract, and the effects in the coalfields of union dissension in the UMWA over the role of the Tony Boyle administration during the early 1970s.
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pocahontas Operators Association, Records, A&M 2796, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Background
- 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
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Coal industry.
Coal mining - coal operators associations.
Coal mining.
Coal operators associations.
Environmentalism
Politics and government.
United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947
Union names.
Unions - UMWA.
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Labor
World War, 1939-1945 - Names:
- Pocahontas Operators Association
Smokeless Coal Operators Association
Southern Virginias Operators Association
United Mine Workers of America
Winding Gulf Operators Association
Boyle, William Anthony, 1904-1985
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969