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West Virginia and Regional History Center

American Flint Glass Workers Union, Papers

1.7 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)
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.
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American Flint Glass Workers Union, Papers 1.7 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)

American Flint Glass Workers' Union
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.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

American Flint Glass Workers Union Papers

11.5 Linear Feet Summary: 11 ft. 5 3/4 in. (23 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 clamshell box, 3 in.); (2 books, 1 in. each); (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)
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 artifact, and a cassette tape. Addendum materials pertain to Fostoria Glass Company and American Flint Glass Workers Union, mostly Local Union #10 but also #507, of Moundsville. Some of the material in the addendum was used by Dr. Kenneth Fones-Wolf in researching his book, Glass Towns. For a collection of his research papers, please see A&M 5170. For more information on the addendum, see the Scope and Content Note.
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American Flint Glass Workers Union Papers 11.5 Linear Feet Summary: 11 ft. 5 3/4 in. (23 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 clamshell box, 3 in.); (2 books, 1 in. each); (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)

American Flint Glass Workers' Union, Local 10 (Moundsville, West Virginia)
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 artifact, and a cassette tape. Addendum materials pertain to Fostoria Glass Company and American Flint Glass Workers Union, mostly Local Union #10 but also #507, of Moundsville. Some of the material in the addendum was used by Dr. Kenneth Fones-Wolf in researching his book, Glass Towns. For a collection of his research papers, please see A&M 5170. For more information on the addendum, see the Scope and Content Note.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Research Papers Regarding West Virginia History

1.6 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 6 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.)
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 A&M 2141. Topics include the West Virginia coal mine wars (1912-1927); West Virginia tax reform and economy (1900s-1950s); and individuals related to coal mining, labor, and legislation (1902-1971). These individuals include Van A. Bittner, W.E. Chilton, Justus Collins (President of Winding Gulf Colliery Company), Walter S. Hallanan, Henry D. Hatfield, M.M. Neely, C.E. Smith, and Walter R. Thurmond. Also included is a copy of a dissertation titled "Rush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator, 1905-1942," by William Ellis Coffey of WVU (1970), and a typescript copy of a manuscript by Dr. James Morton Callahan titled "History of West Virginia University: Problems and Policies." The Callahan typescript also includes annotations by Summers (ca. 1966).
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Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Research Papers Regarding West Virginia History 1.6 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 6 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.)

Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971
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 A&M 2141. Topics include the West Virginia coal mine wars (1912-1927); West Virginia tax reform and economy (1900s-1950s); and individuals related to coal mining, labor, and legislation (1902-1971). These individuals include Van A. Bittner, W.E. Chilton, Justus Collins (President of Winding Gulf Colliery Company), Walter S. Hallanan, Henry D. Hatfield, M.M. Neely, C.E. Smith, and Walter R. Thurmond. Also included is a copy of a dissertation titled "Rush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator, 1905-1942," by William Ellis Coffey of WVU (1970), and a typescript copy of a manuscript by Dr. James Morton Callahan titled "History of West Virginia University: Problems and Policies." The Callahan typescript also includes annotations by Summers (ca. 1966).
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Leon A. Pryzbylinski, Collector, Pamphlets and Other Material regarding Labor History and the Cooperative Movement

4.25 Linear Feet 4 ft. 3 in. (10 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 package, 1 in.)
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 concerning socialism, trade unionism, and the welfare of the working class. There are also clippings and magazine articles on these subjects. Included is a copy of the National Berger Memorial Edition of the Milwaukee Leader from August 7, 1930, and a typescript mimeograph copy of the proceedings of a meeting entitled "Who is Calvin Coolidge?" chaired by Oswald Garrison Villard, April 12, 1927. This group of materials comprises 8 boxes. Two boxes contain the material collected by Mr. Pryzbylinski on the co-operative movement. Includes the cooperative league's publication, Cooperation, and Consumer cooperation for 1929-1939; cooperative Association yearbooks; 67 pamphlets on the cooperative movement; newspaper and magazine clippings; and one bound volume, no. IX, of the Cooperative Builder, published in Superior, Wisconsin, for 1934.
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Leon A. Pryzbylinski, Collector, Pamphlets and Other Material regarding Labor History and the Cooperative Movement 4.25 Linear Feet 4 ft. 3 in. (10 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 package, 1 in.)

Pryzbylinski, Leon A.
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 concerning socialism, trade unionism, and the welfare of the working class. There are also clippings and magazine articles on these subjects. Included is a copy of the National Berger Memorial Edition of the Milwaukee Leader from August 7, 1930, and a typescript mimeograph copy of the proceedings of a meeting entitled "Who is Calvin Coolidge?" chaired by Oswald Garrison Villard, April 12, 1927. This group of materials comprises 8 boxes. Two boxes contain the material collected by Mr. Pryzbylinski on the co-operative movement. Includes the cooperative league's publication, Cooperation, and Consumer cooperation for 1929-1939; cooperative Association yearbooks; 67 pamphlets on the cooperative movement; newspaper and magazine clippings; and one bound volume, no. IX, of the Cooperative Builder, published in Superior, Wisconsin, for 1934.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Macil Ingram, Compiler, AFL-CIO Dept. of Education Materials

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)
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 Political Education, COPE. Collection also contains newsletters and other labor materials related to the West Virginia State Federation of Labor and state right-to-work laws, including 1955 meeting minutes of the Kanawha Valley Central Labor Union and that union's "We Do Not Patronize" list of businesses that do not employ union members.
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Macil Ingram, Compiler, AFL-CIO Dept. of Education Materials 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Ingram, Mrs. Macil
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 Political Education, COPE. Collection also contains newsletters and other labor materials related to the West Virginia State Federation of Labor and state right-to-work laws, including 1955 meeting minutes of the Kanawha Valley Central Labor Union and that union's "We Do Not Patronize" list of businesses that do not employ union members.
George Mason University

Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings collection

1.25 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
This collection contains LP phonograph albums containing a variety of music, oral history, and musical scores. This box was found unlabeled and might be associated with another collection.
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Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings collection 1.25 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
This collection contains LP phonograph albums containing a variety of music, oral history, and musical scores. This box was found unlabeled and might be associated with another collection.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Nat Goldman Correspondence

0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
This collection includes the correspondance of Nat Goldman, an auditor for the Textile Workers Union of America CIO. His letters from 1946 through 1949 are addressed to his girlfiend Rebecca "Reba" Baron in New York City, New York, including love letters to her and descriptions of his travels and work for the union. He writes about the innerworkings of locations and dissenment within the union. Most of the letters are from Virginia, but there are a few from his travels to Tennessee, Conecticut, and Wisconsin.
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Nat Goldman Correspondence 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Goldman, Nat (Nathan), b. 1919
This collection includes the correspondance of Nat Goldman, an auditor for the Textile Workers Union of America CIO. His letters from 1946 through 1949 are addressed to his girlfiend Rebecca "Reba" Baron in New York City, New York, including love letters to her and descriptions of his travels and work for the union. He writes about the innerworkings of locations and dissenment within the union. Most of the letters are from Virginia, but there are a few from his travels to Tennessee, Conecticut, and Wisconsin.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Panoramic Photographs Collection

.7 Linear Feet Summary: 8 1/4 in. (2 very long flat storage boxes, 1 3/4 in. each); (1 long flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.) (1 item, 3/4 in.) 0.41 Gigabytes 3 files, formats include .tif and .jpg
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 Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), the United Steelworkers of America, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), and more. Businesses include the Morgan Shirt Company, the Greenbrier Ore Company, the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, and more. These photographs include both original and facsimile materials that are either separated from other collections, or are not associated with any collection. Some items may be Cirkut photos; a few items are negatives. See Scope and Content note for contents list.
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Panoramic Photographs Collection .7 Linear Feet Summary: 8 1/4 in. (2 very long flat storage boxes, 1 3/4 in. each); (1 long flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.) (1 item, 3/4 in.) 0.41 Gigabytes 3 files, formats include .tif and .jpg

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 Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), the United Steelworkers of America, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), and more. Businesses include the Morgan Shirt Company, the Greenbrier Ore Company, the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, and more. These photographs include both original and facsimile materials that are either separated from other collections, or are not associated with any collection. Some items may be Cirkut photos; a few items are negatives. See Scope and Content note for contents list.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Steel Workers of America, Union Button

.01 Linear Feet 1 item (1 folder)

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.

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United Steel Workers of America, Union Button .01 Linear Feet 1 item (1 folder)

United Steelworkers

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.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

W. Jett Lauck papers

212 Cubic Feet

The W. Jett Lauck collection consists of his professional, business and personal papers as an economist, statistician and government consultant on immigration, banking, railroads, coal, and unemployment problems as well as other facets of labor in the United States. Included are correspondence, scrapbooks of news clippings reflecting his activities, labor reports and studies, drafts of congressional bills, legal briefs, and other material concerning labor problems in the United States from its formative World War I years until 1949. They begin with his association with the progressive labor codes of the Taft-Walsh Labor Relations Commission and continue with the Railway Labor Act of 1926; the fight to gain recognition of labor's right to collective bargaining "through representatives of their own choosing" under the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933; the incorporation of its principles in the National Labor Relations Act; and further activity in defense of this act.

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W. Jett Lauck papers 212 Cubic Feet

Lauck, W. Jett (Lauck, William Jett), 1879-1949

The W. Jett Lauck collection consists of his professional, business and personal papers as an economist, statistician and government consultant on immigration, banking, railroads, coal, and unemployment problems as well as other facets of labor in the United States. Included are correspondence, scrapbooks of news clippings reflecting his activities, labor reports and studies, drafts of congressional bills, legal briefs, and other material concerning labor problems in the United States from its formative World War I years until 1949. They begin with his association with the progressive labor codes of the Taft-Walsh Labor Relations Commission and continue with the Railway Labor Act of 1926; the fight to gain recognition of labor's right to collective bargaining "through representatives of their own choosing" under the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933; the incorporation of its principles in the National Labor Relations Act; and further activity in defense of this act.

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