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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.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Robert E. Maynard, Sr. Collection of Coal Mining and Industrial Stickers 1.25 Linear Feet 15 in. (1 record carton)

Maynard, Robert E., II

Sticker and decal collection representing the West Virginia and regional coal mining industry and ancillary support industries, including trucking. Highlights include Valvoline Racing Oil, ARCH Coal Company of West Virginia, numerous safety reminder stickers, and many union representation stickers. Some well represented unions include the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), among others. Robert E. Maynard, Sr. (1944-2021) was part of the West Virginia coal mining industry up until his retirement in 2002. This collection is minimally processed.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Mine Workers of America Inventory 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

United Mine Workers of America
Preliminary inventory of the archives of the United Mine Workers of America conducted circa 1985. Inventory was conducted by the West Virginia Collection at the request of the UMWA, in order to help the labor organization prepare to send the materials to an archival repository. Collection contains a three-page explanation of the inventory process and the twenty-seven page inventory. Inventory notes types of materials (correspondence, subject files, financial reports, meeting minutes, circulars, legal files, etc.), date span for each series, linear feet for each series, and a brief description of the content of the materials. It appears that some material related to the UMWA Health and Retirement Funds was donated to the West Virginia Collection and is now part of A&M 2769, UMWA Health and Retirement Funds Archive. Other series from this collection appear to be located at the Pennsylvania State University Special Collections Library.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wayne L. Dernoncourt Papers 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Dernoncourt, Wayne L., 1918-1981
This collection consists of the papers of Textile Workers Union of America vice president Wayne Dernoncourt, including circular letters, printed materials, memorabilia, and photographs.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Women Miners Oral History Project Records and Recordings 25.7 Gigabytes 291 digital files, including .docx, .HEIC, .jpg, .m4a, .mp3, .mp4, .mov, .pdf, .tif, and .wav.

Boyer, Bonnie

This collection contains materials created for the Women Miners Oral History Project, moslty oral history recordings and transcripts. Oral history interviewees include Bonnie Boyer, Tammy Brock, Lisa Parnell Christiansen, Kipp Dawson, Brenda Ellis, Betty Jean Hall, Jody Hogge, Shirley Hyche, Carol Jones, Goldie Kiser, Libby Lindsay Dingess, Doris Magan, Ella Thomas, and Barbara Ward.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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