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Start Over Date range 1949 Subjects Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.

Painters Local Union, No. 91, Wheeling, Records 2.1 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 1 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each)

Painters Local Union, No. 91, Wheeling

Papers of the Painters Local Union No. 91 in Wheeling, WV, including minute books, account books, and membership and dues records (1886-1924); typescript minutes (1941-1954); correspondence, (1886, 1943-1952); and receipts, contracts, and pamphlets (1886-1958).

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Paul Nyden, Collector, Five Unpublished Manuscripts Dealing with Coal Mining, Miners, and Unions 0.77 Linear Feet 9 1/4 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Nyden, Paul

Five unpublished manuscripts relating to coal mining, miners, and unions, in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
(1) Tom Myerscough, Bloody Hell in Kentucky, circa 1932, a fictionalized account of the National Miners Union strike in Harlan County, Kentucky, in 1931. Myerscough became an organizer and then president of the National Miners Union.
(2) Adam Getto, Autobiography, 1975, an autobiography of his experiences as a union section leader at Bethlehem Steel's Ellsworth Mine in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania.
(3) Miriam Schultz, Bread Upon the Waters, circa 1970, a novel about coal miners in western Pennsylvania.
(4) Miriam Schultz, "Larry Corcoran," circa 1970, a short story about a coal miner in western Pennsylvania.
(5) Tony Sabo, Stripped Naked in Public, circa 1971, an autobiographical account about his life in coal towns in northern West Virginia and his work in the Welfare Rights Organization.
Microfilm contains copies of Autobiography, Stripped Naked in Public, and "Larry Corcoran."

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Pocahontas Operators Association Records 1.15 Linear Feet 1 document case, 5 in.; 5 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each

Pocahontas Operators Association
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.
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Progressive Mine Workers of America, Archives 16.94 Linear Feet Summary: 16 ft. 11 1/4 in. (35 document cases, 5 in.); (2 ledger books, 2 1/2 in.); (3 bound volumes, 10 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.); (2 artifact storage boxes, 3/4 in.); (8 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Progressive Mine Workers of America

Records of the Progressive Mine Workers of America.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Teamsters Local 175, Scrapbook and Diary 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 wrapped scrapbook; 1 wrapped diary)

Teamsters Union. Local 175
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 bills, state labor legislative proposals and charges of corruption in West Virginia's handling of the WPA. There is mention of the 1940 Charleston construction trades strike and also of that city's segregated neighborhood housing projects as well as material reflecting the predominant racist attitudes of that era. Places mentioned are Bluefield, Charleston, Fairmont, Grafton, Logan, Morgantown, and Wheeling. People mentioned are Van A. Bittner, Tom Cairnes, F.J. Dillon, William Green, Rush D. Holt, John L. Lewis, Joe Ozanic, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Frank W. Snyder.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Glass and Ceramic Workers of America Local Union No. 2 (Clarksburg, WV) Papers 10.6 Linear Feet 10 ft. 6 1/2 in. (24 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (6 unboxed ledgers, 4 in.)

United Glass and Ceramic Workers of America. Local 2 (Clarksburg, West Virginia)

Financial records, newsletters, minutes, correspondence and inter-factory memos of Clarksburg Union Local No.2. There are also records of grievances, arbitration, and union attendance.

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United Mine Workers of America, District 6, Records 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

United Mine Workers of America. District 6
20 items relating to union organizing in District 6, UMWA (eastern Ohio). Includes court injunctions against UMWA, 1951; affidavits with complaints against UMWA organizers, 1951; list of loyal UMWA members; a letter, 20 February 1951, transmitting this material from George Waters to Steve Kubic; also two credentials for UMWA conventions, 1949 and 1952.
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United Mine Workers of America, Local Union 6046, Archives 0.8 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases; 5 in.)

United Mine Workers of America. Local Union 6046
Minutes, correspondence, grievance case files, and union campaign material of union locals in the New River field. The correspondence concerns implementation of national bituminous coal mine contracts, local 6046's members' benefits, safety and working conditions in the Lochgelly mine, and state and federal legislation sought by the UMW. The minutes of Local 6046 meetings summarize all matters discussed and acted on, including reports from the local's mine and safety committees, expenses, contributions of money from employed members to sick or unemployed members, adjustment of disputes between miners and management and between the miners themselves. The grievance files reveal official relationships between the local, UMW District 29 and the national headquarters as well as relations with the supervisory personnel of the New River Coal Company.
  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

United Toy Workers Union, Local 149, Archives 4.72 Linear Feet Summary: 4 ft. 8 1/2 in. (10 document cases, 5 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1 item); (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

United Toy Workers Union. Local 149 (Glen Dale, W. Va.)
This collection contains the archives of Local 149 of the United Toy Workers Union, organized in 1934 at the Louis Marx & Company toy factory in Glen Dale, West Virginia. Among the records are constitutions, bylaws, contracts, minutes, correspondence, clippings, grievance committee materials, job postings, rate schedules, seniority lists, information on insurance and pension plans.
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