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Start Over Collection J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety, 1860/2013, bulk 1970/2010 Date range 1939

J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety, 1860/2013, bulk 1970/2010 325.35 Linear Feet (181 records cartons, 15 in. each); (10 records cartons, 17 in. each); (27 map boxes, 6 in. each); (1 map box, 5 in.); (1 map box, 6.5 in.); (6 document cases, 2.5 in. each); (26 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 4 in.); (7 flat storage boxes, 1.5 in. each); (3 flat storage boxes, 2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 2.5 in.); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each); (3 flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (3 flat storage boxes, 4 in. each); (3 artifact boxes, 6.5 in. each); (1 oversize artifact box, 12 in.); (4 unboxed oversize posters, 0.5 in. total); (12 unboxed oversize mining implements, 48 ft. 10.25 in. total); (1 unboxed oversize office chair, 1 ft. 7.5 in.)

McAteer, J. Davitt

Papers of J. Davitt McAteer documenting his advocacy for mining and other occupational safety. A lawyer and expert on mine safety and health issues, he served as an Assistant Labor Secretary for the Mine Safety and Health Administration from 1993 to 2000. McAteer was also appointed lead investigator into the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster by Governor Manchin in 2010. The collection includes accident investigation reports, conference files, correspondence, health and safety manuals, mine disaster historical files, press clippings, publications, and reports, among other material.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Labor History Class Curriculum Project - Humanities Council - Part 2, 1913/1992, bulk 1990/1992 Box 156

This box contains miscellaneous materials related to JDM's labor history work in the 1990s and his work to create a school curriculum related to the topic for the National Humanities Council. Formats include clippings, publications, reports, resource manuals, correspondence, and other miscellaneous documents. Additional topics include A B Normal White Centers information, which the donor described as a fraudulent scheme on the part of the coal industry to produce coal dust samples to comply with the legal requirements; historical articles about company stores; and Mother Jones.[If the folder titles are really topics instead, feel free to remove them as folders and add them to the SC note. ]

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety, 1860/2013, bulk 1970/2010
  3. Series 15. Addendum of 2024 February, 1889/2007
  4. Occupational Health and Safety, 1913/2004

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