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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. ]

This box contains 26 publications on mining safety and the mining industry. Contents include a collection of historic state mine reports, Department of the Interior publications, International Labor Office (ILO) mine safety training reports, and other miscellaneous publications, mostly related to coal mining.

This box consists of miscellaneous mining reports, publications, and other government publications about mining safety in the US and other countries, including Germany and Poland, and vintage books from 1917-1956. There are 11 books, 8 publications, 2 miscellaneous typed reports, and one expandable report binder. Some notable content includes materials from the International Mine Conference held in Poland in 1981, assorted State Annual Reports, a cost/benefit analysis of Deep Mine Federal Safety Legislation and Enforcement from 1980, and information about actions to weaken the Mine Health & Safety Act and Underground Coal Mine Ventilation Standards in the 1980s.

This box contains binders and publications that pertain to mining fatalities, mining safety, mining regulations, and other miscellaneous topics. Formats include books, reports, magazines and newsletters, government documents, and indexes.

This box consists of papers related to the Monongah mining disaster, including copies of newpaper clippings, interviews, and images. This box also contains papers that pertain to the creation of the Monongah 1907 film, including as acknowledgments and correspondence. Materials were organized alphabetically by the donor, from Acknowledgements to Future Research.

This box consists of papers related to the Monongah mining disaster and includes research materials organized alphabetically by the donor, from Galloway to McAteer.

This box consists of files related to the Monongah mining disaster and film and includes research materials organized alphabetically by the donor, from McClure to Zanesville.

This box contains papers and photographs that the donor collected and used for research and other aspects of the creation of the 1984 film Monongah 1907. Types of papers include facsimiles of newspapers, government reports, typed copies of the movie's narrator script, photographs and artist works used in the film, handwritten notes, and tick lists, which are checklists of things to be done (or ticked off) in relation to the creation of a film.

This box contains 21 (non-consecutive) volumes of the Report of Anthracite Board of Conciliation . The earliest volume is XI, and the latest is XXXII. There is also one publication titled Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania Part 1 - Anthracite.

This box contains 32 publications related to occupational safety and health, mining safety, and the coal mining industry.