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    <abstract id="aspace_56fdf34c3f748aefcc5601f6cbdddba5">Material and campaign literature from the campaign of Elijah Wolford for the presidency of the union, 1969. Includes a letter from a campaign committee, the campaign platform, reprint of remarks by Congressman Ken Hechler in the United States House of Representatives, and a report on "Conspiracy in Coal" by T.N. Bethell.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], United Mine Workers of America, Miscellaneous Papers and Union President Election Material Regarding Elijah Wolford, A&amp;M 2126, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="ingest">Coal mining - Labor organization.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Union names.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.</subject>
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    <corpname source="local_LC">United Mine Workers of America. Local 90 (Watson, W. Va.)</corpname>
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    <persname source="ingest">Wolford, Elijah.</persname>
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