A&M 2284Teamsters Local 175, Scrapbook and Diary, 1938-1949 A&M 2284Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 08:08:08 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Teamsters Local 175, Scrapbook and Diary Teamsters Union. Local 175 A&M 2284 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/6191 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 wrapped scrapbook; 1 wrapped diary) 1938-1949 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. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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 Bluefield (W. Va.) Charleston. Fairmont. Grafton. Logan (W. Va.) Morgantown (W. Va.) Wheeling (W. Va.) Elections Strikes and lockouts Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor Labor unions - Teamsters. Labor New Deal, 1933-1939 Union names. Unions - Progressive Mine Workers of America. Unions - Teamsters. Unions - UMWA. Unions. Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. New Deal, 1933-1939 American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) International Brotherhood of Teamsters Progressive Mine Workers of America Teamsters Union. Local 175 Teamsters Union United Mine Workers of America United States. Works Progress Administration Andrews, Volney. Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 Cairnes, Tom. Cairns, Thomas. Dillon, F.J. Green, William. Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 Ozanic, Joseph Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Snyder, Frank W.