A&M 2796Pocahontas Operators Association Records A&M 2796Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-09 12:02:17 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Pocahontas Operators Association Records Pocahontas Operators Association A&M 2796 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/899 1.15 Linear Feet 1 document case, 5 in.; 5 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each 1941-1973 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. 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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 Coal industry. Coal mining - coal operators associations. Coal mining. Coal operators associations. Environmentalism Politics and government. United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 Union names. Unions - UMWA. Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. World War, 1939-1945 -- Labor World War, 1939-1945 Pocahontas Operators Association Smokeless Coal Operators Association Southern Virginias Operators Association United Mine Workers of America Winding Gulf Operators Association Boyle, William Anthony, 1904-1985 Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969