UMWA

Event Announcement: Trish Kahle speaks about Union Democracy in the Appalachian Coalfields

Public Relations Team — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:46:02 -0400

Trish Kahle, a doctoral student in the history department at the University of Chicago, will present an overview of her current research at a brown-bag lecture at noon on Thursday, September 10, in the Reuther Conference Room of the Walter P. Reuther Library.

Her presentation, entitled, "Jobs, Lives, and Land: Energy, Environmentalism, and Union Democracy in the Appalachian Coalfields," examines the Miners for Democracy, arguably the most successful union democracy movement of the 1960s and 1970s. read more »

(6778) Ludlow Massacre, Hawkins, Jones, Lawson, 1914

eclemens — Wed, 20 May 2015 10:48:20 -0400

Portrait of figures prominent in the coal strike: (l to r) Horace N. Hawkins, attorney for the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA); Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones); and John R. Lawson, international UMWA organizer, c. 1914.

(29932) Portrait, Mother Jones, 1915

eclemens — Wed, 20 May 2015 10:51:55 -0400

Portrait of Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones).

(33301) Portrait, Thomas Hickey, 1911

eclemens — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:54:26 -0400

Studio portrait of noted socialist, journalist, and co-founder of Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance, Thomas Hickey. Hickey holds a copy of the pamphlet entitled “Theodore Roosevelt: The Political Dr. Cook. A chronological review of the Political Life of Theodore Roosevelt.”

An inscription on the back reads: “My dear chum, that good fellow, (illegible) with the love of a comrade who appreciates him at his (illegible) worth. - Tom Hickey X”
- Dated January 30, 1911

Photograph is courtesy of the George and Grace Brewer Papers

(33638) Volunteers of America, Book Drive, Detroit, 1942

eclemens — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:59:25 -0400

Chaplain M. W. Gross, Priv. Ralph Klein, and Ralph Ulveling assist in collecting reading materials for servicemen overseas during a Volunteers of America book campaign.

Alabama Sentinel

kchinery — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:41:57 -0400

Unprocessed. Daily Strike Edition.

Constitutions and By-laws

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed. 1892, 1904, 1907, 1910, 1914, 1922, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956.

Contracts, Districts - 11

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed. District 11.

Contracts, Districts - 12

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed. District 12.

Contracts, Districts - 14, 21, 25

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Unprocessed. Districts 14, 21, 25.

Contracts, Districts - 15, 17, 19

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Unprocessed. Districts 15, 17, 19.

Contracts, Districts - 2, 3, 5

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed. Districts 2, 3, and 5.

Contracts, Districts - 21

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed. District 21.

Contracts, Districts - 6, 9, 10

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed. Districts 6, 9, and 10.

Convention Proceedings

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed. 1902, 1912, 1919-1921, 1924, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1973.

Convention Proceedings, District 12

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed

District 50 News

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:36 -0400

Unprocessed. Vols. 1-22.

Executive Board Minutes and Reports

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:36 -0400

Unprocessed

Miners for Democracy

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:36 -0400

Unprocessed

Miner’s Voice

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:36 -0400

Unprocessed

Officer Reports

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed

Publications

kchinery — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:21:13 -0400

Unprocessed. Contains agreements, constitutions, and newsletters.

Resolutions

kchinery — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:41:33 -0400

Unprocessed

Southwest Miner

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:36 -0400

Unprocessed

Stabilization of Bi-tuminous Coal Mining Industry

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed

UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed

United Mine Workers Election

kchinery — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:35 -0400

Unprocessed

United Mine Worker’s Journal

kchinery — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:41:15 -0400

Unprocessed