230.75 Linear Feet, Summary: 230 ft. 9 1/4 in. (548 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 records carton, 15 in.); (3 small flat
storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (2 ledgers, 2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.); 3 reels of
microfilm
Creator
West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
The West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO, which was formed in 1958, includes the records of those organizations which preceded
it: the West Virginia Industrial Union Council (CIO) and the West Virginia State Federation of Labor, unofficially and more
commonly known as the West Virginia Federation of Labor (AFL). There is from the AFL affiliate Congressional correspondence;
officers' files (president and secretary-treasurer); delegate convention files; financial records; auditors' reports; and
the records of allied trade unions and labor councils. The presidential files include the correspondence of Tom Cairnes (1938-40)
and E.A. Carter (1945-57). There are general files of the state headquarters including those of the executive board and of
the educational department. Also there are the records of the Parkersburg Central Trades and Labor Council (1924-42) and of
the Wheeling Typographical Union, No. 79 (1904-07, 1921). The files of the West Virginia Industrial Union Council, CIO (1937-57)
contain executive secretary-treasurer files, financial records, and central office correspondence.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Papers, A&M 1658, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.