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Box 59b is restricted for 75 years from date of creation (thru 2086).
Box 121 is restricted for 75 years from date of creation (latest 2086), except for the health records which will be open after 100 years of creation (2086 and 3011), per WVRHC policy, which is as follows:
"Records containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) that do not have separate donor restrictions will be restricted until the death of the donor, assumed to be 75 years from date of record creation. Users may complete the Agreement for the Use of Restricted Materials to request access to these materials prior to the expiration of the restriction.
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Box 136, Center for Law and Social Policy Chronological Files, contains at least one Social Security Number (in folder 2); please contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center in advance to request access.
Box 150, Miscellaneous Material from McAteer's MSHA Work (Part 1), contains restricted material, possibly including PII and financial information. Please contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center to request access.
Box 190, Sago box 2 of 4, contains PII in the folder labeled Sago Family Lists. Researchers can sign our Agreement for the Use of Sensitive Materials to use the material in aggregate; the restriction can be lifted 75 years from the date of creation.
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety, A&M 4219, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Gift of McAteer, J. Davitt, 2017-2024.
Due to returning material to the donor, boxes 80a-c and 115 are no longer in the collection.
J. Davitt McAteer has devoted much of his professional efforts to mine health and safety issues, including efforts to enact the landmark 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Acts. In the 1970s, Mr. McAteer led the safety and health programs of the United Mine Workers and founded the Occupational Safety and Health Law Center. He is a former assistant secretary for Mine Safety and Health at the United States Department of Labor (1993-2000) and also served nearly two years as the Acting Solicitor for the Department of Labor. He has also served as Vice President of Sponsored Programs and Interim President at Wheeling Jesuit University, where he lead several national centers that impact economic development, education and mine safety.
In April 2010, West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin appointed Mr. McAteer to conduct an investigation into the explosion that killed 29 miners at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Governor Manchin also appointed Mr. McAteer to investigate the Sago Mine Disaster and the Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine Fire in 2006. Two of the produced reports included recommendations to improve mine safety in West Virginia and across the nation.
Mr. McAteer is the author of Monongah: The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster, The Worst Industrial Accident in U.S. History, which was awarded the 2008 Bronze Prize for history in the Independent Publishers Book Awards. He is the recipient of the 2008 David P. Rall Award for Advocacy in Public Health by the American Public Health Association.
(Adapted from "Coal: Powering Our Future." Views and Visions: A publication of Bowles Rice McDavid Graff and Love LLP. Summer 2010. Accessed January 22, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20180823180538/https://www.bowlesrice.com/media/vision/23_vv_Summer10_LR.pdf.)
Papers of J. Davitt McAteer documenting his advocacy for mining and other occupational safety. A lawyer and expert on mine safety and health issues, he served as an Assistant Labor Secretary for the Mine Safety and Health Administration from 1993 to 2000. McAteer was also appointed lead investigator into the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster by Governor Manchin in 2010. The collection includes accident investigation reports, conference files, correspondence, health and safety manuals, mine disaster historical files, press clippings, publications, and reports, among other material.
Topics include mine disasters (such as the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster [2010], Aracoma Alma Mine Accident [2006], Farmington Mine Disaster [1968], etc.), occupational safety (including black lung and white lung, accidents, United States rules and regulations, etc.), international occupational safety and regulations, project proposals (including a trip to South Africa to work with the National Union of Mineworkers), mining history, and other similar topics.
Series Include:
Series 1. Papers Arranged by Subject (Boxes 1-49), 1903-1912, 1932-2020
Series 2. Mine Disasters (Boxes 50-59b), 1869, 1907-1936, 1972-2015
Series 3. Books (Boxes 60a-69), 1906–2015
Series 4. Audio/Visual (Boxes 70-73), 1973–2015
Series 5. Artifacts (Boxes 74a-81), 1918, 1960s-2010
Series 6. Oversize, General (Box 82 and unboxed), late 19th century-2010
Series 7. Oversize, Maps (Boxes 83-85), 1960–1972
Series 8. Oversize, Upper Big Branch Maps (Boxes 86-110), 2005–2010
Series 9. Wheeling Jesuit University Files (Boxes 111a-114), 2002–2012
Series 10. Addendum of 2021 July 16 (Boxes 116-120), 1900s-2013
Series 11. Addendum of 2022 June 20 (Boxes 122-131), 1920s-1998
Series 12. Addendum of 2021 August 12, Miner's Shirt (Box 132), circa 1978
Series 13. Addendum of 2021 December 21, Letter (Box 59a, folder 46), 2017 May 16
Series 14. Addendum of 2022 August 01, Letters (Box 127, folder 18), 1971 January 22 to 1973 February 21, undated
Series 15. Addendum of 2024 February (Boxes 133-253), 1889-2007
The Mine Safety and Health Administration has made available data and reports pertaining to the Upper Big Branch mine disaster investigation at Upper Big Branch Mine-South, Performance Coal Company .
This series includes correspondence, reports, legal files, research papers, publications, and other material regarding occupational and mining safety, United States occupational and mining rules and regulations, American and international occupational and mining accidents, black lung and white lung diseases, project proposals and fundraising, international mining safety and trips (including those to South Africa and Europe), health and safety manuals, labor unions, and other such topics.
This series includes research, publications, and other material regarding American mine disasters and accidents, including the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster [2010], Aracoma Alma Mine Accident [2006], Farmington Mine Disaster [1968], and other earlier disasters. This series mainly consists of material on the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, as McAteer was appointed head independent investigator of the Governor's Independent Investigative Panel by Governor Joe Manchin soon after the disaster. For detailed maps created during this investigation, please see Series 8. Oversize, Upper Big Branch Maps (Boxes 86-110). See also the letter in Series 13.
This series consists of books, booklets, binders, and other publications regarding occupational and mining safety, occupational and mining history, occupational and mining disasters and accidents, union strikes and history, West Virginia history, and other such topics.
This series consists of VHS cassettes, audiocassettes, and other audio/visual material regarding mining and occupational safety and other topics. Many tapes of "Appalshop," a documentary program focusing on Appalachian culture and history, are available, as well as recordings of interviews made by McAteer on mining safety and mine disasters.
This series consists of various artifacts regarding mining safety, mining history, unions, and other such topics, including photographs, posters, awards, commemorative coins, and other such objects. Notable objects include a set of seal presses and seal press plates from various local chapters of the United Mine Workers of America, and a set of commemorative neckties from various mining organizations in the United Kingdom. See series 12 for an additional artifact.
This series consists of oversize artifacts, including international mine safety posters, a set of late 19th century-early 20th century mining implements, and an office chair owned by John L. Lewis, union activist and former President of the United Mine Workers of America.
This series includes maps of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, and other states used by the Miners for Democracy to display voting locations.
This series consists of maps and some photographs created during the investigation of the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster [2010] and a few maps of the Aracoma Alma Mine accident [2006]. The descriptions of the maps are based on transcriptions of text found on the maps themselves, including location codes, mapping team names, dates, and sometimes labels. Other than the transcribed text used for description, there is little or no additional textual content on most of these maps.
According to McAteer:
The maps are the result of a project to map the explosion of the Upper Big Branch Mine in 2010. The mapping involved an analysis of charcol resulting from the explosion of the coal to determine direction, speed, and force of the explosion. The maps are dated by when an investigation was conducted on a section of the mine represented by a map.
The alpha-numerics associated with the maps correlate to the MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) report of the Upper Big Branch explosion.
There were four teams conducting the investigation which took place over 10 months, 12 hours per day. Each day maps (of where the explosion occurred) were prepared for the teams, which met briefly in the morning at 6am. During the physical investigation, evidence was recorded onto the maps showing the results of flame and explosion. There are accompanying pictures to the report. The accumulated evidence formed the basis of the MSHA report.
This series consists of papers, correspondence, publications, and other material from McAteer's time as Vice President of Special Programs at Wheeling Jesuit University. Topics include the HEALTHeWV and HEALTHeSTATES programs, the Coal Impoundment Program and Community Alert program, the Wheeling Jesuit International Mining Health and Safety Symposium, and other such topics.
In April 2024, material was removed and returned to the donor. Contents was reboxed to eliminate empty space; citations from prior to this date may have incorrect box and folder information. Box 111a is also intentionally missing folders 3 and 5.
Additional papers of J. Davitt McAteer. Materials include research for McAteer's book on the Monongah Mine Disaster, Mine Safety and Health Administration binders, news articles and other works written by McAteer, research on the Buffalo Creek Mine Disaster, material from a coal mine health and safety study (1969), assorted papers and correspondence, material regarding Campaign Continental, and a folder of photo tapes and audiocassettes.
This series contains materials pertaining to a Coal Mine Health and Safety Study of 1969, including research materials, correspondence, notes, and related clippings that were collected and organized by J. Davitt McAteer.
This series, labelled Miscellaneous Assortment by the donor, includes various correspondence sent from and received by J. Davitt McAteer, collected articles, newsletters, and clippings related to his professional and personal activities, and other miscellaneous papers.
This series includes assorted clippings and correspondence related to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), several ring-bound collections of mining safety articles and training materials, and various awards given to J. Davitt McAteer.
This addendum was reboxed but the original order of files was maintained, and so reflects the donor's arrangement, labeling, and inventory.
"Negotiated Rule Making Covering Sand and Gravel Industries with the National Stone Association. Note: Remarkable Endeavor Because Negotiated Rulemaking Did Not Happen"
This series includes materials related to Campaign Continental and J. Davitt McAteer's involvement in the organization.
This series includes materials related to the Occupational Safety and Health Law Center and J. Davitt McAteer's involvement in the organization.
This series consists of research materials and clippings related to Hawaii and American Samoa environmental issues.
This series consists of research materials, notes, clippings, and correspondence related to the Buffalo Creek and Monongah Mine Disasters.
The original order was maintained and the donor's original folder titles were used. Subseries are derived from the donor-provided contents list.
Additional papers of J. Davitt McAteer. Materials include papers related to the Occupational Safety and Health Law Center (OSHLC); United Mine Workers' Association records; Mine Safety and Health Administration press, correspondence, and other related materials; news articles and other publications by McAteer; papers related to the Miners' Manual; mining maps and posters; research material from a coal mine health and safety study (1969); assorted clippings and correspondence; material regarding Campaign Continental; and published records of United States government proceedings, hearings, briefs, and reports that pertain to mining safety.
This series consists of a French miner's shirt that might have come from McAteer's visit to the site of the successor mine to Courrières, the largest French mining disaster, as a union gift. See series 3 for additional artifacts.
This series consists of a letter from Donald Blankenship to then-President Donald Trump regarding the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster investigation, copies of which were shared with several other individuals including J. Davitt McAteer.
This material consists of 5 letters written to writer Phil Primack in the early 1970s. Three are signed by WV Rep. Ken Hechler. One is from former UMWA president Arnold Miller. One is signed "Ed."
This series includes audiovisual and born-digital content that has not yet been reformatted. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Restrictions apply to the following:
Box 136, Center for Law and Social Policy Chronological Files, contains at least one Social Security Number (in folder 2); please contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center in advance to request access.
Box 150, Miscellaneous Material from JDM's MSHA Work (Part 1), contains restricted material, possibly including PII and financial information. Please contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center to request access.
Box 190, Sago box 2 of 4, contains PII in the folder labeled Sago Family Lists. Researchers can sign our form to use the material in aggregate; the restriction can be lifted 75 years from the date of creation.
The original order was maintained when possible and the donor's original folder titles, where provided, were used.
Additional papers of J. Davitt McAteer. Materials include documents related to McAteer's work with the Occupational Safety and Health Law Center (OSHLC); Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), including reports, correspondence, and other related materials; books, manuals, and other publications; papers related to the Miners' Manual and other industrial safety manuals along with related draft, research, and publication materials; occupational health and safety studies; occupational injury, illness, and fatality reports; assorted clippings and correspondence; material regarding McAteer's work with the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP); and published records of United States government proceedings, hearings, briefs, and reports that pertain to mining and other industrial health and safety issues.
Notable organizations mentioned (and their abbreviations, if any): Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), Consolidation Coal Company, Inc., CONSOL, Purdue, Inc., the West Virginia Humanities Council, the United States Department of Labor (DOL), the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA), The United States Department of the Interior (DOI), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the North Carolina Labor Department, Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy (DOE), International Labor Office (ILO), Caterpillar, Inc., World Bank, Council of the Southern Mountains, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Notable individuals in content: Robert Reich, Robert Shapiro, Bob J. Nash, Al Gore, William Clinton, Earl Dotter.
Other notable subjects: China, South Africa, World Trade Center, Ground Zero, 9/11/01, WVU Law School, Textile Industry, Mushroom Workers, Formaldehyde, Black Lung, Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs), Tug River Valley Petition, Surface Mine Control Reclamation Act (SMCRA), Labor History, mining accident and injury reports, Appalachian music, labor- and coal industry-related recordings, Sago, Wilburg, Rushton, Monongah.
Ths sub-series consists of files collected and organized during JDM's work with the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). They consist of chronological files of correspondence and other documentation.
These boxes contain chronological files of correspondence and other documentation that pertained to JDM's role at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP).
Ths sub-series contains materials related to International Labor Law, in some cases specifically international mining safety. Materials include but are not limited to correspondence, clippings, notes, reports, receipts, materials collected for research, travel documentation, publications, and other miscellaneous documents.
This box contains materials about South African mine safety and health, and includes South African Miners Manual.
This box contains materials related to JDM's travel in connection with international labor law and mining safety and health research, funded by the German Marshall Fund. This research led to the publication of law review articles in WVU and other law school publications. Topics include labor regulations in surface and other types of mining in the following locations: Indonesia, Italy, England and Great Britain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Russia, Belgium, Schwandorf and Germany, Romania, Ireland, France, Czechoslovakia, Geneva, India, and New Zealand. Formats include travel itineraries, correspondence, notes, travel journals, clippings, expense reports, receipts, publications, and other related materials.
This material consists of publications and papers related to JDM's study of international labor relations, occupational safety and health, and other miscellaneous topics. This box includes 6 binders; one is published OSHA regulation documentation, one contains collected materials about Hazard Communication Standards, and the rest (4) contain typed or handwritten notes. This box also includes international labor journals and other publications.
This series consists of materials related to JDM's work on cases of workplace safety at two Perdue chicken processing plants, one in North Carolina and one in Oklahoma. The NC Perdue issue occurred between 1990-1992. On 3-Sept-1991 in Hamlet, NC, a chicken processing plant caught fire, which resulted in 25 employee deaths. McAteer co-wrote an article about the incident for A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy . The Oklahoma Perdue issue involved employees reporting possible product and local environmental contamination, employee illness, and livestock death as a result of company use of vaccinations and chemicals at processing plants and farms. Content formats consist of documents related to court proceedings, articles and clippings, research materials and notes, correspondence, reports, publications, and other miscellaneous materials.
This box contains materials related to Perdue court proceedings in Oklahoma, including reports, articles and clippings, and correspondence. There are also some materials related to the NC Perdue lawsuits, as well as information about poultry workers in general.
This box includes documentation related to legal proceedings against Perdue, primarily legal files documenting the case of John C. Brooks, Commissioner of Labor of North Carolina vs. Perdue Farms, Inc. This court case was presented to the Safety and Health Review Board of North Carolina, and JDM acted as the complainant's legal counsel under the OSHLC. Also included are other miscellaneous papers related to the poultry industry.
This box consists of primarily loose books, booklets, and binders of information related to practicing law in NC at both state and federal level, publications from the NC Dept of Labor related to Occupational Safety and Health, and binders containing info about inspections conducted by USDA. Also includes two sets of documents, one is the court report of Brooks Vs. Perdue et al. and one is the Perdue Trauma Disorder Prevention & Management Program report. Presumably this was all information used by JDM to research and prepare for his role (as representative of OSHLC) in court proceedings in NC.
Audiovisual materials must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This sub-series consists of materials used by JDM to research, create, and promote the 1984 film "Monongah 1907." Included is historical research material focused on the mining disaster in 1907 and surrounding events, as well as material related to the production and promotion of the film dated 1984 and later. The format types include clippings, correspondence, notes, scripts, contracts, publications, photographs, and other miscellaneous documents. Audio-visual materials such as magnetic videotape film reels, Umatic video cassettes, and magnetic audio tape reels contain interviews and other promotional content for the film.
This box consists of files related to the Monongah mining disaster and film and includes research materials organized alphabetically by the donor, from McClure to Zanesville.
This box consists of papers related to the Monongah mining disaster and includes research materials organized alphabetically by the donor, from Galloway to McAteer.
This box consists of papers related to the Monongah 1907 film produced by JDM and includes materials organized alphabetically by the donor, from Bibliography to Young.
This box consists of papers related to the Monongah mining disaster, including copies of newpaper clippings, interviews, and images. This box also contains papers that pertain to the creation of the Monongah 1907 film, including as acknowledgments and correspondence. Materials were organized alphabetically by the donor, from Acknowledgements to Future Research.
This box contains papers and photographs that the donor collected and used for research and other aspects of the creation of the 1984 film Monongah 1907 . Types of papers include facsimiles of newspapers, government reports, typed copies of the movie's narrator script, photographs and artist works used in the film, handwritten notes, and tick lists, which are checklists of things to be done (or ticked off) in relation to the creation of a film.
Audiovisual materials must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Box 174 consists of 7 Umatic videocassettes, 4 Ampex magnetic tape film reels (1 inch?), and 1 Scotch 3M magnetic tape Master film reel of the Monongah 1907 movie and related promotional material. There is a contents list within the box listing 23 A/V items, which equals the total contents of boxes 172, 173, and 174. Box 172 consists of 5 (1 inch?) film reels: 2 Scotch 3M, 1 Ampex, 1 Sony, 1 Fuji. Box 173 consists of 2 small and 1 large magentic audio recording tapes and 3 Ampex (1 inch?) magnetic tape film reels. These items are all related to the Monongah 1907 movie about the mining disaster and its associated promotional material.
Box 190, Sago box 2 of 4, contains PII in the folder labeled Sago Family Lists. Researchers can sign our form to use the material
in aggregate; the restriction can be lifted 75 years from the date of creation.
This subseries includes audiovisual and born-digital content. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view
the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department
at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This series of boxes contains correspondence, reports, clippings, and other material related to the Sago mining disaster in January 2006.
Researchers may access born-digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Box 190, Sago box 2 of 4, contains PII in the folder labeled Sago Family Lists. Researchers can sign our form to use the material
in aggregate; the restriction can be lifted 75 years from the date of creation.
Researchers may access born-digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by
contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This box contains correspondence, reports, clippings, and other material related to the Sago mining disaster in January 2006. There are 3 CD-Rs in this box; all appear to be promotional material for mining safety equipment provided by companies to JDM. This content is similar to boxes 24 a & b: printed email correspondence, printed web content, newspapers and clippings, and handwritten notes. Notable content: a 3-ring binder containing the statement under oath from Randal McCloy, Jr., the only survivor of the Sago mine disaster.
Audiovisual materials must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
The boxes in this series include material related to mining disasters in Orangeville, Utah; Pittston, Pennsylvania; Buffalo Creek; and Tug Valley, WV. There is also some material related to mining disasters and fatalities in general, as well as mining policy and regulations and other miscellaneous content. This material includes clippings, reports, correspondence, notes, binders, publications such as government documents, court proceedings, magazines, newsletters, and books.
This box contains materials collected and arranged in binders by JDM, including court documents, reports, and research material related to the Buffalo Creek mining disaster.
This box contains documents and publications related to the Tug River flood, including hydrology reports, maps, clippings, & government documents. No donor-provided folder list but this box is all foldered and labeled with the exception of one unfoldered book at the front.
This box contains documents related to the Tug River flood and petition, including reports, correspondence, clippings, & government documents.
In 1979, the Tug Valley Petition was filed on behalf of citizens in its first ever designated filing, JDM and The Center for Law and Social Policy filed such a petition which ultimately failed, but established the first set of rules for such a designation.
Box 150, Miscellaneous Material from JDM's MSHA Work (Part 1), contains restricted material, possibly including PII and financial
information. Please contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center to request access.
Audiovisual materials must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view
the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department
at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This sub-series contains mining safety and Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)-related materials, such as reports, publications, clippings, correspondence, and other related content pertaining to MSHA, JDM's work regarding mining safety, and associated projects. Also included is information about the Mine Safety and Health Act, various reports on mining accidents and fatalities, and content related to mining disasters. Other materials in this sub-series include content related to JDM's research and work to provide legal defense in cases related to mining safety; mining safety manual creation materials and safety training documentation, including additional material related to the Miner's Manual publication; material pertaining to SCSRs, policy covering their use, and associated court cases; material from JDM's travel for research into international mining safety policy; information on Black Lung and other mining-related respiratory illness and injury; and various mine accident investigations and inquiries.
This box contains a miscellaneous assortment of materials related to JDM's work with MSHA and the UMWA. Covered topics include but are not limited to Cost Cutting Reductions/Downsizing, Borehole Post Sealing Recovery Plan - Galatia South, UMWA- Black Lung Conference 10/1996, Accident Investigation Report - Fatal Powered Haulage Accident 5/16/1996, Department Of Labor- Employment Standards Administration - proposed rule, North Carolina Geological Survey- Bulletin #4 - Road Materials and Road Construction in North Carolina - 1893, Final Report- Surface Haulage Truck Accident Trends; most of the material is not foldered. Formats include reports, correspondence, and other miscellaneous documents.
Audiovisual materials must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This box contains material related to the Rushton Mining Company and the Rushton Project (1972-1976). The Rushton Quality of Work Project attempted to improve Mine Safety & Health as well as Labor Relations in an experiment sanctioned by the Coal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1969 - which permitted the Union & Company to suspend traditional labor and contract laws as well as certain provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1969 and to experiment with a cooperative negotiation-based agreement. This occurred at the Rushton Mine in Pennsylvania and JDM was the Chief UMWA National Officer involved. Also included in this box is research on the Sunshine Mining Company in Idaho and a disaster that occurred there in May of 1972. The Sunshine Mining Company was a silver mine in Kellogg, Idaho; JDM researched this incident during his work with Ralph Nader and afterward provided testimony to House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on Labor members in support of mine safety reform. Other miscellaneous files related to additional research conducted by JDM on mining employee safety and health are also included. These papers include clippings, reports, correspondence, government documents, court documents, and notes.
This box contains papers related to MSHA including correspondence, reports, publications, bulletins, clippings, photos, and negatives. The photos and negatives are in the folder labeled Farmington - General. There are also some misc. papers unrelated to MSHA. The donor originally labeled this box JDM Mine Safety Work Pre-passage of the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Safety & Health Act and Implementation of that Act. It also includes material on his study of the Farmington disaster, his education, the Federal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1977, legal cases for the UMWA, etc.
Audiovisual materials must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This box contains 18 U-matic videotapes produced by the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the US Dept. of Labor, and two publications by the same. These materials cover various training topics and are dated from 1963 to 1987. The video publication dates range from 1963 to 1983, and the booklets were published between 1985 and 1987.
This box contains materials related to the Wilburg Mining Disaster in Orangeville, Utah. Notes from donor: "Company was attempting to set a production record, air compressor unsafe, MSHA complicit, JDM report." Documents on other mining fatalities, injuries, and disasters are also included. Formats include but are not limited to correspondence, notes, clippings, safety plans and amendments, witness statements and court testimony, MSHA fatal mining accident reports of 1982, and other government agency and organization reports.
This box contains court records and related documents on miners' need for Self-Contained Self-Rescuers (SCSRs) as part of their workplace safety provisions. Contents include Pittson Mine Disaster reports, litigation records, publications, and binders for the US Court of Appeals case: Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc., et al. (CSM) v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, Eckehard Muessig, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, and MSHA, and case: Consolidation Coal Co. v. Donovan, et al., all related to the provision of SCSRs to mining employees.
These boxes contains correspondence, reports, and other papers related to explosives and blasting research and litigation, court proceedings, and other MSHA dealings. Pertains to JDM's work during his time at the Center for Law and Social Policy. Includes some internal CLASP administrative documents. Notable contents include JDM's letter dated 11/7/1983 concerning the Safety and Detonations and Blasting units and 12/12/1983 Asst. Sec. Zegeer's reply and a related Kentucky court case.
These boxes contains material related to a trip JDM took to China July 11-August 3, 1980. The purpose of the trip was for various representatives from miners' unions and mining-related government entities to learn about mining health and safety initiatives in China and bring that knowledge back to the U.S. Papers include correspondence, a travel journal, expense reports, trip planning documentation, pamphlets and small publications, maps, posters, reports, and clippings. There are some papers in Chinese script.
This material includes miscellaneous papers related to MSHA creation and action. It is a combination of facsimiles and original reports, government publications, correspondence, handwritten notes, and miscellaneous papers and publications. Highlights include material on SCSRs, pentachlorophenol, MSHA accountability program, mine law history, and various MSHA/OSHA and NIOSH work. Also included are MSHA policy manual memos and MSHA reports on AC&C Analysis, Foot and Leg Injuries, Women Miner Fatals, and Accident Stats from 1983-1986 .
This box contains miscellaneous materials related to JDM's mining safety work in the 1990s and early 2000s. Includes government reports, financial documentation, correspondence, conference materials, and more.
This box contains miscellaneous research materials related to mining safety, mining disasters, and miners' legal defense. Materials include testimony for miners' widows' rights, UMWA safety publications, correspondence, and reports.
This box contains documents about mining safety litigation. JDM was involved as part of the Center for Law and Social Policy, which represented mine workers' interests.
This box contains correspondence related to miscellaneous MSHA policies.
Audiovisual materials must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This box contains photos, stickers, scrapbooks, and other memorabilia related to mining safety events and travel that JDM participated in in the 1980s and 1990s. Some items of note: photos and albums, mine safety stickers, a white binder of mine tour photos, with the first half of the binder Mine tour with Secretary Alexis Herman-and the second half of the binder: Mine tour Secretary of the Department of Labor, Robert Reich, U.S. Mine Delegation, China, 1980, Mining Tour, U.S. China Friendship Association, in which J. Davitt McAteer was the lead delegate, the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beckley, WV - South Africans' visit, Delegation from Mine Safety Division, Ministry of Internation trade and Industry, 11/7/94, Delegation from Japan Assoc. for Security of Explosives, Tokyo, 11/4/94, Delegation from Kazakhstan, 10/26/94, Holms Safety Meeting, Fairmont, WV - 83rd National Safety Council Congress and Exposition Certificate of Excellence, video tape of WBOY TV from labor Day Speech at Marion County Historical Museum, Chili - Copper Mine, Russia - MSHA Delegation 1998, 11/2/99 Caballo Mine, Gillette WY, 11/3/99 Spring Creek Decker, MT, Decker Mine, 11/4/99, Black Thunder Mine, Wright WY, Buckskin Mine, Gillette WY, Geneva, Switzerland, Mine Safety Conference 1997/1998, and many other miscellaneous photos.
This box contains miscellaneous materials considered "inactive" by the donor, related to JDM's role as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, other aspects of his professional life within MSHA, and his time as Solicitor for the Department of Labor. A notable item in this box is a resignation letter from JDM to former president William Clinton. Other notable names and subjects include Robert Reich, Robert Shapiro, Bob J. Nash, Al Gore, The Department of Labor, World Bank, Black Lung, Caterpillar, Inc., Department of Energy, and OSHA.
Box 150, Miscellaneous Material from JDM's MSHA Work (Part 1), contains restricted material, possibly including PII and financial information. Please contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center to request access.
Audiovisual materials must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This box contains materials that relate the the creation of MSHA and amendments of mining safety and regulatory policy. Additional highlights include material on the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 and its implementation, ventilation in mines, MSHA regulations and revisions of 1986, etc. The material includes clippings, reports, correspondence, drafts of speeches, handwritten notes, legal documentation, and other miscellaneous papers. There is one cassette.
This box contains litigation materials concerning self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs). Materials include court documents from the US Court of Appeals -Third Circuit- Case No. 81-2016: Consolidation Coal Co. v. Secretary of Labor and Council of the Southern Mountains & UMWA. During this case, between 1980-1981, JDM acted as counsel for the intervenor, Counsel of Southern Mountains. This litigation resulted in a decision that required the Department of Labor (MSHA) to promulgate regulations requiring SCSRs to be placed in U.S. Coal Mines.
This box contains reports from the Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), part of the US Dept of Labor. They contain fatal mining accident reports of incidents in 1979, 1980, and 1982 produced and compiled by MSHA. There are also Metal and Non-metal fatal accident reports from 1971-1980. Also included is a small envelope labeled "microfiche fatalities from MSHA" containing five sets of microfiche for each year of fatal accident reports from 1973-1977.
These boxes consist of government publications of the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) mining fatality reports spanning the years 1975-1976. These reports cover January-May of 1975 and January through December of 1976.
This box contains coal company ranking files, including related reports, notes, correspondence, press releases, and clippings, from 1986-1993. OSHLC released these annual coal company safety rankings based on data they collected on mine safety and health for underground and surface mine companies.
This box contains 4 binders of MSHA metal and non-metal mining injury and accident reports
This box contains miscellaneous reports and publications related to mining safety and health. Materials include a report of investigation for underground coal mine explosions at the Scotia Mine on March 9 and 11, 1976, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission reports, C.F.R. Updates in the Federal Register (MSHA proposed rule), Department Of Labor MSHA 30 CFR Parts 56, 57, 58, 70, 71, 72, 75 and 90 Air Quality, Chemical Substances, and Respiratory Protection Standards reports, and the New Multinational Monitor.
This box contains binders and publications that pertain to mining fatalities, mining safety, mining regulations, and other miscellaneous topics. Formats include books, reports, magazines and newsletters, government documents, and indexes.
This box contains chronological correspondence and other documentation pertaining to JDM's mining safety work with the UMWA in the early 1970s.
This box contains three binders containing reports of the Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission proceedings, from the Office of Administrative Law Judges dated between 1978 and 1980. Also included is a binder labeled Coal Briefs Index to Subject and Section.
This box contains 3 binders that contain information related to OSHA litigation, and two smaller binders that contain information about mining safety and health and black lung disease.
This box contains an envelope from a printing company containing a publication proof for the following book: McAteer, J. Davitt, and Thomas N. Bethell. 1981. Miner's Manual : A Complete Guide to Health and Safety Protection on the Job / J. Davitt McAteer ; Thomas N. Bethell, Editor. Crossroads Press. https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=880245e7-321a-3942-859f-89e5473ea11d.
These boxes contain very meticulous notes and printed research material regarding MSHA rules on mining safety. It looks like each folder pertains to a chapter of the following book: McAteer, J. Davitt, and Thomas N. Bethell. 1981. Miner's Manual : A Complete Guide to Health and Safety Protection on the Job / J. Davitt McAteer ; Thomas N. Bethell, Editor. Crossroads Press. https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=880245e7-321a-3942-859f-89e5473ea11d.
Ths sub-series consists of materials related to JDM's work in miners' legal defense, particularly with the UMWA.
This box contains correspondence, publications, clippings, and government reports that pertain to JDM's professional work with the UMWA, OSHLC, CLASP, and the U.S. Department of Labor and legal proceedings and activities related to mining employee safety and health issues.
This box contains correspondence, publications, clippings, and government reports that pertain to JDM's professional work with the UMWA, OSHLC, CLASP, and the U.S. Department of Labor and legal proceedings and activities related to mining employee safety and health issues.
This box contains mainly correspondence but other formats include publications, clippings, financial records, and legal documentation. These materials reflect JDM's work as part of CLASP and other occupational safety and mining industry organizations, including the Miner's Legal Defense Fund, The Council of the Southern Mountains, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the UMWA.
Box 136, Center for Law and Social Policy Chronological Files, contains at least one Social Security Number (in folder 2);
please contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center in advance to request access.
Audiovisual materials must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view
the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department
at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This sub-series focuses on the broader topic of occupational safety and health in various industries with which JDM worked throughout his career, as part of the Center for Law and Social Policy, the Occupational Safety and Health Law Center, and the federal government's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Much of this work was specifically related to occupational health and safety in the coal mining industry, but various other industries are represented in this content, including textile production, mushroom growing and processing, poultry processing, and more. Materials related to travel abroad for the purpose of researching, writing about, and proposing policy changes based on international labor practices and occupational health and safety policies around the world are included in this sub-series. Also included are materials related to JDM's work to provide legal counsel for individuals and groups in various industries against corporations and the resulting legal proceedings for the protection of workers. Other notable content is labor history course curriculum created by JDM in collaboration with the WV Humanities Council, various workplace injury and fatality reports, information on the effects of formaldehyde and other causes of work-related respiratory illness and injury, and material on migrant employees' workplace conditions. Notable organizations mentioned and their abbreviations: the United States Department of Labor (DOL), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA), The United States Department of the Interior (DOI), Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Occupational Safety and Health Law Center (OSHLC), the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). Formats include clippings, articles, publications, facsimiles of articles and other publications, government reports, travel planning documents, receipts, travel journals, notes, correspondence, photographs, and other miscellaneous materials.
Audiovisual materials must be digitized for research access. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This box contains miscellaneous materials related to JDM's labor history work in the late 1980s through the early 1990s and his endeavor to create a school curriculum related to the topic with the National Humanities Council. JDM was working with the OSHLC at the time, and this was a joint project between the NHC and OSHLC. This box also includes information about the WV Humanities Council, and sample grades for week one of the developmental course. Formats include clippings, publications, reports, resource manuals, correspondence, images, and other miscellaneous documents.
This box contains miscellaneous materials related to JDM's labor history work in the 1990s and his work to create a school curriculum related to the topic for the National Humanities Council. Formats include clippings, publications, reports, resource manuals, correspondence, and other miscellaneous documents. Additional topics include A B Normal White Centers information, which the donor described as a fraudulent scheme on the part of the coal industry to produce coal dust samples to comply with the legal requirements; historical articles about company stores; and Mother Jones.[If the folder titles are really topics instead, feel free to remove them as folders and add them to the SC note. ]
This box contains material related to occupational health and safety, focusing primarily on mining safety. Materials include information about training, projects, and proposals on topics such as coal slurry, coal impoundment, void detection, diesel, and off-road rules, as well as reports, including the Underground Mine Fatality Investigation Report of the Spartan Mining Company. Formats include clippings, publications, notes, correspondence, reports, training materials, and other related documents.
This box contains material about the textile industry and other related occupational health and safety topics. Materials include correspondence, clippings, notes, reports, publications, and copies of publications of supreme court cases and other legal briefs, professional publications, original manual drafts, and other miscellaneous materials. These materials were used in creating the Textile Health and Safety Manual (1985) written by JDM during his career at the OSHLC.
This box contains material related to the textile industry, the chemical industry, and other occupational health and safety topics. Materials include correspondence, clippings, notes, reports, survey data, and other miscellaneous documents. These materials comprised research, backup documentation, and drafts for two safety manuals written by JDM; one for textile worker health and safety, titled Textile Health and Safety Manual: A Complete Guide to Health and Safety Protection on the Job , and one for chemical hazards. The latter, Chemical Hazards: A Guide to the New Federal Hazard Communication Regulations , was written in cooperation with Dale Lawson and published by Pilgrim Press in 1987.
This box contains materials related to researching and creating safety manuals for textile industry workers. Most of the content of this box consists of information about cotton dust and its hazards. Also included are some miscellaneous materials and health and safety manual drafts for mushroom workers and chemical workers. Formats include published copies of manuals, drafts, and typed originals, clippings, reports, notes, correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials. There is other material related to the mushroom workers manual in box 113.
This box contains documents related to court proceedings regarding formaldehyde exposure as an occupational hazard. JDM represented ACTWU (Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union) in his role at the OSHLC. The DC Circuit Court and the US Supreme Court reviewed employee risk and proposed protections, including the Medical Removal Protection (MRP) mentioned in the donor's notes. (These are benefits offered to employees who have been removed from the workplace for medical reasons due to exposure.) Other organizations involved include NIOSH, OSHA, NCI (National Cancer Institute), and various other workers' unions. [This is great!]
This box includes a portion of JDM's chronological files (mostly correspondence) from his work at the Occupational Safety and Health Law Center.
This box contains 16 comb-bound court brief publications, two volumes of the federal register from Friday, December 4, 1987, and miscellaneous documents. The documents include handwritten notes, reports, correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials related to Occupational Safety and Health Law Center work regarding the formaldehyde standard, industry regulations to determine acceptable levels of employee exposure to formaldehyde in the workplace.
This box contains documents related to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) hazardous waste safety training program. Formats include clippings, handwritten notes, correspondence, comb-bound publications, reports, pamphlets, journals, training course materials, and other related documents and publications.
This box contains chronological files of correspondence and other documentation that pertained to JDM's role at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP).
Box 136, Center for Law and Social Policy Chronological Files, contains at least one Social Security Number (in folder 2); please contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center in advance to request access.
This box contains documents related to OSHLC projects, including reports, publications, notes, correspondence, clippings, and other miscellaneous material. There is a handwritten list of the contents from the donor in the front of the box.
The materials in this box consist of court reports and other documents related to federal litigation regarding medical removal protection (MRP) for sensitized workers under OSHA protection from formaldehyde exposure in a US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit case No. 87-1748 September 22, 1989. JDM and the OSHLC represented the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU). Also includes multiple sets of documents pertaining to case 87-1743, involving unions and petitions for reviewing a revised government standard.
This box contains legal cases, manuals, other documents, and publications related to work-related respiratory injury and disease, including black lung. Also included are two binders of research on black lung labeled "J.C. Materials," most likely a reference to John Colwell from Yale Law School, whose name was on the inside cover of one of the binders.
This box contains the records of an Occupational Health and Safety case in which JDM was the attorney of record (in his role as director of the OSHLC). The case involved an employee named Pepe Mestres reporting unsafe working conditions at a Department of Energy nuclear energy facility in Savannah, GA. This box also contains miscellaneous documents that pertain to OSHA and OSHLC projects, including OSHA reform, dated between 1990-1993. These materials cover primarily occupational safety and health topics. Formats include but are not limited to correspondence, expense reports, government proposals, reports, and clippings. They seem to have been collected as part of JDM's work at OSHLC.
This box contains research material related to migrant workers' occupational safety and health, specifically in agriculture. Formats include clippings, reports, publications, correspondence, notes, and other miscellaneous documents. It seems to have been collected as part of JDM's work at the OSHLC.
The materials in these boxes consist of books, reports, and speeches covering occupational health and the coal industry in Appalachia.
These materials include publications and papers related to occupational safety and health. The papers consist of reports, grant materials, correspondence, and testimony. Publications include newsletters, books, government publications, and manuals.
This box contains papers that pertain to the research for and creation of the Mushroom Workers Manual. The actual manual is not present, but draft materials are included.
This box contains one bag labeled UMWA Forty-Seventh Consecutive Constitutional Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 23 - October 3, 1976. This box also contains two T-shirts. One of the shirts is for a national campaign to eliminate silicosis sponsored by MSHA, NIOSH, the American Lung Association, and OSHA, and the other is for Dust-Busters, a campaign by MSHA-NSA to stop black lung and silicosis.
This sub-series contains government or other publications related to various topics that JDM researched throughout his career, including mining safety, occupational health and safety in mining and other industries, chemicals and other environmental topics, explosives or other industrial materials and functions, land ownership in West Virginia and the Appalachian region, law practice, international law and policy, as well as various other topics pertaining to the state of West Virginia, the Appalachian region as a whole, and its people. Many of these materials are MESA, MSHA, or OSHA publications, as well as printed materials from the Department of Labor or the Department of the Interior and other organizations under federal government purview. Formats include bound books, journals, newsletters, manuals, pamphlets, recorded music albums, and published government reports. JDM presumably used these materials for general research and informational purposes.
This box consists of miscellaneous mining reports, publications, and other government publications about mining safety in the US and other countries, including Germany and Poland, and vintage books from 1917-1956. There are 11 books, 8 publications, 2 miscellaneous typed reports, and one expandable report binder. Some notable content includes materials from the International Mine Conference held in Poland in 1981, assorted State Annual Reports, a cost/benefit analysis of Deep Mine Federal Safety Legislation and Enforcement from 1980, and information about actions to weaken the Mine Health & Safety Act and Underground Coal Mine Ventilation Standards in the 1980s.
This box contains Congressional Record issues related to the passage of the Coal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1969, as well as miscellaneous publications related to energy, mine safety and health, and other miscellaneous topics. The Congressional Record issues and Federal Register have some notations, presumably added by JDM. Also included are assorted publications relating to Energy, Mine Safety & Health and miscellaneous topics. There are 10 books, one comb-bound book, one volume of the WV Law Review (the national coal issue, Vol. 85 No. 4), 5 government publications, two misc. non-bound books/professional publications.
This box contains WV law review publications, mainly the West Virginia Law Review scattered issues from 1973-1984 and 1993, and other law review publications that contain articles written or co-written by JDM. Of note, included in this box are copies of The National Coal Issue of the WV law review published in assorted years, as well as other law reviews from Kentucky and other states, in which JDM contributed articles.
This box contains several publications, including U.S. Supreme Court Procedural Guides, United Mine Workers Journals, and binders of collected district court records.
This box contains 21 (non-consecutive) volumes of the Report of Anthracite Board of Conciliation . The earliest volume is XI, and the latest is XXXII. There is also one publication titled Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania Part 1 - Anthracite .
This box contains 19 vinyl records in sleeves and one book, the Joan Baez Songbook. Some of the music in the book and on these albums is about or connected to labor organizations, miners, and Appalachia in general. One notable album contains the recording of MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Many of the musical albums have "Monongah 1907" handwritten on their covers, which most likely means they were used in the making of the film.
This box contains various publications on international mining, mining safety, and occupational safety and health.
This box contains 26 publications on mining safety and the mining industry. Contents include a collection of historic state mine reports, Department of the Interior publications, International Labor Office (ILO) mine safety training reports, and other miscellaneous publications, mostly related to coal mining.
This box contains various original and facsimile publications on the coal industry and other miscellaneous topics. There are 13 publications in this box, as noted. Two of them (the WV Practice Handbooks) are enormous 3-ring binders.
This box contains 3 binders and 3 loose issues of publications/journals related to Mining Safety and Health. Materials include 2 binders and 3 loose issues of Mine Regulation Reporter dated from August 1991 to July 1993, and one binder of Mine Injuries and Worktime Quarterly issues dated from January 1986 to March 1992.
The publications in this box consist of mining health and safety reports, mining injury reports, occupational safety and health reports, and some WV and mining law publications.
This box contains primarily publications related to MSHA and mining safety. There are a few unpublished (typewritten) reports on mining safety issues and miscellaneous papers on similar subjects but the content is mostly books, manuals, journals, and published government documents.
This box contains published government reports about coal mining and related topics. There are 40 publications in this box, as listed.
This box contains various publications related to mining safety, including government reports, journals, and newsletters.
This box contains congressional records of committee hearings, reports, and acts from 1952 to 1991. The bulk of them are from the late 1970s and 1980s. Topics covered include energy, coal mining, and occupational safety and health. Also includes a few clippings.
This box contains publications and papers on mine safety and international labor law. Materials include binders of collected notes, journals, magazines, government publications, books, pamphlets, and other miscellaneous publications. Many of these materials are about South African labor issues. One binder contains information about Chinese labor relations.
This box includes publications, reports, papers, and a manual on mining safety and health, occupational safety and health, and related topics.
This box contains 32 various publications covering the coal industry, steelworkers, occupational safety, and other broadly related topics. The box also includes 20 folded West Virginia Landslide Study maps published in 1976 by the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey and the director and State Geologist at the time, Robert B. Erwin. One of the books in the box, West Virginia Landslides and Slide-Prone Areas , is meant to accompany these maps.
This box contains publications on occupational safety and health, the coal mining industry, and other miscellaneous topics. Most are congressional hearing and report publications.
This set consists of two boxes of congressional hearing and report publications. Box A contains 18, box B contains 14.
The contents of this box appear to be material used for informational and research purposes. They are primarily MESA and Bureau of Mines reports and books. Also included is an envelope of photojournalist Earl Dotter's sample materials.
This box contains 32 publications related to occupational safety and health, mining safety, and the coal mining industry.
This box includes papers and publications covering coal mining, mining safety, WV law, and occupational safety & health. The papers include correspondence from publishers and authors that would have been sent with the materials and some unbound reports. JDM presumably used these materials for research purposes. [Is it worth giving this box an improved title?] This box contains a more detailed box list which includes the names of all documents and publications found inside. I am leaving this one inside the box but removing the one that says "various books" following the problem of locating a similar detailed contents list in a previously reviewed box. These materials are fine being housed as they are. A few related papers not listed (including the contents list and some correspondence) should be placed into a letter-sized folder to prevent potential damage. Total 20 items and one folder.
These materials consist of books and other publications that cover coal mining, mining safety, and occupational safety. There are some notable ones, such as a book called Faces: The Toll of the Workplace Death on American Families by Joseph Kinney, which contains a personal note to JDM from the author on the title page, and a report on the Wilburg Mining Disaster, which relates to content in other boxes.
This box contains various publications about land ownership in the Appalachian region.
This box consists of 20 publications related to occupational safety and health, the coal mining industry, and mining safety. Formats include government reports, pamphlets, books, plays, atlases, and other miscellaneous publications.
This box contains publications related to occupational safety and health and other miscellaneous topics. No donor-provided box list for this one. I counted 48 publications, including small pamphlets, government documents, journals, and books. There are also two typed reports in this box and some related papers in the Atlas of Cancer Mortality for U.S. Counties: 1950-1969(at the top of the box). Topics primarily cover occupational safety and health, but there are some outliers, for example, the book about cancer mortality and a copy of The Doonesbury Chronicles (comic collection) from 1975.
This is a 2-volume set of hardcover encyclopedias published by the International Labor Office, edited by Luigi Parmeggiani, and revised in 1983.
This box consists of miscellaneous publications, including items that pertain to Perdue. Some materials are related to occupational safety and health in other fields, occupational safety and health legal defense, general worker protection, agricultural history, WV history, and environmental science.
This subseries includes audiovisual and born-digital content. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This series of boxes contains content collected by JDM when he assisted in the support and recovery in New York City after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, and researched and worked on plans for future emergency and disaster response with the Office of Homeland Security and other related organizations in the period shortly afterward. Some mine rescue safety information is included in this content, as it pertains to Homeland Security, emergency rescue, and disaster response procedure. Formats consist of reports, training and curriculum materials, photographs, audio-visual material, publications, clippings, notes and other research material, correspondence, and other miscellaneous related materials.
This box includes audiovisual and born-digital content. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This box contains reports, media, clippings, training manuals, equipment information, and correspondence related to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in NYC on 9-11-2001. Also included is information on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and other miscellaneous materials.
This folder includes audiovisual and born-digital content. Researchers may access these materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Researchers may access born-digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Researchers may access born-digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Researchers may access born-digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Researchers may access born-digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Researchers may access born-digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
This box contains materials related to JDM's work from 2001-2004. Formats include correspondence, publications, clippings, printed emails and internet articles, travel records, pamphlets, maps, facsimiles of publications, and other miscellaneous materials. Topics include a coal impoundment project, occupational health and safety, international travel and research, and more.
This box includes chronological files for JDM and OSHLC dated from May 1, 1993, to November 19, 1993. OSHLC Chronological Files from box 193 were moved into this box. This box also contains material related to general mining injuries and deaths, such as fatality reports, manuals, correspondence, lists, and other miscellaneous papers. Also included are sales records from 1991 for the Monongah 1907 film, and various safety manuals that JDM produced. Monongah mining disaster files and sales records from box 193 were moved to this box.