Labor History Collection of Publications and Artifacts, 1937-1959 A&M 0162

West Virginia and Regional History Center

1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com
URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu

Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Repository

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Identification

A&M 0162

Title

Labor History Collection of Publications and Artifacts 1937-1959

URL:

https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196548

Quantity

0.5 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 1/2 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)

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

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Labor History Collection of Publications and Artifacts, A&M 0162, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous issues of various labor periodicals, pamphlets, and serial publications, many of which are published by or are about West Virginia labor organizations and issues. Also includes a chart with title: 'Unemployed in the U.S., 1920-1934,' and 43 delegate and guest labor convention badges and ribbons, 1939-1959, mostly from West Virginia labor conventions.

Series include:
Series 1. Pamphlets, 1934-1939, 1954, undated (box 1)
Series 2. Periodicals, 1937-1950, 1970 (box 1)
Series 3. Serial Publications, ca. 1943-1945, undated (box 1)
Series 4. Envelope, undated (box 1)
Series 5. Chart, undated (box 1)
Series 6. Ephemera, undated (box 2)

Container List

Series 1. Pamphlets (box 1)

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1-3 1934-1939, 1954, undated

Scope and Contents

This series includes assorted labor-related pamphlets on topics including the Congress of Industrial Organizations, national and West Virginia state labor legislation, etc.

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
"C.I.O.-U.A.W. and C.I.O. Foreman's Union Work Together." Detroit: Chrysler Corporation. [4 p.]
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
"Constitution of the West Virginia State Federation of Labor, Adopted by the Forty Ninth Annual Convention, Huntington, West Virginia, August 23-24-25, 1951" [n.p.] 24 p.
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
"Constitution and By-Laws of West Virginia State Building and Construction Trades Council, Adopted July 16, 17, & 18, 1951 -- at Huntington, W. Va." Wheeling, W. Va.: Printcrafters 16 p.
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Green, William. "The Thirty-Hour Week." Washington, D.C.: American Federation of Labor. 47 p.
1935
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
"Jobs the WPA Way." Washington, D.C.: Works Progress Administration; U.S. Govt. Print. Off. (1 Volume unpaged)
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Keller, K.T. "C.I.O. Now Demands Right to Sit on Both Sides of Collective Bargaining." Detroit: Chrysler Corporation. [4 p.]
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
[Letter to the Officers and Members of Disctrict 17, United Mine Workers of America Local Unions from: William, Blizzard, President, Disctrict 17, U.M.W. of A., Charles Payne, Vice-President, District 17, U.M.W. pf A., and R.O. Lewis, Secretary-Treasurer, U.M.W. of A. n.d. 4 p. on 1 folded leaf]
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
"Nixonized Union -- Threat to the Rank-and-File." Chicago: Labor Today. [4 p.]
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Phillips, Wendell. "The Foundation of the Labor Movement." Girard, Kan.: Appeal Pub. Co. 56 p.
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
"The "Right to Work" (Wreck!: The Significance of State Laws Prohibiting Union Security." Washington, D.C.: American Federation of Labor. 16 p.
1954
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
"Supplemental Agreement, Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, Peabody Coal Company." [n.p.] 54 p.
1934
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
[Untitled printed statement by a committee representing the West Virginia Allied Printing Trades Conference to His Excellency, Governor Okey L. Patteson, Governor of West Virginia and Honorable Members of the Board of Public Works, State of West Virginia, n.p.] 5 p.
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
"Voting Records of Senators and Representatives, 1947 Through May 1954 (Preliminary)." Washington: Labor's League for Political Education. 35 p.
undated

Series 2. Periodicals (box 1)

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4-6 1937-1950, 1970

Scope and Contents

This series includes issues of various labor-related periodicals, including "The Bricklayer, Mason, and Plasterer," "The Labor Journal," and "The Progressive Miner."

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
"The Bricklayer, Mason, and Plasterer," Volume 61, No. 6
June 1952
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
"The Bricklayer, Mason, and Plasterer," Volume 61, No. 7
July 1952
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
"Defender," Volume 1, No. 4
August 1945
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
"Democratic Digest," Volume 22, No. 6
June 1945
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
"The Labor Journal," Spring Edition Volume 4, No. 3
March 1948
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
"The Labor Journal," Primary Edition Volume 4, No. 3-A
May 1948
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
"Memo from PAC," Volume 2, No. 11
1948 May 27
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
"Memo from PAC," Volume 2, No. 15
1948 November 22
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
"North American Labor," Volume 1, No. 1
March 1948
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
"Partners," Volume 1, No. 1
January 1948
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
"Partners," Volume 1, No. 2
February 1948
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
"Photo-History," Volume 1, No. 2
July 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
"The Progressive Miner," Volume 59, No. 7
1937 October 22
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
"The Progressive Miner." Note: volume numbering covered by mailing label
1937 December 31
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
"Social Justice," Volume 3, No. 4
1937 January 25
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
"Telegraph," Volume 55, No. 228
1970 October 1
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
"West Virginia Federationist," Volume 3, No. 2
1950 September 15

Series 3. Serial Publications (box 1)

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 ca. 1943-1945, undated

Scope and Contents

This series includes issues of various serial publications on topics including West Virginia state legislature, the West Virginia State Federation of Labor, and a convention of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks.

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
"Report on the 1943 Session of the West Virginia Legislature…to A. F. of L. Membership" by Volney Andrews. [n.p.] West Virginia State Federation of Labor. 56 p.
ca. 1943
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
"Report on the 1945 Session of the West Virginia Legislature…to A. F. of L. Membership" by Volney Andrews. [n.p.] West Virginia State Federation of Labor. 10 p.
ca. 1945
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
"Reports of Officers to Twenty-first Convention of National Federation of Post Office Clerks, September 4th to 9th, 1939."
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
West Virginia State Federation of Labor. "Reports and Proposed Resolutions to be Acted Upon by the 50th Convention, Clarksburg, W.Va., October 2, 3 and 4, 1952."
undated

Series 4. Envelope (box 1)

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 undated

Scope and Contents

This series contains a mailing envelope which contained a folded color portrait of John L. Lewis on fabric. This portrait is now in the Oversize Photographs Collection.

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
1 mailing envelope which contained a folded color portrait of John L. Lewis on fabric
undated

Series 5. Chart (box 1)

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 undated

Scope and Contents

This series consists of a chart published by the American Federation of Labor titled "Unemployed in the U.S., 1920-1934."

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
"Unemployed in the U.S., 1920-1934," Washington, D.C.: American Federation of Labor
undated

Series 6. Ephemera (box 2)

Mixed Materials Box: 2 undated

Scope and Contents

This series consists of 43 delegate and guest labor convention badges and ribbons, mostly from WV labor conventions including: the WV Federation of Labor, WV Journeyman, Barbers, and Beauticians Convention; American Federation of Labor; AFL-CIO Biennial Convention, etc.

Mixed Materials Box: 2
43 delegate and guest labor convention badges and ribbons, mostly from WV labor conventions including: WV Federation of Labor, WV Journeyman, Barbers, and Beauticians Convention; American Federation of Labor; AFL-CIO Biennial Convention, etc.
undated