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Keith Dix, Papers regarding Labor History A&M 2800

Keith Dix, Papers regarding Labor History A&M 2800


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West Virginia and Regional History Center

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

Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 2800
Title
Keith Dix, Papers regarding Labor History 1923-1976
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/210444
Quantity
4.58 Linear Feet, 4 ft. 7 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 records cartons, 15 in. each)
Creator
Dix, Keith
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
A collection of typescripts, brochures, pamphlets, books, tape recordings, and assorted ephemeral publications concerning radical political and economic groups and community organizing related to labor history in Appalachia and the United States as compiled by Keith Dix. Organizations and publications represented in the collection include New Directions in Labor (1970-1971), New American Movement (1970-1971), New University Conference (1971), Labor Research Association (1971), Students for a Democratic Society (1963), and Radical Education Project (1968-1969), among others. Also includes material from 1923 to 1976 concerning coal mining labor relations and the role of unions such as the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). Topics of these items include rank-and-file members of the union, strikes, agreements, and mechanization. Tape recordings contain oral history interviews conducted by Keith Dix. Interviews chiefly concern coal mining in West Virginia. A more complete list of publications and tape recordings is available in the library. Most of the collection is arranged according in subject files, according to the topic or name of organization.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Keith Dix, Papers regarding Labor History, A&M 2800, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Separated Material

Tape recordings are located in the WVRHC Oral History Collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Appalachian Region
  • Coal mining - Labor organization.
  • Coal mining - Mechanization.
  • Coal mining -- Strikes
  • Labor
  • Labor Research Association (U.S.)
  • Mountaineer Freedom Party
  • New American Movement (Organization)
  • New University Conference (U.S.)
  • North American Congress on Latin America
  • Peoples' Appalachian Research Collective
  • Political activism.
  • Politics and government.
  • Radical Education Project
  • Socialism
  • Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
  • Unions - UMWA.
  • Vietnam War - resistance.
  • West Virginia University - Student organizations.
  • West Virginia University Student Anti-War Movement.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Dix, Keith
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Appalachian Region
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Container List

Series 1. Research Articles, Notes, and Printed Material
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Box: 8 circa 1960-1979
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1
    Disabled Miners and Widows Mailing Labels
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1
    Labor Day Speech at Jackson's Mill
    1968 September
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1
    Labor History workshop papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1
    Civic Improvement Association
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1
    New University Conference
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1
    Mao and Regional Economics
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1
    Mountaineer Freedom Party
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1
    Alice (Blacksburg, VA underground newspaper)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2
    People's Appalachian Research Collective (PARC)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2
    PARC Financial
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2
    Pittsburgh Peace and Freedom newspaper
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2
    WVU Free University Press
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2
    WVU Free University Press news coverage
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2
    WVU Free University Spring 1969
    1969
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2
    WVU Conduct Code Controversy
    1968
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Young Workers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    The Party
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    The Paper Tiger
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    People's World
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    The Progressive
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Reprints
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Progressive Labor
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    SDS Publications
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Vietnam
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Socialist Workers Party
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Teachers Committee for Peace in Vietnam
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Tidbits - John David
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    U.S. Farm News
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Vietnam
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Vietnam Institute
    1967 June 17
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Socialist Scholars Conference
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    New York Times article "Are We in the Middle of a Revolution"
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Berkeley Barb
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Black Panther
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Black Sambo
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Chinese Economic Growth - Solganik's Article
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Confrontations Canadian youth paper
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Cuba
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    D.R.U.M.
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Human Nature: The Marxian View by Veron Venable
    1945
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Independent Socialist
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Liberation News Service
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Milwaukee Organizing Committee
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    The Minority of One
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    New Socialist Parties
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Osawatomie
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Guerrilla Warfare
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    The Draft
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Miscellaneous
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5
    New Directions in Labor
    1970-1971
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5
    Regional Planning and Radical Economics
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5
    Radical Education project
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5
    Researching Local Power Structure
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5
    New American Movement
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6
    Material related to coal mining
    circa 1920s-1950s
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7
    Material related to coal mining
    circa 1920s-1950s
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8
    Material related to coal mining
    circa 1920s-1950s
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