Series 1: Photographic, 1891-1974 and undated
Miners' homes: District 2: Brady Camp, PA: Sam Boroi, family of 7, 1944
1
1
Miners' homes: District 2: Shawmut, PA: Lewis Cooper, family of 9, 1944
1
2
Miners' homes: District 2: Sagamore, PA: Benjamin Long, family of
9, Undated [circa 1944]
1
3
Miners' homes: District 2: Mohican (Furnace Run), PA: John
Recupero, 1944
1
4
Miners' homes: District 4: Allison, PA: Robert Brumley, family of
9, Undated [circa 1944]
1
5
Miners' homes: District 4: Uniontown, PA: Will Cooper, family of
6, Undated [circa 1944]
1
6
Miners' homes: District 4: Uniontown, PA: Robert Jolly, family of
6, Undated [circa 1944]
1
7
Miners' homes: District 4: near Uniontown, PA: George Lovett, family of
4, Undated [circa 1944]
1
8
Miners' homes: District 4: Uniontown, PA: Ray Norman, family of 8, Undated [circa 1944]
1
9
Miners' homes: District 4: Uniontown, PA: John Ondarko, family of
4, Undated [circa 1944]
1
10
Miners' home: District 6: Bailey Run, OH: Nip Bullock, family of
13, Undated [circa 1944]
1
11
Miners' home: District 6: Elmgrove, WV: Joe Carr, family of 6, 1944
1
12
Miners' homes: District 6: Warwood, WV: James Earley, family of 6, 1944
1
13
Miners' homes: District 6: Rendville, OH: Major Fountain, family of
8, Undated [circa 1944]
1
14
Miners' homes: District 6: Bradley, OH: John Haskins, family of 8, Undated [circa 1944]
1
15
Miners' homes: District 6: OH: typical homes, Undated [circa 1944]
1
16
Miners' homes: District 11: Evansville, IN: Charles Douglas, family of
4, 1943
1
17
Miners' homes: District 11: Evansville, IN: William Stott, family of
4, 1943
1
18
Miners' homes: District 12: Freeman Spur, Il: Bachelor's house,
unidentified, Undated [circa 1944]
1
19
Miners' homes: District 12: Kincaid, Il: Barney Ferguson, family of
7, 1944
1
20
Miners' homes: District 12: Freeman Spur, Il: Sol Griffin, family of
3, 1943
1
21
Miners' homes: District 12: Royalton, Il: Worth Morgan, family of
10, 1943
1
22
Miners' homes: District 12: Westville, Il: Joe Vecellio, family of
15, 1943
1
23
Miners' homes: District 12: Danville, Il: Junius Woods, family of
13, Undated [circa 1944]
1
24
Miners' homes: District 17: Mallory, WV: Wilson Ferrell, family of
5, Undated [circa 1944]
1
25
Miners' homes: District 17: Leevale, WV: Moses Howard, family of
7, Undated [circa 1944]
1
26
Miners' homes: District 17: Henlawson, WV: Herbert Hager, family of
10, Undated [circa 1944]
1
27
Miners' homes: District 17: Longacre, WV: Desmond Hairston, family of
7, 1943
1
28
Miners' homes: District 17: Keith, WV: Percy Higginbottom, family of
8, Undated [circa 1944]
1
29
Miners' homes: District 17: Keith, WV: William E. Hill, family of
4, 1943
1
30
Miners' homes: District 17: Accoville, WV: Robert L. Hutchinson, family of
13, 1944
1
31
Miners' homes: District 17: Henlawson, WV: general view, Undated [circa 1944]
1
32
Miners' homes: District 19: Highpoint, KY: Herbert Washington, family of
9, 1944
1
33
Miners' homes: District 19: Chevrolet, KY:Bill Moses, family of
10, 1944
1
34
Miners' homes: District 19: Insull, KY: Sullivan Pittman, family of
10, 1944
1
35
Miners' homes: District 19: Pictures of operators homes, Undated [circa 1944]
2
1
Miners' homes: District 20: Porter, AL: John Barnes, family of 10, Undated [circa 1944]
2
2
Miners' homes: District 20: Flattop, AL: John Sutton, family of
16, Undated [circa 1944]
2
3
Miners' homes: District 23: Daniel Boone, KY: Ole Knight, family of
5, Undated [circa 1944]
2
4
Miners' homes: District 23: Sturgis, KY: E. X. Trigg, family of 7, Undated [circa 1944]
2
5
Miners' homes: District 23: Roth, VA: Curtis Rowling, family of 6, 1944
2
6
Miners' homes: District 28: St. Charles, VA: Ori Caudill, family of
8, Undated [circa 1944]
2
7
Miners' homes: District 28: Splashdam, VA: Andrew Hall, family of
6, 1943
2
8
Miners' homes: District 28: St. Charles, VA: Creed Hall, family of
3, Undated [circa 1944]
2
9
Miners' homes: District 28: Roth, VA: Leslie M. Hill, family of 7, 1944
2
10
Miners' homes: District 28: St. Charles, VA: White Littrell, Undated [circa 1944]
2
11
Miners' homes: District 28: St. Charles, VA: Ben Newton, family of
5, Undated [circa 1944]
2
12
Miners' homes: District 28: St. Charles, VA: Doss Williams, family of
8, Undated [circa 1944]
2
13
Miners' homes: District 28: general views, Undated [circa 1944]
2
14
Miners' homes: District 29: Marianna, WV: Gaither Bishop, family of
8, Undated [circa 1944]
2
15
Miners' homes: District 29: Vivian, WV: Luther Faulkner, family of
9, Undated [circa 1944]
2
16
Miners' homes: District 29: Vivian, WV: William Ingram, family of
11, Undated [circa 1944]
2
17
Miners' homes: District 29: Lawton, WV: John Scott, family of 11, 1944
2
18
Miners' homes: District 30: Haywood, WV: Bud Baker, family of 14, Undated [circa 1944].
2
19
Miners' homes: District 30: Combs, WV: Houston Baker, family of 8, Undated [circa 1944]
2
20
Miners' homes: District 30: Tribbey, WV: John Tom Blanton, family of
7, Undated [circa 1944]
2
21
Miners' homes: District 30: Scuddy, WV: Dave Grubbs, family of 7, Undated [circa 1944]
2
22
Miners' homes: District 30: Kona, WV: R. C. Maxwell, family of 3, Undated [circa 1944]
2
23
Miners' homes: District 30: Weeksburg, WV: Bill Newsome, family of
4, 1943
2
24
Miners' homes: District 30: Ligion, KY: Albert Yonce, family of 7, 1943
2
25
Miners' homes: District 30: Ligion, KY: View of outhouse; miners Mark Walle
and Ramon Akers on coal car, Undated [circa 1944]
2
26
Miners' homes: District 31: Brownton, WV: T. J. Fawley, family of
7, 1944
2
27
Miners' homes: District 31: Meadowbrook, WV: Vaddy Harris, family of
11, Undated [circa 1944]
2
28
Miners' homes: District 31: Brownton, WV: Lonnie Harris, family of
11, Undated [circa 1944]
2
29
Miners' homes: District 31: Rivesville, WV: Melvin Sawyer, family of
6, Undated [circa 1944]
2
30
Miners' homes: District 31: Bemis, WV: James Triplett, family of
7, 1943
2
31
Miners' homes: District 31: Miners' homes: District 31: Booth, WV, Camp of
River Seam Coal Co.; Wendel, WV, Wendel Coal Company Store, Undated [circa 1944]
2
32
Miners' homes: District 2-31: Miners' survey and expense sheets without
photographs, 1943-1944
2
33
Loose photographs: District 5: 1954 production forecast, National no.3 mine;
miners picketing at Duqesne Light Company power station, Pittsburgh; plaque sent to
John L. Lewis; Roy Hayhurst; Charlie Waters; L. Clyde Riley and Ira Marks, 1949-1970
3
1
Marianna #58 Mine Explosion, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1957
3
2
50th Anniversary Dinner, Anthracite Board of Conciliation, Lakewood Park,
Pennsylvania, including John L. Lewis, October 1, 1953
4
3
John L. Lewis, Senator Guffey, and District 17 President Bittner at meeting,
Fairmont, West Virginia, September 1, 1935
4
4
Group photographs: unidentified, Undated
4
5
Portraits: unidentified, Undated
4
6
Industrial Development Agency, 1971-1974
4
7
Mine inundation disaster, River Slope Mine, May Shaft section, Schooley
Colliery, Knox Coal Company, Inc., Port Griffith, Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania, January 22, 1959
4
8
Unidentified protestors, Undated
4
9
O: no. 2475: H-series Lee-Norse continuous mining machine; no. 2852: shuttle
car, Joy model 21 SC; no. 2903: Big Muskie strip mining shovel at a Central Ohio Coal
Company strip mine near Zanesville, 1964-1970
4
10
W. A. Boyle and unidentified, Undated
4
11
W. A. Boyle, Roman (?Puanski), James Roosevelt, and unidentified
others, Undated (circa 1965-1970)
4
12
Portraits: William Dalrymple, Carl Elshoff, D. W. Davis, Frank Hefferly, Earl
Houck, Frank Hughes, Samuel Pascoe, Undated
4
13
Welly Hopkins, March 1950
4
14
Portraits: Henry ?Allan, A. B. (Happy) Chandler, C. F. Davis, ? Harris, Hugh
Johnson, John Jones, Ed J. Morgan, Henry Warrum, James Mack, Sr., Philip Murray,
Thomas Kennedy, W. J. Hynes, John Jones, Ed. J Morgan, John O'Leary, John Owens, James
W. Ridings, J ? Roan, James W. ?Terry, Percy Tetlow, Robert Wagner, James E. Watson,
and unidentified, Undated
5
1
Portraits: James S. Golden, Undated
5
2
Portrait: R. O. Lewis, Undated
5
5
Portrait: William Turnblazer, 1942
5
6
Group portrait: Arthur Goldberg and unidentified, Undated
5
7
First convention of the United Electrical and Radio Workers of America, Fort
Wayne, Indiana, September 1936
5
8
John L. Lewis signs new coal contract, with President Harry Truman, Julius A.
Krug, May 29, 1946
5
8
District 50 banquet, Golden Jubilee Convention, Columbus, Ohio, January 1940
5
9
Vachel Davis: the Coal Miner, circa 1955
5
10
Mining Bituminous Coal, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (image from the Philadelphia
Museums), Undated
5
11
Portraits: Thomas Kennedy, Undated
5
12
Portraits: John Owens, Undated
5
13
John L. Lewis exiting U.M.W.A. Welfare and Retirement Fund office, Undated
5
14
District 2 officers: James Mark, Clarence Donaldson, Edward
Sweeney, Undated
5
15
Unidentified group photograph including John Lewis, December 12, 1947
5
16
Officials of UMW District 12 with Attorney General and Mrs. George F. Barrett
at inaugural reception for Barrett, January 8, 1945
5
17
Jackson Day dinner, Mayflower Hotel, January 8, 1938
6
1
35th Constitutional Convention, Washington, D.C.: District 13
dinner, January 1938
6
2
Public hearing on the Bituminous Coal Industry, K. M. Simpson, deputy
administrator, August 9, 1933
6
3
Joint Conference Bituminous Coal Operators and UMW, Shoreham Hotel,
Washington, D.C., February 20, 1935
6
4
37th Consecutive Constitutional Convention, Cincinnati: District 2
delegation, October 6, 1942
6
6
45th Consecutive Constitutional Convention, Denver, September 1968
6
7
25th Consecutive Convention, Indianapolis, January 18, 1916
6
8
United Construction Workers banquet, Netherland Plaza Hotel,
Cincinnati, September 1944
6
10
Portrait of John L. Lewis, Undated
6
12
First biennial constitution convention, Playthings & Novelty Workers,
CIO, 1937
6
15
CIO meeting: Frances Gorman, Textile Workers; Philip Murray; Charles P.
Howard, International Typographical Union; John L. Lewis; Sidney Hillman, Amalgamated
Clothing Workers; Harvey Fremming; John Brophy, March 9, 1937
6
16
Local 5787 members, Dunham, Kentucky, July 22, 1939
6
17
District 6 delegation, 37th Constitutional Convention, Cincinnati, October 6, 1942
6
18
44th Consecutive Convention, Americana Hotel, Bal Harbour, Florida: inside
and outside the hall, September 1964
7
41st Consecutive Constitutional Convention, Cincinnati, October 7-15, 1952
7
District 3 members, 35th Constitutional Convention, Washington,
D.C., January 1938
7
Second annual convention, West Virginia Industrial Union Council, August 28, 1938
7
Pensioners of local 5758, District 3, Pleasant Unity,
Pennsylvania, Undated
8
1
Unidentified portrait, Undated
8
2
Pan American Union building, Undated
8
5
Meeting: International Policy Committee, Washington, D.C., February 12, 1937
8
10
District 13 dinner, 35th Constitutional Convention, Washington,
D.C., January 1938
8
11
International officers, Undated [circa 1973]
8
13
Unidentifed group photograph, ?Indianapolis. Reproduction from Ohio
Historical Society, Undated [circa 1891-1910]
8
14
Unidentified oversize images from unidentified UMW exhibit, Undated
8
24
West Virginia coal column, Jamestown exposition, 1907
8
26
Portrait: George Titler, Undated
8
27
Fifth biennial and 28th consecutive convention, Indianapolis. Panorama
photograph, September 20, 1921
9
5
30th consecutive constitutional convention, Indianapolis. Panorama
photograph, January 1927
9
6
Executive Board, Undated [circa 1900-1915]
10
1
17th Annual Convention, Indianapolis, January 16, 1906
10
2
At Columbus, Ohio [reconvened session of the 27th Consecutive
Convention], January 5-7, 1920
10
3
Members Policy Committee, Hollenden Hotel, Cleveland, August 7, 1922
10
4
Tri-District Convention, Shamokin, Pennsylvania, January 16-23, 1922
10
5
Sixth Biennial and 29th Consecutive Convention, Indianapolis, January 22, 1924
10
6
31st Consecutive Constitutional Convention, Indianapolis., March 10, 1930
10
7
32nd Consecutive Constitutional Convention, Indianapolis, January 1932
10
8
33rd Consecutive Constitutional Convention, Indianapolis, January 1934
10
9
Tri-District Convention, Washington, D.C.: outside the auditorium and at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, December 4-6, 1935
10
10
Unidentified group photograph including John Lewis and other
officers, Undated [circa 1930-1940]
10
11
34th Constitutional Convention, Washington, D.C.: opening session, January 28, 1936
10
12
34th Constitutional Convention, Washington, D.C., January 1936
10
13
35th Constitutional Convention, Washington, D.C.: District 30
[delegation], February 6, 1936
10
14
35th Constitutional Convention, Washington, D.C., January 1938
10
15
Special joint meeting of the Policy Committee and the Executive Board,
Washington, D.C., May 25 - June 4, 1942
10
16
37th Constitutional Convention, Music Hall, Cincinnati, October 1942
10
17
37th Constitutional Convention, Music Hall, Cincinnati: District 19
delegation, October 6, 1942
10
18
38th Consecutive Convention, Music Hall, Cincinnati: inside and outside the
hall, September 1944
10
19
District 9: 32nd Constitutional Convention, Mt. Carmel,
Pennsylvania, September 19, 1950
10
20
Labor Day parade, Pikeville, Kentucky, September 3, 1951
10
21
Labor Day program, Pikeville, Kentucky, September 1, 1952
10
22
United Conference A.F.L., C.I.O, and Independent Furniture
Workers, November 27-29, 1937
10
23
41st Consecutive Constitutional Convention, Cincinnati, October 7-15, 1952
11
1
42nd Constitutional Convention, Cincinnati, October 1956
11
2
43rd Consecutive Convention, Cincinnati, October 4-12, 1960
11
3
44th Consecutive Convention, Americana Hotel, Bal Harbour, Florida: inside
and outside the hall, September 1964
11
4
45th Consecutive Constitutional Convention, Denver, September 4-13, 1968
11
5
Unidentified hearing, 1935
11
6
Unidentified rally, Undated
11
7
25th anniversary, local union 1062, Lykens and Wiconisco,
Pennsylvania, Undated
11
8
Pennsylvania Senate, February 1935
11
9
Pennsylvania Senate, January 5, 1937
11
9
Portrait of W. A. Boyle, Undated
12
2
Portrait of Walter James, Undated
12
8
W. A. Boyle, John Owens, and R. O. Lewis, Undated
12
9
Portrait of Kathryn Lewis, Undated
12
10
17th convention, Indianapolis, 1906
13
18th convention, Indianapolis, January 1907
13
Special convention, Indianapolis, August 11-20, 1910
13
Second Annual Conference of Traveling Auditors of the United Mine
Workers, July 10, 1917
13
26th convention, Indianapolis, January 15, 1918
13
27th convention, Cleveland, September 9, 1919
13
28th convention, Indianapolis, September 20, 1920
13
39th convention, Atlantic City, NJ, October 1-5, 1946
13
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Series 2: Graphic, 1902-1980 and undated
Program: Golden Anniversary Testimonial Dinner for the Honorable Thomas
Kennedy, 1958
4
1
Certificates, 1945-1949
4
2
John Mitchell obituary, New Kensington Star, September 10, 1919
5
3
American Red Cross citation to John L. Lewis; commendation to Lewis for
fostering employment of handicapped citizens, 1944-1945
5
4
International Executive Board, January 9, 1925
6
5
International Officers, Undated [circa 1980]
6
9
Memorial resolutions, 1957-1960
6
11
International Presidents 1890-1965, Undated [circa 1965]
6
13
Memorial certificate for Kathryn Lewis, 1962
6
14
Cartoons: the Grossest Inequity, Undated
8
3
Drawing of dog, Undated
8
4
Cartoons: "Meet me at the Fort Pitt" from Coal Age, January 19, 1922
8
6
Diploma: Walter N. Polakov, Institute of Management, 1928
8
7
Certificate: Earl E. Houck apponted aide-de-camp to the governor of
Kentucky, 1935
8
8
Certificate: Charles S. Stock, American Society of Heating and Ventilating
Engineers, 1936
8
9
Sketch of John L. Lewis by S. J. Wiiuy, Undated
8
12
Relation of coal carbonization to industry, 1936
8
15
Certificate: President Franklin D. Roosevelt's appointment of Lillian Weisse
as notary public of the District of Columbia, 1939
8
16
Letter from Dr. Warren F. Draper to Dr. Carl M. Peterson on miners' health
problems, 1951
8
17
Is Colorado in America?, Undated
8
18
The Dawn of a New Day. International Seamen's Union, founded 1915, Undated
8
19
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company safety poster, Undated
8
20
District 50 Charter, 1942
8
21
Memorial resolutions, 1955 and undated
8
22
Original editorial cartoons: John L. Lewis, the CIO, and the New Deal
political era, circa 1930s
8
23
Certificate from UAW to John L. Lewis, 1960
8
25
Original editorial cartoons: John L. Lewis and the CIO; Arnold Miller and
Miners' Reform Movement, 1936 and undated
8
28
Districts of the UMW of A in the United States, February 1938 and undated
11
10-11
Cartoon, Undated
12
1
International Officers, 1960
12
3
International Executive Board, May 1955
12
4
International Executive Board, Undated [circa 1965]
12
5
International Executive Board, 1980
12
6
International Executive Board, July 1948
12
6
International Executive Board, 1990
12
7
Local 12279: roll of honor, Second World War, Undated [circa 1945]
12
11
Certificate: President Warren G. Harding's appointment of John L.
Lewis, 1921
12
12
USA at a Glance: the Authentic Presidential Chart, 1954
12
13
Lewis Yields, New York Times, December 8, 1946
12
14
Murder of Mrs. Fannie Sellins, 1919
12
15
Mounted reproductions of documents and images from unidentified UMW
exhibit, Undated
15
New York Evening Journal newspaper - "Morgan Orders Miners' Union Wiped
Out", 1902-10-10
15
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Series 3: Artifacts, circa 1950-1997 and undated
Flag used at 38th convention, Cincinnati (see photo in UMW Journal Office,
box 42, folder 4), 1944
14
Brookside strike coal company script (2 coins), UMW pen set, COMPAC (Coal
Miners Political Action Committee) stickers, International Executive Board matchbooks,
tie-tacs, UMW magnet, and other objects, circa 1950-1997 and undated
14
Unidentified flag with [local union?] "7378" in blue, the royal coat of arms
of Scotland, and the English flag, all applied to a red and white
background, Undated
14
Unidentified red and white flag with 34 blue stars, Undated
14
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