United Mine Workers of America, President's Office Correspondence with Districts, 1894-1983
The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) President’s Office correspondence includes communications between the UMWA Office of the President and district organizers. This correspondence documents issues that filtered through district representatives to executives at UMWA district and international offices, as well as the presidential decisions on action to be taken. Materials describe mine disasters, organizing activities, wildcat strikes, rivalries with competing regional unions, and diverse grievances and range from the earliest materials in the 1890s to the most in the 1980s.