William J. Cassidy Files on the Tri-State Mining District of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma 1925-1950

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William J. Cassidy Files on the Tri-State Mining District of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma 1925-1950

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The collection contains letters and interview notes from persons involved in lead and zinc mining describing early attempts at unionization; copies of contracts between operators and locals of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, CIO, mostly dating to the 1940s; clippings, and mining industry and government pamphlets on mining conditions. The material was collected by William J. Cassidy while he was writing his University of Pittsburgh doctoral dissertation completed in 1955.

0.5 linear feet; (1 box)

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Cassidy, William, 1947-

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William J. Cassidy compiled these materials in the course of researching and writing his doctoral dissertation, "The Tri-State Zinc-Lead Mining Region: Growth, Problems and Prospects" (University of Pittsburgh, 1955). From the guide to the William J. Cassidy Files on the Tri-State Mining District of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, 1925-1950, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives) ...

Tri-State Mining District.

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International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers

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The International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW) emerged in 1916 from the more radical Western Federation of Miners (WFM) which organized mine and copper industry workers. IUMMSW reasserted its presence in the western mines, most successfully during the five-month strike in Butte and Anaconda (Montana) in 1934. A founding member of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), the IUMMSW was expelled in 1950 because of the Union's perceived Communist ties. In 1967, the IUMMS...