H. James Yount papers 1940-1980

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H. James Yount papers 1940-1980

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H. James Yount was a prominent Kansas labor leader from the 1940s to the 1970s; he was also an author, having published one book, , as well as many articles for organized labor. The collection of correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, and newspaper clippings follow H.J. Yount's work in organized labor from 1944 to 1976. Colored Water

4.25 linear ft. (11 boxes)

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Kansas State Federation of Labor

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Black, F. E.

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Yount, H. James, 1914-

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H. James Yount was a prominent Kansas labor leader since the 1940s-1970s. The son of a Baptist minister, he was born in Bloomfield, Iowa in 1914, and grew up in small towns in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas. In 1942, after working as an aircraft mechanic, shipyard rigger, Oregon lumberjack, and in road construction, Yount took a job in a Kansas City aircraft plant. There he began work as a United Auto Workers organizer. By 1943, U.A.W. local 31 elected him as chairman of its Legislative an...

Kansas State Industrial Union Council.

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