Indiana Labor History Project 1996

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Indiana Labor History Project 1996

This project discusses labor in Indiana. The main topics include the labor movement in Indiana, women and work, coal mining, and auto workers. The United Auto Workers, United Mine Workers of America, and other labor unions are discussed. The interviewees discuss participation in labor strikes and the leadership in their unions.

21 interviews; Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral materials

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6625166

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AFL-CIO

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The AFL and CIO merged in 1955 as an umbrella organization for skilled trade and industrial unions. Its regional office in Baltimore represented worker interests against this railroad merger. From the description of AFL-CIO response to merger of Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads, 1962-1963. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 238572652 Created by merger of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955. ...

Democratic Party

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Sears, Roebuck and Company

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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892, and reincorporated by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald in 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Chicago, Illinois. In 2005, the...

International brotherhood of teamsters, chauffeurs, stablemen, and helpers of America

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Labor organization formed in 1903 as International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), the result of a merger between members of the Team Drivers' International Union (TDIU) and the Teamsters' National Union of America (TNU). Known from 1909 to 1992 as International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers. Reverted to its pre-1909 name in October 1992. From the description of International Brotherhood of Teamsters records, 1989-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709...

Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926

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Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States. Early in his political career, Debs...

Hanson Corporation

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Minks, Jesse

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Borden, Timothy

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King's Mine

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G & F Corporation

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United Auto Workers, Local 1166

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226th Field Artillery

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National Testing Center

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Potter and Brumfield

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Industrial Board of Indiana

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United Mine Workers of America, Local 1154

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Smith, Henry

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United Mine Workers of America. District 25 (Pa.)

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The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners and coal technicians. The UMWA was founded in Columbus, Ohio, on January 22, 1890, by the merger of two earlier groups, the Knights of Labor Trade Assembly No. 135 and the National Progressive Miners Union. District 6 covers all of Ohio and is one of the original districts founded in 1890. From the guide to the United Mine Workers of America, District 6 records, 1873-1971...

Miller, Arnold, 1923-

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Delco Electronics

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United Mine Workers of America, Local 4343

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Reuther, Walter Phillip

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Bottoms, Stephen

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United Mine Workers of America. International Executive Board

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The International Executive Board has been composed of international union officers and one representative from each district since 1906. From the description of United Mine Workers of America, International Executive Board records, 1900-1989. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 698452155 ...

Minks, J.

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Dirilyte Corporation

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Peabody's Universal Mine

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River Rouge Plant

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Continental Steel

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Ford, Henry

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Cook's Brewery

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Austin, Louis

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United mine workers of America

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Brown, Delores

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United Mine Workers of America, Local 1423

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Girton, Leo

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White, Ryan

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Trumpka, Richard

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Miners for Democracy

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Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...

Rankert, Elaine

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Inch by Inch

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General motors corporation

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Church, Sam

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United Auto Workers, Local 685

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Reilly Construction

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Republican Party

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Boyle, Tony

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Tecumseh Coal Company

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United Mine Workers of America, Local 1189

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Templeton's Coal Company

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Dixie Bee Mine

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United Auto Workers, Local 292

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Chrysler Transmission Plant

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Indiana Business College

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Kokomo Casting Plant

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Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory

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Hurt, Jerry

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Killion, Wilbur

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc.

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Francisco Mine

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White, Sam

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Slobotne, Roy

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International Association of Machinists Union

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Kimball, Richard L. (Richard Laurance)

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Bradway Coal Company

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Cedar Valley Mine

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Riley, Coy

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Miles, Roger (Roger G.)

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Roberts, Cecil

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Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969

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John L. Lewis was born in Lucas, Iowa in 1880. From 1917 until his death in 1969 he served the United Mine Workers of America, acting as its president from 1920 to 1960. Lewis led in the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and served as CIO president until his resignation from that post in 1940. From the description of Papers, 1879-1969. [microform] (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64091529 From its founding in 1935 until 1942, the hist...

International Harvester company

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Bennett, Harry

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American cancer society

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Thunderbird Coal Mine

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Kokomo Joint Activities Committee

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Armstrong, Jane

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Physical Education Librarian, 1966-80 Established in 1949, the Physical Education Library was located in Rooms 104 and 106 of Main Library.Ã? In 1964, the library relocated to Main Library's North wing. In 1975, when the School of Physical Education changed its name to Applied Life Studies, the Library was renamed Applied Life Studies. In 2006, when the College of Applied Life Studies was renamed the College of Applied Health Sciences the Library changed its name to the ...

Anchor Plastics

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Hurst Manufacturing Company

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Chrysler corporation

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On Jan. 4, 1980, the Chrysler Corp. permanently closed its Hamtramck Assembly Plant, commonly called "Dodge Main", marking the end of nearly 70 years of continuous manufacturing operations at the facility. John Frances and Horace Elgin Dodge were pioneers in the automobile industry, beginning with a machine shop to supply auto plants with parts, working with both Ransom E. Olds and Henry Ford, and eventually building a new plant on a 30 acre site in Hamtramck in 1910. Wanting to build their own ...

Bintley Mining Company

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Reynolds, Boot Jack

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Office and Professional Employees Internationl Union

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Enos Coal Company

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Plumbers and Steamfitters of the United States and Canada

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Owens, John

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Epithet: alias Owen; Bookseller at Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x0000cd John Owens was a coal mine worker and labor leader in Ohio. He was born in 1891 in Wales. He and his family came to Marchville, Ohio area when he was only two. As a son of a coal worker, he went to work in the coal mines at the age of ten. At fifteen, he had an accident in one of the coal mines and lost his ri...

Wilson's Meat Packing

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Peabody Coal Company

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International Association of Machinists Union, Local 1459

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Old Globe Mine

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Amax Coal Company

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United Auto Workers

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John Manns Construction

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Patoka Coal Company

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Indiana. National Guard

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