John R. Lawson papers 1894-1962.

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John R. Lawson papers 1894-1962.

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Material concerns coal mine conflicts between 1894 and 1918 and labor issues between 1919 and 1938; majority covers the strike of 1913-1914, including investigation by the Industrial Relations Commission and Lawson's murder trial; includes newspaper clippings, labor journals, legal documents, correspondence, reports and manuscripts. Includes research material from Winnifred Banner and Barron Beshoar.

3 linear ft. (3 boxes), 2 oversize boxes, 3 oversize folios, 1 oversize folder.

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6824013

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Colorado State Federation of Labor

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The Colorado State Federation of Labor (CSFL), organized in convention in Pueblo, Colorado, in May 1896, produced the first genuine measure of labor unity in the state. The CSFL did not affiliate with the American Federation of Labor until 1905 and produced the first labor contract in Colorado, on June 18, 1896, as the representative of coal miners mainly in Boulder and Weld counties. When the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) merged in the 1950'...

Banner, Winifred.

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Rocky Mountain Fuel Company.

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Lawson, John R., 1871-1945

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John Lawson, born and raised in Pennsylvania, left school at an early age to work in a local mine. In 1893, Lawson joined his father in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon to lease coal land and open a mine. In 1894, when the mine didn't open they moved to Wyoming, then to Colorado in 1895. Lawson joined the United Mine Workers of America when it formed in 1898. In 1906, the union elected him to represent District 15 with the International Executive Board. In 1913, Lawson served on the State Federat...

Beshoar, Barron B., 1907-

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United mine workers of America

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