Frank and Fred K. Hefferly collection, 1902-1972.

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Frank and Fred K. Hefferly collection, 1902-1972.

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The Hefferly Collection consists of an incomplete record of the careers of Frank, and his son, Fred K. Hefferly in the United Mine Workers of America from 1902 through 1972. The elder Hefferly, Frank, was an early UMWA organizer and a colleague of John L. Lewis. His papers are more voluminous than those of his son, Fred K. Hefferly.

21 linear ft. (19 boxes including photographs and audio tapes)

University of Colorado, Boulder

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SNAC Resource ID: 7284298

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Archives Dept.

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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...

Hefferly, Fred K., 1907-1988

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Olivarius, Dixie.

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Colorado State Industrial Union Council

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Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.)

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Hefferly, Frank, 1878-1960

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Frank Hefferly was born in Austria on May 24, 1878. He joined the United Mine Workers of America in 1898. He received organizer's credentials from District 15 of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) in 1902 and succeeded in organizing southern Colorado and northern New Mexico coal miners with whom he had worked. In 1903, Hefferly made his way to Illinois where he worked as a miner and held various positions in the UMWA local in Collinsville. In 1911, he was elected to the State...

United mine workers of America

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Hefferly family.

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