Papers, 1894-1961.

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Papers, 1894-1961.

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Correspondence, financial records, unpublished writings and autobiography, minutes, newsclippings, documents and printed items relating to McDonald's career with the United Mine Workers of America, the operation of a book and art store, and McDonald's experiences and opinions on political subjects.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Springfield (Ill.). Liquor Control Commission.

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Germer, Adolph

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Organizer for the United Mine Workers and later, the CIO. From the description of Oral history interview with Adolph Germer, 1960. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321347 Mr. Germer was born in Welan, Germany In 1881 and came to the United States in 1888. His father was a miner, and Adolph went to work in the coal mines of Staunton, Illinois, when he was eleven years old. He joined the United Mine Workers of America ...

United mine workers of America

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McDonald's Art and Book Store (Springfield, Ill.)

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Farrington, Frank, 1873-1939.

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Cherry Relief Commission.

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Central States Cooperatives

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Spaulding, Willis J., 1870-1965

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Springfield, Illinois superintendent of the city water works, 1909-1911, and commissioner of public property, 1911-1944, and largely responsible for the building of Lake Springfield and the city-owned power plant. These were constructed from 1927-1935. President of the Public Ownership League of America. From the description of Papers, 1889-1965. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56511139 ...

National Consumers Co-operative Association (U.S.)

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McDonald, Duncan, 1873-1965.

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McDonald was an Illinois coal miner, labor leader, politician, and bookstore owner. From the description of Correspondence, 1955. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 686747689 Illinois coal miner, labor leader, politician and bookstore owner. President, Illinois Miners (United Mine Workers of America), 1909, secretary-treasurer, 1910-1917; president, Illinois Federation of Labor, 1919-1920; owner, McDonald's Book and Art Store...

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...