United Mine Workers of America. District 22 records, 1914-1957.

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United Mine Workers of America. District 22. United Mine Workers of America. District 22 records, 1914-1957.

Title

United Mine Workers of America. District 22 records, 1914-1957.

Resource Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34472086

Abstract

Collection contains materials relating to the operation of District 22 of the UMWA and its various local unions in and around Rock Springs, Wyoming. The collection includes accident reports, correspondence, annual convention materials, minutes, reports, agreements with the Union Pacific Coal Company and the Colony Coal Company, materials relating to the Rock Springs Medical Group, which provided care for injured miners, and artifacts. The collection also includes the files of the district's compensation adjustor, Dan Pallie, who was injured in a mining accident in 1927, and a 78 rpm phonograph record (an audio cassette copy is also available) of a 1951 speech by Pallie at the Rock Springs Labor Temple. The collection also includes records relating to the operation of its locals in Dines (Local No. 4376), Rock Springs (Locals No. 2174, 2282, and 2516), Reliance (Local No. 905), Superior (Local No. 2323), and Winton (Local No. 3830). Included are minutes, reports, correspondence, and financial records of these local coal mining unions. The records of several affiliated labor unions are also contained in the collection, including the Rock Springs Central Labor Union, the Rock Springs Cooperative Society, the Rock Springs Labor Temple Association, the Sweetwater County Federal Trades and Labor Council and materials for construction and retail unions in Rock Springs.

Extent

5.81 cubic ft. (14 boxes) + artifacts + audiotape + phono disc.

Holding Repository

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7364242

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

Related Entities

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Colony Coal Company.

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United Mine Workers of America. Local 3830 (Winton, Wyo.)

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United Mine Workers of America. Local 2174 (Rock Springs, Wyo.)

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United Mine Workers of America. District 22

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The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), a labor union representing coal miners and other workers, was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1890. The UWMA began recruiting members in Wyoming in the early 1910s when District 22 of the organization was formed out of 54 local unions in Wyoming and Utah. The district headquarters were located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, until 1941 when they were relocated to Rock Springs, Wyoming. The UMWA was closely affiliated with other labor groups in Rock Springs, Sweetwa...