Tom N. Chapman papers, 1942-1968.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Tom N. Chapman papers, 1942-1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/442931499

Tom N. Chapman was a miner and stationary engineer in Butte and Helena, Montana. Papers consist of a Butte Miners Union #1 dues book (1942-1944); two stationary engineer licenses (1950-1951); a War Production Board card (1942-1943), certifying that Chapman was an essential war worker; an employees' handbook (1946) from Fort Richardson, Alaska; a notebook (1967-1968); and a sketch of the Mitchell Building's heating system. Papers consist of a Butte Miners Union #1 dues book (1942-1944); two stationary engineer licenses (1950-1951); a War Production Board card (1942-1943), certifying that Chapman was an essential war worker; an employees' handbook (1946) from Fort Richardson, Alaska; a notebook (1967-1968); and a sketch of the Mitchell Building's heating system.

.1 lin. ft.

Montana Historical Society Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7540054

Montana Historical Society Library

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Chapman, Tom N., 1908-1990.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65q5h5z (person)

Tom N. Chapman was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on September 2,1908, the son of Charles and Rosa Chapman. In 1918 the family moved to a ranch near Ryegate, Montana. In April 1927, Tom married Olive Burlingame. They had a daughter also named Olive. They were divorced a few years later. Tom married Dorothy Hildreath in Butte in 1937. He worked as a miner in Butte in the early 1940s; and as a civilian employee of Fort Richardson, Alaska, about 1946. He returned to Montana in 1947, settling in Helena, w...

Butte Miners' Union No. 1 (Butte, Mont.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qk27cs (corporateBody)

The Butte Miners' Union (BMU) was established in Butte, Montana, in March 1885, a result of the reorganization of the seven-year-old Butte Workingman's Union. The BMU fought for a minimum wage for miners and a closed shop. With chartered branch affiliates in Granite, Neihart, Castle, and Champion, BMU members took the lead in the establishment of the Western Federation of Miners in 1893. From the guide to the Butter Miners' Union No. 1 Records, 1900-1967, (Montana Historical Society ...