Papers, 1890-1943 [microform].

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Papers, 1890-1943 [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55769427

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, proposed agreements, contracts, testimonies, speeches and articles, scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Material chiefly concerns Doyle's association with United Mine Workers of America, especially the period of the Ludlow and Northern Colorado coal strikes 1912-1914. Correspondents include: Samuel Gompers, William Green, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, Upton Sinclair, Frank P. Walsh, John P. White.

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924

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Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) was President of the American Federation of Labor and a member of the President's First Industrial Conference in 1919. He was a member of the President's Unemployment Conference in 1921. ...

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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Green, William, 1870-1952

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Ohio district president of the United Mine Workers of America; Democratic senator in Ohio General Assembly; AFL president. From the description of William Green papers [microform], 1891-1952. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 45840057 ...

United mine workers of America

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Doyle, Edward Lawrence, 1886-

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Colorado union activist. B. July 15, 1886 Spring Valley, Ill. Family moved to Lafayette, Colo. early 1900s. Secretary-Treasurer of District 15, United Mine Workers 1912-1917. Traveling Auditor of Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees 1921-1943. From the description of Papers, 1890-1943 [microform]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55769427 ...

Walsh, Frank P.

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Francis Patrick Walsh (1864-1939), an American lawyer and political reformer, was one of the chief architects of the legislative struggle against industrial exploitation of children and an advocate of Irish and anti-imperialist causes. He also fought for civil liberties and was a labor partisan and staunch New Dealer. From the description of Frank P. Walsh papers, 1896-1939, bulk (1920-1939). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485559 From the guide to the Fran...

White, John P. (John Phillip), 1870-1934

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