12.5 Linear Feet, Summary: 12 ft. 6 in. (10 records cartons, 15 in. each)
Creator
Steel, Edward M.
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Contains papers compiled by History Professor Edward Steel of West Virginia University regarding labor activist Mother Jones.
These records were created to support Steel's research and publication projects. Boxes 1-8 include facsimiles (photocopied),
transcripts, and notes of archival and published material regarding Mother Jones contemporary to her time. Also includes drafts
of articles. Boxes 9-10 include miscellaneous unsorted research notes.
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Edward M. Steel, History Professor, Mother Jones Research Papers, A&M
3339, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Edward Marvin Steel was born on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of Edward and Judith Wilkes
Steel. He passed away 7 April 2011 in Morgantown, West Virginia after a short illness. He graduated from Harvard University
in the class of 1940, and then served as a pilot in World War II, becoming a prisoner of war. He later received his doctorate
in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Steel was a professor of history at West Virginia University,
specializing in American history. As an author he is best known for his scholarly writings on labor leader Mother Jones. He
was married had a wife, Barbara Manley Steel, and a son, Philip.