5.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 ft. 5 in. (10 document cases, 5 in.); (1 records carton, 15 in.); 5 reels of microfilm
Creator
Thurmond, Walter R., 1881-1967
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
Operator in the Logan coalfield for many years, collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, and president of the state
Board of Control, 1937-1941. Thurmond returned to the coal industry in 1941 and helped organize the Southern Coal Producers'
Association, serving as its secretary until his retirement in 1958. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks,
and other papers, including Thurmond's diaries for 1938-1967. Subjects include labor relations, taxes, mine safety, non-union
fields, company stores, the United Mine Workers of America, race relations, and national politics. There is specific comment
on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Walter R. Thurmond (1881-1967) Papers, A&M 2141, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.