0.25 Linear Feet, Summary: 3 in. (1 wrapped scrapbook; 1 wrapped diary)
Creator
Teamsters Union. Local 175
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
A scrapbook and personal diary of Volney Andrews, one-time president of Local 175, covering the years 1938-1949. There is
material on disputes over the legitimacy of the AFL and the CIO especially as it was reflected in state regional labor councils
and jurisdictional struggles in West Virginia between the United Mine Workers of America and the Progressive Mine Workers
of America. Also mentioned are political concerns such as elections, congressional investigations of labor and foreign trade
bills, state labor legislative proposals and charges of corruption in West Virginia's handling of the WPA. There is mention
of the 1940 Charleston construction trades strike and also of that city's segregated neighborhood housing projects as well
as material reflecting the predominant racist attitudes of that era. Places mentioned are Bluefield, Charleston, Fairmont,
Grafton, Logan, Morgantown, and Wheeling. People mentioned are Van A. Bittner, Tom Cairnes, F.J. Dillon, William Green, Rush
D. Holt, John L. Lewis, Joe Ozanic, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Frank W. Snyder.
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Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Teamsters Local 175, Scrapbook and Diary, A&M 2284, West Virginia and
Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.