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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Miscellaneous Coal Strike Records, A&M 0960, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
A collection of official records of the coal strikes in Kanawha, Boone, Fayette, and Raleigh counties in 1912 and 1913, including transcripts of proceedings of General Court Martial, and Military Commission; briefs of Kanawha County Circuit Court, and WV Supreme Court appeal cases, and court Record of the Provost Marshal listing prisoner's name, charge, date of trial, and remarks; witness and prisoner lists; general orders; summons, and warrants. There are also proclamations by Governor Glasscock, 1912 and 1913; U.S. Senate Resolution No. 37; a few letters; and typescript copy of speech given by Mary (Mother) Jones in several WV towns in 1912.
Related Material
960, 1383
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Coal mining - Strikes - 1912 and 1913.
- Jones, Mary.
- United States. Congress. Senate
- Women's history -- 1900-1929
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Jones, Mary.
- Wallace, George Selden, 1871-1963