Fred Mooney Manuscripts A&M 1956

Fred Mooney Manuscripts A&M 1956


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1956
Title
Fred Mooney Manuscripts ca. 1935
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/208050
Quantity
0.75 Linear Feet, 8.5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 scrapbook, 0.5 in.)
Creator
Mooney, Fred, 1888-1952
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

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Fred Mooney Manuscripts, A&M 1956, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Scope and Contents

Fred Mooney papers, ca.1935. 1 ms. Box and 1 bundle. Original manuscripts on "The Life of Fred Mooney, By Himself" and a scrapbook and newspaper clippings collected by Mooney. Mooney was a former secretary-treasurer of United Mine Workers District 31. A microfilm copy of the papers was made in 1961 and is filed under A&M 1428.

Additional: One folder of correspondence by or to Fred Mooney, 1938-1941. Includes typescript pages of Mooney's early life and family. Correspondents include John J. Lewis. Added 1968 Feb 29: One typed copy of the manuscript, "Struggle in the Coal Fields, The Autobiography of Fred Mooney" ed. by J.W. Hess, published 1967.

Added 1970 Jun 6: One Newspaper Picture photographic copy 1 negative. Box 2.

Related Material

1428, 1956

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Coal mining - Labor organization.
  • Coal mining - Miners' March of 1919.
  • Coal mining - Miners' Treason Trials.
  • Hess, J.W.
  • Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
  • Mooney, Fred, 1888-1952
  • Union names.
  • Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.
  • United Mine Workers of America. District 31

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Hess, J.W.
  • Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
  • Mooney, Fred, 1888-1952