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Pocahontas Operators Association, Records, 1941-1973 A&M 2796

Pocahontas Operators Association, Records, 1941-1973 A&M 2796


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 2796
Title
Pocahontas Operators Association, Records 1941-1973
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195344
Quantity
0.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 in. (1 document case); 5 reels of microfilm
Creator
Pocahontas Operators Association
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
The minutes, correspondence, and financial records of the Pocahontas Operators Association and of its successors, the Smokeless Operators Association and the Southern Virginias Operators Association. Topics mentioned are foreign competition, environmental legislation, labor strife and union negotiations, and lobbying efforts in Congress and with state legislatures. Special mention is made of the conditions in the coal industry during World War II, the impact of the Taft-Hartley Act on bargaining for the 1948 contract, and the effects in the coalfields of union dissension in the U.M.W.A. over the role of the Tony Boyle administration during the early 1970s.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pocahontas Operators Association, Records, A&M 2796, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Boyle, William Anthony, 1904-1985
  • Coal industry.
  • Coal mining - coal operators associations.
  • Coal mining.
  • Coal operators associations.
  • Environmentalism.
  • Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
  • Pocahontas Operators Association
  • Politics and government.
  • Smokeless Coal Operators Association
  • Southern Virginias Operators Association
  • Union names.
  • Unions - UMWA.
  • Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.
  • United Mine Workers of America
  • United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947
  • Winding Gulf Operators Association
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Labor