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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Fred Mooney Manuscripts, A&M 1428, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Typescript and manuscript drafts of "The Life of Fred Mooney," by himself, and a manuscript copy of "Shootin Straight" by J. F. Pennington. Mooney, one-time Secretary-Treasurer of the West Virginia United Mine Workers, relates his experience in the West Virginia labor movement, He covers the disturbances at Cabin and Paint Creek, 1912-1913; the abortive Miners March of 1919; the Matawan massacre of the Baldwin Felts detectives; the Miners Treason Trials in 1922; and a later dispute with John L. Lewis and the UMW that led to Mooney's resignation.
Related Material
1428, 1956
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Baldwin-Felts Detective Inc.
- Cabin Creek (W. Va.)
- Coal mining - Labor organization.
- Coal mining - Miners' March of 1919.
- Coal mining - Miners' Treason Trials.
- Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
- Matawan Massacre
- Matewan (W. Va.)
- Miners' Treason Trials.
- Mooney, Fred, 1888-1952
- Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.)
- Pennington, J.F.
- Union names.
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.
- United Mine Workers of America
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
- Mooney, Fred, 1888-1952
- Pennington, J.F.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Cabin Creek (W. Va.)
- Matewan (W. Va.)
- Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.)