Labor History Collection of Publications and Artifacts

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Labor History Collection of Publications and Artifacts, A&M 0162, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet Summary: 5 1/2 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Labor History Collection of Publications and Artifacts, A&M 0162, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Miscellaneous issues of various labor periodicals, pamphlets, and serial publications, many of which are published by or are about West Virginia labor organizations and issues. Also includes a chart with title: 'Unemployed in the U.S., 1920-1934,' and 43 delegate and guest labor convention badges and ribbons, 1939-1959, mostly from West Virginia labor conventions.

Series include:
Series 1. Pamphlets, 1934-1939, 1954, undated (box 1)
Series 2. Periodicals, 1937-1950, 1970 (box 1)
Series 3. Serial Publications, ca. 1943-1945, undated (box 1)
Series 4. Envelope, undated (box 1)
Series 5. Chart, undated (box 1)
Series 6. Ephemera, undated (box 2)

This series includes assorted labor-related pamphlets on topics including the Congress of Industrial Organizations, national and West Virginia state labor legislation, etc.

This series includes issues of various labor-related periodicals, including "The Bricklayer, Mason, and Plasterer," "The Labor Journal," and "The Progressive Miner."

This series includes issues of various serial publications on topics including West Virginia state legislature, the West Virginia State Federation of Labor, and a convention of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks.

This series contains a mailing envelope which contained a folded color portrait of John L. Lewis on fabric. This portrait is now in the Oversize Photographs Collection.

This series consists of a chart published by the American Federation of Labor titled "Unemployed in the U.S., 1920-1934."

This series consists of 43 delegate and guest labor convention badges and ribbons, mostly from WV labor conventions including: the WV Federation of Labor, WV Journeyman, Barbers, and Beauticians Convention; American Federation of Labor; AFL-CIO Biennial Convention, etc.

Physical 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 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
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