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Full-Text Articles in Labor History
Republican Party Doctrine And The West Virginia Coal Mine Wars, Thomas Kidd
Republican Party Doctrine And The West Virginia Coal Mine Wars, Thomas Kidd
Masters Theses, 2020-current
The West Virginia Coal Mine Wars of 1912-1913 and 1920-1921 are most strongly associated with the use of government and military force against organized labor. A deeper examination of the contemporary newspapers in the state, associated with the Republican Party reveals the attitudes of the party toward labor. Looking at how these editors reacted to the key events of the mine wars reveals that the Republican Party of the time supported two principles: free enterprise and rule of law. This study shows how the importance of these key principles caused the editors loyal to the party to shift the blame …
I Come Creeping: Remembering The Battle Of Blair Mountain In Graphic Narrative, Ellie James
I Come Creeping: Remembering The Battle Of Blair Mountain In Graphic Narrative, Ellie James
Senior Honors Theses
Between August 24 and September 4 of 1921, approximately 10,000 West Virginia coal miners marched to Blair Mountain in Logan County in a militant stand for their right to unionize. Despite its status as the largest labor uprising in United States history, few know or understand the impact of the Battle of Blair Mountain today, even within the borders of West Virginia. This creative project aims to contribute to ongoing efforts to memorialize this period of the West Virginia Mine Wars through the creation of a 10-page comic, titled I Come Creeping, which depicts and is informed by the …
Doctors, Miners, And Black Lung: A Transatlantic Comparison Of Organized Medicine's Role In The Fight For Black Lung Recognition In West Virginia And Wales, Mollie M. Cecil Md
Doctors, Miners, And Black Lung: A Transatlantic Comparison Of Organized Medicine's Role In The Fight For Black Lung Recognition In West Virginia And Wales, Mollie M. Cecil Md
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Black lung disease is a crippling occupational lung disease experienced by coal miners throughout the world. However, this disease was not always recognized by the medical profession and required significant efforts on the part of miners’ unions to force mainstream recognition. The historiography on the subject is limited, especially with respect to the relationship between organized medicine and organized labor. This work further explores this relationship, particularly how this relationship differed between the parties in Wales and in West Virginia. In doing so, it portrays a more detailed picture of the fight for black lung recognition as well as highlights …
The Role Of Women Within The Mine Wars, Kirsten Hylton
The Role Of Women Within The Mine Wars, Kirsten Hylton
West Virginia University Historical Review
This paper examines the impact that the Mine Wars had on women who lived within the mine camps directly affected by labor unrest. While women were usually not the ones on the front lines of the Mine Wars, they still were impacted by and involved with the action. Just like the men of the camps, women were evicted from their homes, brutalized by mine guards, and were forced to change their lives. Assuming that the events of the Mine Wars were perceived in the same way by both men and women would be leaving out a large portion of the …
What's The New Deal With Marshall? Depression Relief And Higher Education, Hubert Wesley Rolling
What's The New Deal With Marshall? Depression Relief And Higher Education, Hubert Wesley Rolling
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Employing archival research, this study examines the history of the New Deal’s influence on higher education, focusing on Marshall University, at the time Marshall College, from approximately 1932-1940. First, it analyzes the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and National Youth Administration (NYA) student part-time employment program’s impact on the college. Second, it discusses the PWA’s (Public Works Administration) and WPA’s (Works Progress Administration) building programs’ and flood relief efforts’ effect on Marshall. Finally, this study explores the political implications of the New Deal with emphasis on state politics and financial problems and their relationship to Marshall. A study of Marshall …
The Life Cycle Of A Coal Town: Widen, West Virginia, 1911-1963, Amanda J. Griffith
The Life Cycle Of A Coal Town: Widen, West Virginia, 1911-1963, Amanda J. Griffith
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The Elk River Coal and Lumber Company and its president, Joseph Gardner Bradley, built the town of Widen located in Clay County, West Virginia. As coal production proved successful, the coal town rapidly grew and by 1950, Widen offered amenities such as a Y.M.C.A., theater, soda fountain, schools, and churches for the diverse composition of miners to enjoy. In 1952, a fifteen-month strike marked the climax of the history of Widen. The struggle between the local union, known as the League of Widen Miners, and the United Mine Workers of America, resulted in the destruction of company and private property, …
Oral History Interview: William T. Arnold, William T. Arnold
Oral History Interview: William T. Arnold, William T. Arnold
0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection
William T. Arnold (Bill Arnold), a Native West Virginian, lived the majority of his life in Clay County. Mr. Arnold spent his early childhood on a farm on Galon Mountain. After the death of his father, Mr. Arnold moved with his family to various towns within Clay County. In 1911, when he was eleven years old, Mr. Arnold started his first job in coal mining, working thirteen hours a night as a water dipper. When he was eighteen years old, Mr. Arnold began working as a postman and delivered mail on a route near the New River, between the towns …
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of 50¢.
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of $10.
Wyoming Coal Company, Wyoming Coal Company
Wyoming Coal Company, Wyoming Coal Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Wyoming Coal Company mine with a value of $1.
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of $5.
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the WInding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of 10¢.
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of $1.
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of 5¢.
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of 25¢.
Semet-Solvay Division Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation, Semet-Solvay Division Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation
Semet-Solvay Division Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation, Semet-Solvay Division Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Semet-Solvay Division Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation with a value of 1¢.
The Lorado Store, The Lorado Store
The Lorado Store, The Lorado Store
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from The Lorado Store with a value of 1¢.
Amherst Coal Company, Amherst Coal Company
Amherst Coal Company, Amherst Coal Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Amherst Coal Company mine with a value of 5¢.
Preston County Supply Store, Preston County Supply Store
Preston County Supply Store, Preston County Supply Store
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Preston County Supply Store with a value of 5¢.
Junior Mercantile Company, Junior Mercantile Company
Junior Mercantile Company, Junior Mercantile Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Junior Mercantile Company with a value of 1¢.
Guyan Eagle Stores, Guyan Eagle Stores
Guyan Eagle Stores, Guyan Eagle Stores
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Guyan Eagle Stores with a value of 1¢.
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company, Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company, Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Gulf Smokeless Coal Company mine with a value of 1¢.
Leccony Smokeless Fuel Company, Leccony Smokeless Coal Company
Leccony Smokeless Fuel Company, Leccony Smokeless Coal Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Leccony Smokeless Fuel Company mine with a value of 1¢.
Amherst Coal Company, Amherst Coal Company
Amherst Coal Company, Amherst Coal Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Amherst Coal Company mine with a value of 1¢.
Glen Alum Coal Company, Glen Alum Coal Company
Glen Alum Coal Company, Glen Alum Coal Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Glen Alum Coal Company mine with a value of 5¢.
Glen Alum Coal Company, Glen Alum Coal Company
Glen Alum Coal Company, Glen Alum Coal Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Glen Alum Coal Company mine with a value of 50¢.
Glen Alum Coal Company, Glen Alum Coal Company
Glen Alum Coal Company, Glen Alum Coal Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Glen Alum Coal Company mine with a value of 10¢.
Glen Alum Coal Company, Glen Alum Coal Company
Glen Alum Coal Company, Glen Alum Coal Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Glen Alum Coal Company mine with a value of 25¢.
The New River Company, The New River Company
The New River Company, The New River Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from The New River Company mine with a value of $1.
Amherst Coal Company, Amherst Coal Company
Amherst Coal Company, Amherst Coal Company
Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection
This scrip is from the Amherst Coal Company mine with a value of 10¢.