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Davis, James J. (James John), 1873-1947.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

AFL-CIO Railway Employees' Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5478
Abstract

This collection is primarily the correspondence (carbons and originals), of the RED Presidents: B.M. Jewell, Fred N. Aten, and Michael Fox, with officers of RED affiliated unions and the carriers. Also, included are minutes and proceedings, legal records, financial records, legislative materials, circulars, publications, reports, case files, statistical data and clippings.

Dates: 1912-1983

"History of the United Mine Workers, 1890-1932" Unpublished Manuscript on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5302 mf
Abstract This manuscript consists of approximately 110 type-written pages and represents the major portion of Mr. Pascoe's projected history of the United Mine Workers. The material here was written between 1926 and 1932. The manuscript deals mainly with Mr. Pascoe's early organizing activities in Kentucky and with the Illinois "rebellion" of the late twenties and early thirties. Mr. Pascoe's examination of the affair in Illinois differs from most other accounts in that he approaches the events from...
Dates: 1926-1932

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Anthracite Coal Strike, Pa., 1925-1926 1
Bituminous Coal Strike, United States, 1922 1
Coal Strike, Harlan County, Ky., 1931-1932 1
Coal miners 1
Coal mining industry -- United States -- State supervision 1