Parker Trial Proceedings (copy 2 of reel #4): 16 mm

Consist of union governance documents (constitutions and collective agreements) and publications. Also, correspondence, tapes of radio broadcasts, reports and other documents regarding the history of the non-ferrous metals industry; union organizing and strikes; the murder, imprisonment, persecution, and deportation of aliens and striking miners; court trials of William "Big Bill" Haywood and other WFM miners (1903-1907); rivalry between the WFM and the Industrial Workers of the World; the secession of the Ansonia Brass Workers from the IUMMSW (1947-1948); the split between the CIO and the IUMMSW (1947-1952); and the Butte, Montana miners rank and file revolt (1955).

Documents regarding the history of the non-ferrous metals industry in the western United States.