0176. Industrial Workers of the World - By States - Enclosures. Enclosures to Case File 186701. Section 27. Montana. 32 pages., 1917-1921
Scope and Contents
People: J. Edgar Hoover; Benjamin H. Fletcher; George Hardy; Thomas W. Gregory; Burton K. Wheeler; Frank Little. Subjects: Department of Justice surveillance of Industrial Workers of the World activities in Butte, Montana; mass meetings; industrial unionism; organization of black Americans in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; emigrants to Soviet Russia; Industrial Workers of the World factionalism and internal politics; Department of Justice cooperation with local prosecutions of Industrial Workers of the World defendants; Industrial Workers of the World organization of smelter workers, copper miners, coal miners, and lumber workers in Montana; Finnish immigrants; citizen and United States congressman protests against Industrial Workers of the World activities in Montana; protests against lynching of Industrial Workers of the World executive board member Frank Little in Butte, Montana; strikes.
Dates
- 1917-1921
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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Extent
1.67 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository