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National Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers Second Annual Joint Conference of Miners and Operators Proceedings on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5413 mf

Abstract

Proceedings of the Second Annual Joint Conference of Miners and Operators, held in Columbus, Ohio on February 8-11, 1887.

Dates

  • 1887

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

The National Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers was formed by members of the Knights of Labor. John McBride, Chris Evans and Daniel McLaughlin, were the original founders. The union believed in an eight hour work day, and overall better working conditions in the mining industry. Because they did not deliver on their promises they los support and members.

The rivalry between them and the United Mine Workers of America led to the formation of the United Mine Workers.

Extent

0.11 cubic feet

Quantity:

1 microfilm reel

Forms of Material:

Records (documents), microfilm.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, May 12, 2014
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, March 12, 2019
Title
National Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers Second Annual Joint Conference of Miners and Operators Proceedings on Microfilm
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
March 12, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall Tower Road
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3183