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Labor History

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Harold Bauman papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2836
Abstract

The Harold Bauman papers (1919-2008) contains a variety of medical white papers, research on Ammon Hennacy (a Christian radical activist), and oral history interviews conducted by students of Dr. Bauman with veterans of the Vietnam War. Bauman was an Associate Professor of History of Science and Medicine at the University of Utah.

Dates: 1919-2008

Carbon County coal strike records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0473
Abstract

The Carbon County coal strike records (1906-1973) contain original documents and photocopies of transcripts, petitions, correspondence, newsletters, flyers, court records, and articles concerning the Carbon County Coal Strike of 1933.

Dates: 1906-1973

Combined Metals Reduction Company photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0124
Abstract

The Combined Metals Reduction Company photograph collection contains photographs of the mill owned by the company.

Dates: 1910-1930

Cotton Mission photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0055
Abstract

The Cotton Mission photograph collection contains photographs of a cotton mill, workers, cotton plants, and vineyards of the cotton mission established by the LDS Church in southern Utah.

Dates: 1860-1869

Joseph A. Curtis papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1229
Abstract

The Joseph A. Curtis papers (1921-1990) contain correspondence, articles, songbooks of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), and a typescript of a book entitled The Right Man? The Tragic Saga of Joe Hill by Joseph A. Curtis.

Dates: 1921-1990

Barney Flanagan papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0710
Abstract

This collection consists of a 1945 speech, an article, and reminiscences of work in Utah's Unemployment Insurance Program and Employment Security Program.

Dates: 1945-1981

William R. Gould photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0525
Abstract

The William R. Gould photograph collection consists of personal images and portraits of William Gould and close relatives and friends, group portraits of business meetings, employees, social and publicity events, and the work of William Gould. Experimental energy resources developed by SCE are also documented.

Dates: 1890-1990

Joe Hill photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0427
Abstract

The Joe Hill photograph collection contains photographs of Joe Hill and of his funeral in Chicago, photographs of family members and friends, color prints of an event commemorating the 75th anniversary of Joe Hill's execution.

Dates: 1914-1990

Joe Hill Conference photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0445
Abstract

The Joe Hill Conference photograph collection contains photographs of the Eselius House and other buildings in Salt Lake City associated with Joe Hill. The collection also contains a photographic reproduction of The Joe Hill songbook, photographs of various locations in Utah taken in the 1930s and photographs of folk singer Faith Petric.

Dates: 1915-1990s

Joe Hill Organizing Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1243
Abstract

The Joe Hill Organizing Committee records (1914-1991) contain book reviews, committee lists, correspondence, flyers, news clippings, newsletters, petitions, play reviews, posters, reservation permits, songbooks, stamps, and tax forms. Some documents are copies from the trial and execution of Joe Hill in Utah in 1915. The Organizing Committee was formed in 1989 to commemorate Joe Hill who was a popular songwriter for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

Dates: 1914-1991

Alfred Richins Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1375
Abstract

The Alfred Richins Jones papers (1891-1936) consist of personal papers and materials resulting from Jones' activities at the Echo Roller Mills in Echo City, Utah.

Dates: 1891-1936

Dorothee Kocks oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1594
Abstract

The Dorothee Kocks oral histories (1994-1995) consist of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 1994-1995 documenting migration experiences and labor history in Utah from 1984 to 1995. The interviewers were students at the University of Utah enrolled in History 170 which was taught by Dorothee Kocks, Assistant Professor of History.

Dates: 1994-1995

Gustive O. Larson articles

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0078
Abstract

The Gustive O. Larson articles consist of: "Mormon Immigration," "Federal Government Efforts to Americanize Utah before Admission to Statehood," and "The Early Beginnings of the Sugar Industry in Utah Territory, 1852-1891."

Dates: undated

Nephi Plaster and Manufacturing Company records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0119
Abstract

The Nephi Plaster and Manufacturing Company records (1906-1941) contains a minute and record book. This company was established in 1889 in Nephi, Utah.

Dates: 1906-1941

Floyd O'Neil photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0429
Abstract

The Floyd O'Neil photograph collection consists largely of the American Indian Movement, a 1970s armed standoff in the Dakotas. 1996 addendum of one folder contains images from the Bureau of Land Management Grazing Fee Study in Colorado/Utah regions from 1952. The collection contains a contact sheet of photographs of Floyd A. O'Neil in the University of Utah Marriott Library; fourteen photographs of events during and after the 1973 confrontation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

Dates: 1970s-Present

Edward Lloyd Parry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0368
Abstract

The Edward Lloyd Parry papers (1878-1897) consist of several items, most of which relate to Parry (b. 1818). Included are an account of the building and dedication of the Manti LDS temple, a manuscript newspaper entitled "The Home Writer" (1882-1883), a time book for E. L. Parry and Sons Stone Quarry (1870), and a volume of music copied from another source.

Dates: 1878-1897

William Fletcher Reynolds biography [photocopy]

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042321697]
Identifier: MS 0357
Abstract

The William Fletcher Reynolds biography [photocopy] consist of a sketch of the life of William Fletcher Reynolds, Utah pioneer of 1852, dictated and prepared by his eldest daughter, Ellis Reynolds Shipp.

Dates: undated

Sumner Margetts Company photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0519
Abstract

Sumner Margetts Company photograph collection consists of mostly images of various land moving and construction machines employed by the company. Included are some personal images. Also included is the building of a remote bridge, and surveying the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover.

Dates: 1960-1987

Otto N. Toomey papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042079105]
Identifier: ACCN 1707
Abstract

The Otto N. Toomey papers (1935) consist of a scrapbook of news clippings and a broadside entitled The State of Utah v. O. N. Toomey. The case involved a union carpenter, Otto N. Toomey, who was prosecuted for non-support of his family because he refused to accept work as a laborer as ordered by the Salt Lake County emergency relief administration.

Dates: 1935

Utah coal mining history records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2058
Abstract

The Utah Coal Mining History records (1870-1996) consist of correspondence, research materials, newspaper clippings, congressional documents, maps, and essays relating to the Utah coal mining industry. These materials pertain to minority miners, mining hazards, mining labor history, and various social and economic issues.

Dates: 1870-1996