Publications of the United Mine Workers of America, Collection # 55
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Special Collections and University Archives
42 boxes, 54 Linear Feet
Historical Note
For a history of the United Mine Workers of America, (UMWA) please see Collection #
52, UMWA, District 2; Collection # 66, UMWA, District 5; Collection # 67, UMWA,
District 3; Collection # 79, UMWA, Local 617; and Collection # 109, UMWA, District
25.
Scope and Content
This collection of publications of the UMWA includes published materials of the UMWA
International as well as items published in various coal producing states. The collection
features volumes of The Black Diamond, which date from 1920-1972. Annual coal
reports and inspection reports from the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee,
Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming are also included.
Provenance:
Unknown
Restrictions:
None
Processor:
Date Unknown; Papers arranged and inventory written by Special Collections Staff.
Summer 2001; Papers rearranged and inventory rewritten by Special Collections Staff.
Container List
The Black Diamond
Bound Issues:
1920 Volume 1 and 2
1921 Volume 2
1922 Volume 1 and 2
1923 Volume 1 and 2
1924 Volume 1 and 2
1925 Volume 1 and 2
1926 Volume 1 and 2
1927 Volume 1 and 2
1
1928
1929
1930
Volume 1 and 2
Volume 1 and 2
Volume 1 and 2
Boxed Issues (Box 1-16):
Box Number Year
1
1943
1943
1948
1948
Volume Number
110
111
120
121
Issue Number
5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13
4, 6, 10, 11
1-13
1-3, 6-13
2
1949
1949
122
123
3-13
1-14
3
1950
1950
124
125
1-13
1-13
4
1951
1951
126
127
1-13
1-8, 12-13
5
1952
1952
128
129
1-5, 7, 8-13
1-10
6
1954
1954
132
133
1-13
1, 3-13
7
1955
1955
134
135
1-13
1-13
8
1956
1956
136
137
1-13
1-6, 8-13
9
1957
1957
138
139
1-13
1-13
10
1958
1958
1959
1959
140
141
142
143
1, 2, 4, 5, 7-13
1-13
1-13
1-11
Boxed Issues Continued…
2
Box Number Year
11
1960
1960
Volume Number
144
145
Issue Number
1-13
1-14
12
1961
1961
146
147
1-13
1-14
13
1962
1962
148
149
1-13
1-13
14
1963
1963
1964
1964
150
151
152
153
1-13
1-11
1-13
1-13
15
1965
1966
1967
1968
154
155
156
157
1-6, 8, 9, 11
1-11
1-4, 6-12
1-9, 11, 12
16
1969
1970
1971
1972
158
159
160
161
1-6, 8-12
1-12
1-12
1-11
Miscellaneous State Publications:
Box 17:
Alabama:
Alaska:
Arkansas:
Colorado:
Illinois:
Box 18:
Illinois:
Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Safety and
Inspection, Annual Reports
1960-61, 1963-67
Report of Commissioner of Mines
1946
Annual Report of State Inspector of Coal Mines
1968-71
Annual Report of Coal Mine Inspection Department
1956, 1960-62, 1964-65, 1968-72
Proceedings of the Illinois Mining Institute
1940-42
Coal Reports
1934-38
Coal Reports
1939-1946
3
Box 19:
Illinois:
Box 20:
Illinois:
Box 21:
Illinois:
Iowa:
Box 22:
Kansas:
Kentucky:
Maryland:
Missouri:
Montana:
Ohio:
Coal Reports
1947-54
Coal Reports
1955-1962
Coal Reports
1963-67, 1970-71
Mineral Resource Research and Activities of the State
Geological Survey
1950-51
Minable Coal Reserves of Illinois
1952
Illinois Mineral Industry in 1951 and 1952
1953
Illinois Mineral Industry in 1953
1955
Report of Mine Inspectors
1946-49, 1952-53, 1959, 1965, 1969
Report of Mine Inspection Section
1950
Department of Mines and Minerals Annual Report
1949, 1957, 1961, 1963
Annual Report Bureau of Mines
1961-66
Annual Report of Division of Mine Inspection
1961
Strippable Coal Deposits on State Land, Powder River
County, Montana
Directory of Mining Enterprises for 1978
1979
A Program of Activities and Research in Coal Geology
1952
Annual Coal Report
1946-51, 1954-58
4
Box 23:
Ohio:
Oklahoma:
Tennessee:
Virginia:
Annual Coal Report
1959-71, 1979
Annual Report of Mines and Mining
1961, 1968-69, 1971
Annual Report Department of Labor
1957-58, 1967
Rules and Regulations Affecting Unemployment
Compensation
1980
Annual Report Department of Labor and Industry
1968-71
Box 24:
West Virginia: Unemployment Compensation Rights and Duties
1974
Workmen’s Compensation Law
1974
Mining Laws
1977, 1981
Annual Report Workmen’s Compensation Fund
1943, 1946, 1948-51, 1966, 1969-72
Monthly Report Coal Mining Section
December 1936
Annual Report Department of Mines
1945-47, 1949-51
Box 25:
West Virginia: Annual Report Department of Mines
1952-61
Box 26:
West Virginia: Annual Report Department of Mines
1962-68, 1973, 1975, 1977-78
Box 27:
West Virginia: Annual Report Department of Mines
1979-80, 1983-84, 1989
Directory of West Virginia Business Industry
1946
Wyoming:
Wyoming Coal Mining – A Wage and Employment Survey
1984
Annual Report State Inspector of Coal Mines
1946, 1959, 1961-65, 1968-72
5
Other Miscellaneous Publications:
Box 28:
Saward’s Annual
1956-67
Box 29:
Report of Thomas Kennedy, International Secretary-Treasurer, UMWA
Dec. 1, 1929 – June 1, 1930
Dec. 1, 1930 – June 1, 1931
Dec. 1, 1931 – June 1, 1932
Dec. 1, 1934 – June 1, 1935
Dec. 1, 1936 – June 1, 1937
Dec 1, 1937 – Dec. 1, 1938
Dec. 1, 1939 – Jan 1, 1943
July 1, 1943 – Jan 1, 1948
Report of John Owens, International Secretary-Treasurer, UMWA
Jan 1, 1948 – Dec 31, 1963
July 1, 1964 – Dec 31, 1964
July 1, 1965 – Dec 31, 1967
July 1, 1968 – Dec 31, 1968
July 1, 1969 – June 30, 1970
Jan 1, 1971 – Dec 31, 1971
Proceedings of the Twenty Sixth Consecutive and Third Biennial
Convention of the
UMWA
Jan 15-26, 1918
Volume Two
Proceedings of the Twenty Ninth Consecutive and Sixth Biennial
Convention of the
UMWA
Jan 22-Feb 2, 1924 Volume Two
Proceedings of the Consecutive Constitutional Convention of the UMWA
20th Convention: Jan 19-Feb 6, 1909 Two Volumes
31st Convention:
March 10-20, 1930 Two Volumes
32nd Convention:
Jan 26-Feb 5, 1932 Volume 2
rd
33 Convention:
Jan 23-31, 1934
Two Volumes
34th Convention:
Jan 28-Feb 7, 1936 Four Volumes
35th Convention:
Jan 25-Feb 3, 1938 Two Volumes
36th Convention:
Jan 23-Feb 1, 1940 Volume 1
Box 30:
6
Proceedings: UMWA Cont…
38th Convention:
1944
42nd Convention:
Oct 2-9, 1956
rd
43 Convention:
Oct 4-11, 1960
44th Convention:
Sept 1-11, 1964
45th Convention:
Sept 4-13, 1968
th
48 Convention:
Dec 10-19, 1979
49th Convention:
Dec 12-17, 1983
th
50 Convention:
Sept 17-25, 1990
Two Volumes
Two Volumes
Two Volumes
Two Volumes
Three Vols.
Two Volumes
Daily Proceedings of the Thirty Eighth Constitutional Convention of the
UMWA
Sept. 12, 1942
Sept. 13-15, 1944
Sept. 18-20, 1944
Daily Minutes of the Constitutional Convention of the UMWA
42nd Convention:
Oct. 2, 1956
44th Convention:
Sept. 9, 1964
th
45 Convention:
Sept. 10, 1968
Final Report of Committee on Credentials of the UMWA
Feb. 3, 1936
Sept. 16, 1944
Oct. 8, 1956
Partial Report of Committee on Credentials of the UMWA
Sept. 12, 1944
Sept. 4, 1968
Joint Report of the International Officers
36th Convention: Jan. 23, 1940
41st Convention: Oct. 7, 1952
43rd Convention: Oct. 4, 1960
44th Convention: Sept. 1, 1964
Verbatim Proceedings of the International Officers and District
Representatives
1918
Minutes of the International Executive Board
Jan. 25 – March 29, 1911
Coal’s Position on Subsidized Civilian Nuclear Power
March 4, 1964
7
In the Superior Court of PA
Oct. Term 1939
Feb. Term 1957
Oct. Term 1986
Oct. Term 1987
Coal Data Book
Feb. 1980
The Year of the Rank and File, Officers’ Report
1973
Box 31:
Collective Bargaining Positions: U.S. Department of Labor
May 14, 1948
Nov 15, 1949
UMWA Opposes Anti-Labor Bills
May 13, 1959
The Holmes Safety Association Handbook
April 25, 1960
April 27, 1970
UMWA National Coal Mine Construction Agreement
April 6, 1978
Feb. 9, 1985
National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement
March 27, 1978
June 7, 1981
1984
1988
Electing Union Officers, U.S. Department of Labor
September 1962
June 1963
Hearings before the Subcommittee on the Impact of Imports and Exports
on American
Employment
June 19-20, 1961
8
Hearings before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United
States Senate
June 12-13, 1961
Pertinent Questions and Answers Concerning Dusts, Mine Safety
Appliances Co.
Proceedings of the Twentieth Convention, UMWA
Jan 19, 1909 Two Volumes
Facts about Coal, U.S. Department of the Interior
1950
Coal in PA: Recent Developments and Prospects
1963
Coal Mine Film Directory for Safety Men
Buried Black Treasure: The Story of PA Anthracite by Carl Corlsen
1954
Federal Mine Safety Code for Bituminous Coal and Lignite Mines of the
U.S., U.S. Department of the Interior
July 24, 1946
Anthracite: The Story of Hard Coal from Prehistoric Forests to Modern
Homes and Buildings
Coal Production in the U.S.
1962
Weekly Rates of Compensation for Disability Cases Based on the Amount
of Weekly Earnings, Department of Labor and Industry
Jan 1, 1928
Work Injuries: Compensable in PA by Alice Warne
July 1951
Medical Care Under Workmen’s Compensation, U.S. Department of
Labor
1962
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the PA System of Compensation
and Rehabilitation
1962
9
Return American Business and Labor to the Bargaining Table by John L.
Lewis
April 24, 1953
Report of President John L. Lewis to the Third Convention of Congress
Nov. 18, 1940
Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Convention of the PA Federation of
Labor
May 10-12, 1921
Bibliography of Industrial Hygiene, U.S. Public Health Service
1900-1943
The Health of Workers in Dusty Trades, U.S. Public Health Service
1941
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977
UMWA Model Bylaws for Local Unions
Dec. 12, 1985
Union Trusteeships: A Report to the Congress, Secretary of Labor
Sept. 1962
College of Mineral Industries, PA State University
July 1, 1961 – June 30, 1962
Water Pools in PA Anthracite Mines, US. Department of the Interior
1949
Proceedings of the First Governors’ Fuel Conference
April 26, 1954
Rules and Regulations and Statements of Procedure by the National Labor
Relations Board
1958
Monthly Labor review, U.S. Department of Labor
May 1920
Text of Message by Frank P. Kelly
Feb. 10, 1956
10
Summary Plan Description Group Insurance Plan, Bethlehem Mines
Corporation
June 1, 1978
Manual of Statistical Info, Anthracite Institute
1950
Symposium on Acid Mine Drainage Research, The Mellon Institute
May 20-21, 1965
Passing the Torch of our Union: The Dream Never Dies, John L. Lewis
and Richard L. Trumka
1890-1990
International Publications:
Box 32: International Conventions, 1901-1907
Box 33: International Conventions, 1908 and 1910
Box 34: International Conventions, 1911, 1912, and 1914 (vol. 2)
Box 35: International Conventions, 1916, 1918 (vol. 1), 1919 (vol.
1 and 2)
Box 36: International Conventions, 1919 (vol. 3), 1920, 1921
Box 37: International Conventions, 1922, 1924, 1927
Box 38: International Conventions, 1932, 1940, 1942, 1944
Box 39: International Conventions, 1946, 1948, 1952
Box 40: International Miscellaneous Material
Box 41:
Proceedings: 41st Consecutive Constitutional Convention,
1952 (vol. 1 of 2)
Election Committee Manual
Duties of Local Union Financial Officers
Constitution/Grievances Committee Resolutions
Box 42:
Districts 3, 4, and 5
Agreement--April 29, 1941
District 4
First Constitution (1973)
Second Constitution (1977)
Third Constitution (1981)
Fourth Constitution (1986)
District 5
Constitution (1937)
Constitution (1982)
Constitution (1985)
11
Agreement--Thin Vein Seams of The Hicks Coal
Interests (1920)
Agreement--Thin Vein Seams of the Kiski and
Allegheny Valley Operators (1924)
Agreement--Vesta Coal Company (1941)
Wage Agreement--Mine 2 (1941)
District 6
Agreement--Ohio Coal Control Association and
Division 3 (1934)
Agreement--Division 2, Salem-Leetonia District
(1935)
Agreement--Division 2, Massilon District (1935)
Agreement--Division 2, Number 6 and 7 Veins,
Columbiana Country (1935)
Agreement--Division 2, Tuscarawas-Coshocton
(1935)
Agreement--Division 3 (1935)
Agreement--Division 3 (1941)
District 10
Agreement--12 May 1939-31 March 1941
Agreement--1 April 1941-31 March 1943
District 13
Centerville Agreement (1939-1941)
District 14
District Agreement (1941)
Contract for Strip Mines (1939)
Contract for Shaft Mines (1939)
Contract for Strip Mines (1941)
District 15
Coal Producers of Colorado and New Mexico
(1935)
Northern Colorado Coal Producers' Association
(1935)
Arthur Roeder (1935)
District 16
Appalachian Agreement and Agreement with Coal
Control Association (1935)
District 17
Appalachian and New River Agreements (1935)
Appalachian and Kanawha District Agreements
(1935)
Appalachian and Winding Gulf Agreements (1935)
Appalachian and Greenbrier Agreements (1935)
Appalachian and Williamson District Agreements
(1935)
Appalachian and Logan District Agreements (1935)
12
Appalachian and Pocahontas-Tug River
Agreements (1935)
Appalachian and Pocahontas-Tug River
Agreements (1939)
District 21
Agreement--Arkansas and Oklahoma Coal
Operators (1939)
District 22
Proceedings of Nineteenth Consecutive
Constitutional Convention (1957)
District 28
Appalachian and Upper Buchanan Smokeless
District Agreement (1937)
Appalachian Agreement and Virginia District
Agreement (1939)
Appalachian and Upper Buchanan Smokeless
District Agreement (1939)
Southern Wage Agreement and Virginia District
Agreement (1941)
Southern Wage and Upper Buchanan Smokeless
District Agreement (1941)
District 30
Appalachian and District Agreement--Hazard Coal
Operators' Association (1937)
Local Union 6310
Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement of 1990
Des Moines Agreement (1934)
National Coal Mine Construction Agreement (1972, 1974,
1981)
Alternate National Coal Mine Construction
Agreement of 1988
National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement (1974)
United Mine Workers of America Constitution (1983,
1990)
Resolution Presented to Constitutional Convention (50th,
1990)
Joint Report of the International Officers (45th Consecutive
Constitutional Convention, 1968)
Papers and Proceedings of the National Conference on
Medicine and the Federal Coal Mine Health and
Safety Act of 1969
Safety Manuals
Mine Gases
First Aid
Accident Prevention
Black Lung
13
Preamble and Constitution of the Industrial Workers of the
World (1905)
14