Samuel M. Boydston Collection
Scope and Contents
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Union activist. Financial secretary's ledger (1908-1911) of United Mine Workers' Local 1864 (Wilburton, Oklahoma); correspondence (1916-1922)concerning Boydston's activities as an Oklahoma United Mine Workers' Board member from Sub-District 1, U.M.W. 21, including members' complaints submitted for arbitration.
Dates
- Creation: 1908-1927
Creator
- Boydston, Samuel M., 1884-1951 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
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Available for public access.
Extent
.25 Cubic Feet (.25 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Samuel M. Boydston.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Boydston, Samuel M. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1950.
Subject
- Ross, E. F. (Person)
- Carbon Coal Company (Organization)
- Hughes Coal Company (Organization)
- Milby and Dow Coal and Mining Company (Dow, Okla.) (Organization)
- Oklahoma Coal Operators Association (Organization)
- Pittsburg Coal Company (Okla.) (Organization)
- Rock Island Coal and Management Company (Organization)
- Southwestern Coal Operators' Association (Organization)
- Texas Coal Company (Organization)
- United Mine Workers of America. District 21. Sub-District 1 (Organization)
- United Mine Workers. Local 1864 (Wilburton, Okla.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Account books
- Arbitration, Industrial -- Oklahoma
- Coal miners -- Oklahoma
- Coal mines and mining -- Oklahoma
- Grievance arbitration -- Oklahoma
- Industrial relations -- Oklahoma
- Industries -- Oklahoma -- Wilburton
- Labor unions -- Finances
- Mediation and conciliation, Industrial -- Oklahoma
- Miners -- Labor unions -- Oklahoma
- Miners -- Oklahoma
- Mines and mineral resources -- Oklahoma
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
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Norman Oklahoma 73019
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