Coal miners -- Oklahoma

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Employee records, including wage reports (1938-1942), payrolls (1940-1947), record of orders and employees' pay (1939-1948), and a time book (1942-1947); shipment records (1943-1947); correspondence (1941-1949); financial reports (1940-1947); expenses and sales accounts (1937-1946); and Bituminous Coal Producers Board Reports (1939-1942), all from the Collins Coal Company in Krebs, Oklahoma. Collins Coal Company Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Coal mining company. Correspondence, financial reports, leases, legal reports, and general reports, all dated 1903–1944, regarding the operation and management of the Kali-Inla Coal Company of Hartshorne, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma, and that of its subsidiary coal companies and related firms. Special correspondence files include those regarding labor union activity, mining accidents, company housing, relations with railroads, and insurance. Also included in this collection are equipment catalogs (ca. 1910–1944) containing advertisements and information regarding miner and mining supplies. In addition to reflecting the mining industry in Oklahoma, the collection also contains information on mining operations in Colorado, West Virginia, and Arkansas. Kali-Inla Coal Company Photograph Collection also in repository.

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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.

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Coal mine operator. Correspondence (1928-1937); labor contracts (1933-1939); wage notices (1917-1936); machine contracts (1921-1939); advertisement brochures (1926-1936); and orders (1937-1939) issued by the National Bituminuous Coal Commission, all regarding the coal mining industry in southeastern Oklahoma. This collection also contains survey reports (1905-1906) submitted to the Samples Coal Mining Company regarding the potential coal wealth of the Choctaw Nation, which the Samples Company later mined. Thomas W. Wheatley Photograph Collection also in repository.