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Katherine Aiken Collection on Idaho Mining Companies, 1892-2014

Overview of the Collection

Title
Katherine Aiken Collection on Idaho Mining Companies
Dates
1892-2014 (inclusive)
Quantity
3 cubic feet
Collection Number
MG 480
Summary
Labor agreements, oral history transcripts, and other mining company records.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for use.

Languages
English
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Content Description

The majority of the collection contains union labor agreements, contracts, and memorandums between the Internationl Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Local Numbers 14 or 18 and the corresponding mining company. The bulk of the records span the late 1940s to mid-1950s. Annual reports, newsletters, and cassette tapes of the oral histories were added to the collection in 2022.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[DESCRIPTION OF ITEM/FOLDER], MG 480 (Bunker Hill Local 18 Records), University of Idaho Library, Special Collections & Archives, Moscow, Idaho.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged based on intellectual order.

Custodial History

These records were personally collected by Katherine (Kathy) Aiken, Emeritus Professor of History with an emphasis in social and cultural history, women, and labor, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.

Acquisition Information

Materials donated by Kathy Aiken in 2005 (2005-20), 2015 (MA 2015-47 and MA 2015-48), and 2021 (MA 2021-12).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Affidavits
  • Oral History

Geographical Names

  • Bunker Hill Mine (Idaho)
  • Coeur d'Alene Mine (Idaho)
  • Hecla Mine (Idaho)
  • Idaho
  • Idaho Panhandle (Idaho)
  • Sunshine Mine (Kellogg, Idaho)
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