Katherine Aiken Collection on Idaho Mining Companies

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)
18922014
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

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

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).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Labor Agreements and Company ExpendituresReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Expenditures Ledger	1941-1951
1	2	Expenditures Ledger	1955
1	3	American Smelting and Refining Company Labor Agreements	1951-1953, 1956
1	4	American Smelting and Refining Company Labor Agreements	1956
1	5	Bitco Inc. Labor Agreements	1951, 1954
1	6	Bunker Hill Company Labor Agreements	1952, 1955, 1980
1	7	Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company Labor Agreements	1953
1	8	Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company Labor Agreements	1953, 1956
1	9	Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation Labor Agreements	1947, 1951-1952
1	10	Day Mines Inc. Labor Agreements	1949, 1951-1952, 1954, 1956
1	11	Dayrock Mining Company Labor Agreements	1947
1	12	Dredge Fund Labor Agreements	1953-1954, 1956
1	13	Federal Mining and Smelting Company Labor Agreements	1947, 1949, 1951-1952
1	14	Frank Marr Lease Labor Agreements	1956
1	15	Golconda Lead Mines Labor Agreements	1947-1956
1	16	Gold Hunter Mining Company Labor Agreements	1956
1	17	Hecla Mining Company Labor Agreements	1947
1	18	Hercules Mining Company Labor Agreements	1947
1	19	Highland-Surprise Consolidated Mining Co. Labor Agreements	1953-1954
1	20	Hull Lease Labor Agreements	1949, 1951, 1954, 1956
1	21	John George Lease Labor Agreements	1954, 1956
2	22	Kellogg Transfer Company Labor Agreement	1954
2	23	Lanette Bros Labor Agreement	1951
2	24	Mascot Mines Inc. Labor Agreements	1952-1954
2	25	Monitor Mining Company Labor Agreements	1947
2	26	Nabob Silver-Lead Company Labor Agreements	1952-1954, 1956
2	27	Sidney Mining Company Labor Agreements	1952-1954, 1956
2	28	Silver Buckle Mining Company Labor Agreements	1954
2	29	Silver Dollar Mining Company Labor Agreements	1952-1954
2	30	Small Leasing Company Labor Agreements	1947
2	31	Spokane Morning Co. Labor Agreements	1953
2	32	Spokane-Idaho Mining Company Labor Agreements	1952, 1954
2	33	Sunset Lease Labor Agreements	1947
2	34	Sunset Minerals, Inc. Labor Agreements	1952-1953
2	35	Sunset Mines Inc. Labor Agreements	1954, 1956
2	36	Sunshine Mining Company Labor Agreements	1949, 1951, 1953
2	37	Unknown Labor Agreements	undated
2	38	Wage Rates and Increases	1948
2	39	Zanetti Brothers Labor Agreements	1952, 1956-1957, 1959

Series II: General Company RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	40	Company Records and Affidavits	undated
2	41	Bunker Hill Company Manuals	1934
2	42	Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Company Alphabetized List of Employees in Bargaining Unit	30 April 1952
2	43	Sullivan Mining Company Records	undated
2	44	Housing Survey, Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company	undated
2	45	United Steelworkers of America Report of Membership Losses	1974
2	46	Bunker Hill Company Publications and Clippings	1960
2	47	Book of By-Laws of Sullivan Mining Company	1927, 1933
2	48	Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co. Minutes, Executive Committee	6 May 1892 - 1 February 1905
2	49	Manuscript of The Bunker Hill Company: A Mine and Its Men	undated
2	50	Spotlite Newsletters	1958-1961
2	51	Local 18 Meeting Materials	undated
2	52	Proposed Housing Program for the Bunker Hill Company	March 1956
2	53	Correspondence and Memos	1954-2014
2	54	Photocopies of Newspaper Clippings	undated

Series III: Oral History TranscriptsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
3	55	Bob Carroll Oral History Transcript	undated
3	56	Luther Church Oral History Transcript	undated
3	57	[first name unknown] Shultz Oral History Transcript	undated
3	58	Pete Piekarski Oral History Transcript	undated
3	59	Ray Byrd Oral History Transcript	undated
3	60	Unidentified Transcript	undated
3	61	Unidentified Transcript	undated
3	62	Personal Reminiscences	undated

Series IV: Annual Reports, Journals, Newsletters, and misc.Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
3	63	Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1899, 1909, 1911, 1919	1899-1919
3	64	Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1920's	1920-1926
3	65	Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1930's	1931-1939
3	66	Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1940's	1940-1949
3	67	Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1950's	1950-1959
3	68	Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1960's	1960-1966
3	69	Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1980. 1976 Eviromental Fact Sheet and Stories…	1957-1980
3	70	Mining Truth Journal 1929	18 March 1929 - 19 December 1929
3	71	Mining Truth Journal 1930	2 January 1930 - 21 August 1930
3	72	Mining Truth Journal 1932	21 January 1932 - 6 October 1932
3	73	Bunker Bullion Newsletter	1918-1919
3	74	Union Newsletters	1953-1962
3	75	Anti-Communist Materials	Undated
3	76	First Aid Contest Flyer	22 April 1918
3	77	Labor and Union Correspondance and Related Materials	1925-1976
3	78	Various Meeting Programs; Lead and Your Health Brochure	1917-1968

Series V: Cassette tapesReturn to Top

Oral history interviews conducted by Arthur Day. Includes Silver Valley members of International Union of Mine-Mill and Smelter Workers local #18.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	object
4	79	Carroll 1-2 copy	undated
4	80	Carroll 3-4 copy	undated
4	81	Carroll 5-6 copy	undated
4	82	Carroll 7 copy	undated
4	83	Byrd 3-4 copy 3	undated
4	84	Church 1-2 copy	undated
4	85	Church 3-4 copy	undated
4	86	Leipold 1-Blk	undated
4	87	Piekarski 1-2 copy	undated
4	88	Piekarski 3 copy	undated
4	89	Piekarski 5-6 copy	undated
4	90	Piekarski 6-Blk copy	undated
4	91	Piekarski 7-8 copy	undated
4	92	Piekarski 9-Blk copy	undated
4	93	Shultz 1-2 copy	undated
4	94	Shultz 3-4 copy	undated
4	95	Shultz 5-Blank copy	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

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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