Katherine Aiken Collection on Idaho Mining Companies, 1892-2014
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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
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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
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Collection is open for use.
- Languages
- English
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.
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.
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).
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series I: Labor Agreements and Company Expenditures
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Description: Expenditures LedgerDates: 1941-1951Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Expenditures LedgerDates: 1955Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: American Smelting and Refining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1951-1953, 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: American Smelting and Refining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Bitco Inc. Labor AgreementsDates: 1951, 1954Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: Bunker Hill Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1952, 1955, 1980Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1953Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1953, 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation Labor AgreementsDates: 1947, 1951-1952Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: Day Mines Inc. Labor AgreementsDates: 1949, 1951-1952, 1954, 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: Dayrock Mining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1947Container: Box 1, Folder 11
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Description: Dredge Fund Labor AgreementsDates: 1953-1954, 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 12
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Description: Federal Mining and Smelting Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1947, 1949, 1951-1952Container: Box 1, Folder 13
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Description: Frank Marr Lease Labor AgreementsDates: 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 14
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Description: Golconda Lead Mines Labor AgreementsDates: 1947-1956Container: Box 1, Folder 15
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Description: Gold Hunter Mining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 16
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Description: Hecla Mining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1947Container: Box 1, Folder 17
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Description: Hercules Mining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1947Container: Box 1, Folder 18
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Description: Highland-Surprise Consolidated Mining Co. Labor AgreementsDates: 1953-1954Container: Box 1, Folder 19
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Description: Hull Lease Labor AgreementsDates: 1949, 1951, 1954, 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 20
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Description: John George Lease Labor AgreementsDates: 1954, 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 21
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Description: Kellogg Transfer Company Labor AgreementDates: 1954Container: Box 2, Folder 22
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Description: Lanette Bros Labor AgreementDates: 1951Container: Box 2, Folder 23
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Description: Mascot Mines Inc. Labor AgreementsDates: 1952-1954Container: Box 2, Folder 24
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Description: Monitor Mining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1947Container: Box 2, Folder 25
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Description: Nabob Silver-Lead Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1952-1954, 1956Container: Box 2, Folder 26
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Description: Sidney Mining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1952-1954, 1956Container: Box 2, Folder 27
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Description: Silver Buckle Mining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1954Container: Box 2, Folder 28
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Description: Silver Dollar Mining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1952-1954Container: Box 2, Folder 29
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Description: Small Leasing Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1947Container: Box 2, Folder 30
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Description: Spokane Morning Co. Labor AgreementsDates: 1953Container: Box 2, Folder 31
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Description: Spokane-Idaho Mining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1952, 1954Container: Box 2, Folder 32
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Description: Sunset Lease Labor AgreementsDates: 1947Container: Box 2, Folder 33
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Description: Sunset Minerals, Inc. Labor AgreementsDates: 1952-1953Container: Box 2, Folder 34
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Description: Sunset Mines Inc. Labor AgreementsDates: 1954, 1956Container: Box 2, Folder 35
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Description: Sunshine Mining Company Labor AgreementsDates: 1949, 1951, 1953Container: Box 2, Folder 36
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Description: Unknown Labor AgreementsDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 37
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Description: Wage Rates and IncreasesDates: 1948Container: Box 2, Folder 38
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Description: Zanetti Brothers Labor AgreementsDates: 1952, 1956-1957, 1959Container: Box 2, Folder 39
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Series II: General Company Records
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Description: Company Records and AffidavitsDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 40
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Description: Bunker Hill Company ManualsDates: 1934Container: Box 2, Folder 41
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Description: Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Company Alphabetized List of Employees in Bargaining UnitDates: 30 April 1952Container: Box 2, Folder 42
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Description: Sullivan Mining Company RecordsDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 43
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Description: Housing Survey, Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating CompanyDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 44
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Description: United Steelworkers of America Report of Membership LossesDates: 1974Container: Box 2, Folder 45
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Description: Bunker Hill Company Publications and ClippingsDates: 1960Container: Box 2, Folder 46
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Description: Book of By-Laws of Sullivan Mining CompanyDates: 1927, 1933Container: Box 2, Folder 47
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Description: Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co. Minutes, Executive CommitteeDates: 6 May 1892 - 1 February 1905Container: Box 2, Folder 48
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Description: Manuscript of The Bunker Hill Company: A Mine and Its MenDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 49
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Description: Spotlite NewslettersDates: 1958-1961Container: Box 2, Folder 50
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Description: Local 18 Meeting MaterialsDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 51
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Description: Proposed Housing Program for the Bunker Hill CompanyDates: March 1956Container: Box 2, Folder 52
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Description: Correspondence and MemosDates: 1954-2014Container: Box 2, Folder 53
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Description: Photocopies of Newspaper ClippingsDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 54
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Series III: Oral History Transcripts
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Description: Bob Carroll Oral History TranscriptDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 55
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Description: Luther Church Oral History TranscriptDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 56
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Description: [first name unknown] Shultz Oral History TranscriptDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 57
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Description: Pete Piekarski Oral History TranscriptDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 58
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Description: Ray Byrd Oral History TranscriptDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 59
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Description: Unidentified TranscriptDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 60
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Description: Unidentified TranscriptDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 61
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Description: Personal ReminiscencesDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 62
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Series IV: Annual Reports, Journals, Newsletters, and misc.
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Description: Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1899, 1909, 1911, 1919Dates: 1899-1919Container: Box 3, Folder 63
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Description: Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1920'sDates: 1920-1926Container: Box 3, Folder 64
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Description: Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1930'sDates: 1931-1939Container: Box 3, Folder 65
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Description: Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1940'sDates: 1940-1949Container: Box 3, Folder 66
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Description: Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1950'sDates: 1950-1959Container: Box 3, Folder 67
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Description: Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1960'sDates: 1960-1966Container: Box 3, Folder 68
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Description: Bunker Hill and Sullivan Annual Reports 1980. 1976 Eviromental Fact Sheet and Stories…Dates: 1957-1980Container: Box 3, Folder 69
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Description: Mining Truth Journal 1929Dates: 18 March 1929 - 19 December 1929Container: Box 3, Folder 70
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Description: Mining Truth Journal 1930Dates: 2 January 1930 - 21 August 1930Container: Box 3, Folder 71
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Description: Mining Truth Journal 1932Dates: 21 January 1932 - 6 October 1932Container: Box 3, Folder 72
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Description: Bunker Bullion NewsletterDates: 1918-1919Container: Box 3, Folder 73
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Description: Union NewslettersDates: 1953-1962Container: Box 3, Folder 74
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Description: Anti-Communist MaterialsDates: UndatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 75
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Description: First Aid Contest FlyerDates: 22 April 1918Container: Box 3, Folder 76
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Description: Labor and Union Correspondance and Related MaterialsDates: 1925-1976Container: Box 3, Folder 77
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Description: Various Meeting Programs; Lead and Your Health BrochureDates: 1917-1968Container: Box 3, Folder 78
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Series V: Cassette tapes
Oral history interviews conducted by Arthur Day. Includes Silver Valley members of International Union of Mine-Mill and Smelter Workers local #18.
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Description: Carroll 1-2 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 79
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Description: Carroll 3-4 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 80
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Description: Carroll 5-6 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 81
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Description: Carroll 7 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 82
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Description: Byrd 3-4 copy 3Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 83
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Description: Church 1-2 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 84
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Description: Church 3-4 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 85
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Description: Leipold 1-BlkDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 86
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Description: Piekarski 1-2 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 87
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Description: Piekarski 3 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 88
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Description: Piekarski 5-6 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 89
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Description: Piekarski 6-Blk copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 90
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Description: Piekarski 7-8 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 91
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Description: Piekarski 9-Blk copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 92
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Description: Shultz 1-2 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 93
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Description: Shultz 3-4 copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 94
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Description: Shultz 5-Blank copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Object 95
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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)
