Collection Summary
United Mine Workers of America. District 22
United Mine Workers of America. District 22 records
1914-1957
01736
5.81 cubic feet
cubic ft. (14 boxes) + artifacts + audio tape + phono disc
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
District 22 of the UMWA was located primarily in Wyoming. The union records include correspondence, accident reports, convention proceedings, disability reports, election materials, minutes, wage agreements, and records of local unions in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Arrangement of the Collection
Series I. United Mine Workers of America, District 22 Records, 1914-1957. 1.25 cubic ft. (2 boxes).
Series II. United Mine Workers of America, District 22 Local Union Records, 1919-1954. 2.66 cubic ft. (7 boxes + oversize folder).
Series III. Affiliated Organizational Records, 1916-1947. 1.9 cubic ft. (5 boxes).
Series IV. Artifacts and Audi-Visual Material, 1898-1951, no dates. 11 items.
History of the United Mine Workers of America, District 22The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), a labor union representing coal miners and other workers, was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1890. The UWMA began recruiting members in Wyoming in the early 1910s when District 22 of the organization was formed out of 54 local unions in Wyoming and Utah. The district headquarters were located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, until 1941 when they were relocated to Rock Springs, Wyoming.
The UMWA was closely affiliated with other labor groups in Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The Rock Springs Central Labor Union (RSCLU) served as an umbrella organization for these organizations, which included unions representing miners, electricians, barbers, painters, culinary and laundry workers and auto mechanics.
The RSCLU was preceded by the Sweetwater County Federated Trades and Labor Council (SCFTLC) which was formed around 1915. The SCFTLC helped to establish the Rock Springs Cooperative Society (RSCS) to conduct a cooperatively owned and managed general mercantile business in Rock Springs. The business apparently lasted from 1917 until around 1918.
Scope and ContentCollection contains materials relating to the operation of District 22 of the UMWA and its various local unions in and around Rock Springs, Wyoming. The collection includes accident reports, correspondence, annual convention materials, minutes, reports, agreements with the Union Pacific Coal Company and Colony Coal Company, materials relating to the Rock Springs Medical Group and the Wyoming Coal Company Hospital Commission, which provided care for the injured miners, and artifacts. The collection also includes the files of the district's compensation adjustor, Dan Pallie, who was injured in a mining accident in 1927, and a 78 rpm phonograph record (an audio cassette copy is also available) of a 1951 speech by Pallie at the Rock Springs Labor Temple.
The collection also includes records relating to the operation of its locals in Dines (Local No. 4376), Rock Springs (Locals No. 2174, 2282, and 2516), Reliance (Local No. 905), Superior (Local No. 2323), and Winton (Local No. 3830). Included are minutes, reports, correspondence, and financial records of these local coal mining unions.
The records of several affiliated labor unions are also contained in the collection, including the Rock Springs Central Labor Union, the Rock Springs Cooperative Society, the Rock Springs Labor Temple Association, the Sweetwater County Federal Trades and Labor Council and materials for construction and retail unions in Rock Springs.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from L.M. Rushmore, W.R. Dickson, and Pete DeLaurante in 1965.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Mark L. Shelstad, Jan. 1996.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Union Pacific Coal Company.
Colony Coal Company.
Coal mines and mining--Wyoming--Sweetwater County.
Coal mine accidents--Wyoming--Sweetwater County.
Cooperative societies--Wyoming--Sweetwater County.
Trade unions--Coal miners--Wyoming--Sweetwater County.
Rock Springs (Wyo.)
Sweetwater County (Wyo.)
Wyoming--History--1890-1918.
Wyoming--History--1919-1945.
Wyoming--History--1946-
Artifacts.
Audio cassettes.
Phonograph records.
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Pallie, Dan.
Rock Springs Medical Group.
Rock Springs Central Labor Union.
Rock Springs Cooperative Society.
Rock Springs Labor Temple Association.
Sweetwater County Federal Trades and Labor Council.
United Mine Workers of America.--Local 436 (Dines, Wyo.)
United Mine Workers of America.--Local 2174 (Rock Springs, Wyo.)
United Mine Workers of America.--Local 905 (Reliance, Wyo.)
United Mine Workers of America.--Local 2323 (Superior, Wyo.)
United Mine Workers of America.--Local 3830 (Winton, Wyo.)
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Mines and Mineral Resources
Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce
Labor Unions
Wyoming
Container List
Series I. United Mine Workers of America, District 22 Records
1914-1957
Arranged alphabetically. Contains records relating to the operation of the organization, including correspondence, accident reports, convention proceedings, disability
reports, election materials, minutes of its executive board, newsclippings, wage agreements with Colony Coal Company and Union Pacific Coal Company and materials relating to the Rock Springs Medical Group and the Wyoming Coal Company Hospital Commission, which provided care for injured workers. This series also contains the notes, minutes and other
materials of Dan Pallie, the district's compensation adjustor who was injured in an accident in a Lion Coal Company mine in 1927.
1
1-3
Accident Reports
1937-1951
1
4-7
Compensation Adjustor's Notes
1939-1951
1
8
Compensation Lawsuit for Dan Pallie
1931
1
9
Constitution
1948, 1953
1
10
Convention
1943
1
11
Convention
1945, 1948
1
12
Convention
1952, 1953
1
13
Correspondence
1932, 1933
1
14
Correspondence
1936-1940
1
15
Correspondence
1941-1945
1
16-17
Correspondence
1946-1950
1
18
Correspondence
1951-1953
1
19
Disability Reports
1946-1947
1
20
District Officer's Reports
1941-1949
1
21
Elections
1944-1949
1
22
Executive Board Minutes
1946, 1949
1
23
Financial Secretary's Ledger
1949-1952
1
24
Miscellaneous
1938-1957
1
25
Newsclippings
1947-1951
1
26
Rock Springs Medical Group
1936-1947
2
1
Rock Springs Medical Group--Monthly Reports
1945-1948
2
2
Scale Committee
1945
2
3
Secretary-Treasurer's Reports
1943-1944, 1952
2
4
Wage Agreement--Colony Coal Company
1950
2
5
Wage Agreement--Union Pacific Coal Company
1941
2
6
Wyoming Coal Company Hospital Commission--Ledger
1914-1949
2
7
Wyoming State Federation of Labor
1946
Series II. United Mine Workers of America, District 22 Local Union Records
1919-1954
Arranged sequentially by each local. Contains minutes, reports, correspondence and other materials for local unions in the towns of Dines, Rock Springs Reliance, Superior and Winton, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
3
1
Local No. 905--By Laws
1948
3
2
Local No. 2174--Financial Secretary's Ledger
circa 1930s-1940s
3
3-5
Local No. 2174--Membership Dues
1945-1953
4
1
Local No. 2282--Minutes
1933-1938
4
2
Local No. 2282--Minutes
1939-1941
5
1
Local No. 2282--Minutes
1941-1943
5
2
Local No. 2282--Minutes
1943
5
3
Local No. 2282--Treasurer's Cashbook
1941-1947
5
4
Local No. 2323--By Laws
undated
5
5
Local No. 2516--Financial Secretary's Cash Book
1921-1935
6
1
Local No. 2516--Financial Secretary's Cash Book
1936-1945
6
2
Local No. 2516--Financial Secretary's Ledger
1938-1940s
6
3
Local No. 3830--Contract with Dan Pallie
1932
6
4
Local No. 4376--Financial Secretary's Cash Book
1919-1929
7
1
Local No. 4376--Financial Secretary's Cash Book
1930-1944
7
2
Local No. 4376--General Journal
circa 1920s
7
3
Local No. 4376--Minutes
1921-1923
8
1
Local No. 4376--Minutes
1923-1926
8
2
Local No. 4376--Minutes
1926-1930
8
3
Local No. 4376--Minutes
1930-1935
8
4
Local No. 4376--Minutes
1935-1942
9
1
Local No. 4376--Minutes
1942-1950
9
2
Local No. 4376--Miscellaneous
1946, 1954
9
3
Local No. 4376--Record of Transfer Cards
1920-1929
9
4
Local No. 4376--Treasurer's Cash Book
1919-1924
Series III. Affiliated Organizational Records
1916-1947
Arranged alphabetically. Contains reports, minutes, cash and account books, stock certificates and other materials relating to other labor organizations in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
10
1
Electrical Workers' Benefit Association
1937
10
2
Rock Springs Central Labor Union
1947
10
3-5
Rock Springs Cooperative Society--Account Book
1917-1918
11
1-2
Rock Springs Cooperative Society--Account Book (cont.)
1917-1918
11
3
Rock Springs Cooperative Society--Board of Director's Minutes
1917
11
4
Rock Springs Cooperative Society--Board of Director's Minutes
1917-1918
12
1
Rock Springs Cooperative Society--Capitol Stock Certificates
1917
12
2-3
Rock Springs Cooperative Society--Cash Book
1917
13
1
Rock Springs Cooperative Society--Cash Book (cont.)
1917-1918
13
2-3
Rock Springs Cooperative Society--Stock Ledger
1917
14
1
Rock Springs Labor Temple Association--Minutes
1922-1934
14
2
Rock Springs Labor Temple Association--Minutes
1935-1943
14
3
Sweetwater County Federal Trades and Labor Council
1916-1917
14
4
United Construction Workers Local No. 143
1940-1941
14
5
United Retail and Wholesale Employees of America, Local No. 216
1938-1940
Series IV. Artifacts and Audio-Visual Material
1898-1951, no dates
No arrangement. Contains ribbons, seal, and flags associated with UMWA and a recording of a speech by Dan Pallie in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
4 ribbons for Local No. 4376, Dines, Wyoming
undated
United Mine Workers seal
undated
48 star United States flag
undated
Wyoming Local Union 908 flag
1898
Wyoming Fort McKinley Camp No. 2 United Spanish War Veterans flag
undated
78 rpm phonograph record (audio cassette copy also available) of a speech by Dan Pallie at the Rock Springs Labor Temple
1951