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Butter Miners' Union No. 1 Records, 1900-1967

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Butte Miners' Union No. 1 (Butte, Mont.)
Title
Butter Miners' Union No. 1 Records
Dates
1900-1967 (inclusive)
Quantity
6 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
MC 208
Summary
This collection consists of the records of the Butte Miners' Union No. 1 and containing incoming correspondence (1940); financial records (1934-1967), including membership dues and office accounting; a subject file (1956-1962) regarding the United Unions Recreation Council; and miscellany, including a list of members serving in the armed forces during World War I.
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Butte Miners' Union (BMU) was established in Butte, Montana, in March 1885, a result of the reorganization of the seven-year-old Butte Workingman's Union. The BMU fought for a minimum wage for miners and a closed shop. With chartered branch affiliates in Granite, Neihart, Castle, and Champion, BMU members took the lead in the establishment of the Western Federation of Miners in 1893.

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Content Description

Records. 1900-1901, 1934-1967. 6 linear feet. This collection consists of the records of the Butte Miners' Union, No. 1, and contains incoming correspondence (1940); financial records (1934-1967), composed for the most part of records of membership dues and office accounting; a subject file (1956-1962) on the Butte Miners' Union Youth Center/United Unions Recreation Council; and miscellany, including a list of members serving in the armed forces during World War I.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

by series

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information:

available upon request

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

  • Incoming Correspondence

    • Description: Miscellaneous (includes itemized list of expenses of the Community Peace Mobilization)
      Dates: 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
      Location: Incoming Correspondence

  • Financial Records

    • Description: Cash account book
      Dates: Jan.1959- Sept.1967
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Cash receipts and deposits
      Dates: Jan.1936- Sept.1942
      Container: Box/Folder OVBX / 1
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid) [BOX #2 does not exist]
      Dates: Oct.1934- Jan.1936
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3-5
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Jan.-Sept. 1936
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 1-2
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Sept.-Dec. 1936
      Container: Volume Vol. 1-2
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Dec.1936- Oct. 1937
      Container: Volume Vol. 3-6
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Oct. 1937- Nov. 1938
      Container: Volume Vol. 7-9
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Nov. 1938- Feb. 1940
      Container: Volume Vol. 10-12
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Feb.-Dec. 1940
      Container: Volume Vol. 13-15
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: June 1937- June 1939
      Container: Volume Vol. 15-16
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes members' name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Jan-Dec. 1940
      Container: Volume Vol. 17-18
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes members' name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Dec 1940- July 1941
      Container: Volume Vol. 19-20
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes members' name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: July 1941- Mar.1942
      Container: Volume Vol. 21
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Jan.-Oct. 1941
      Container: Volume Vol. 22
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Oct.1941- July 1943
      Container: Volume Vol. 23
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Jun.1946- Dec. 1950
      Container: Volume Vol. 24
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Dues journal (includes member's name, card number, amount paid)
      Dates: Jan. 1951- Jan. 1954
      Container: Volume Vol. 25
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Entertainment fund record
      Dates: Jan. 1947- Jan. 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 3
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Drum and Bugle Corps fund record
      Dates: Aug. 1943- May 1949
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 4
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Expense ledgers (check dispusement by account)
      Dates: 1936-1941, Jan.1966- Oct.1967
      Container: Box/Folder OVBX / 1
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: General fund record (includes hospital premium fund)
      Dates: Feb. 1942- Dec. 1949
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 5
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: General fund record
      Dates: Jan.1956- Dec.1961
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 6
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: General ledger
      Dates: 1936-1966
      Container: Box/Folder OVBX / 1
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Promissory notes
      Dates: 1946
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 7
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Receipts
      Dates: 1946-1949, 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 8
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Record of original entry
      Dates: Jan.1936- June 1967
      Container: Box/Folder OVBX / 1
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Sports and entertainment funds record
      Dates: Mar. 1940- Feb. 1947
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: "Time Worked at Gagnon Mine"
      Dates: Oct. 1900- June 1901
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 2
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Trustees' book of bills allowed (includes standing of accounts in general, entertainment, and legislative committee funds)
      Dates: Jan.-July 1936
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 3
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Trustees' book of bills allowed (includes standing of accounts by funds)
      Dates: Aug. 1936- 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 4-8
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Trustees' book of bills allowed (includes standing of accounts by funds)
      Dates: 1941
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 1
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Trustees' ledger
      Dates: Oct.1941- Dec.1942
      Container: Volume Vol. 26
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Trustees' financial report
      Dates: Jan.11, 1942
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 2
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Union dues assigned from Anaconda Copper Mining Company/The Anaconda Company (includes Boland Development Company, Ltd., 1961; and miscellaneous receipts, 1952-1953, 1961)
      Dates: June-Dec. 1949; June-Dec. 1961
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 3
      Location: Financial Records

  • Printed Materials

    • Description: "Miners Strike Bulletin"
      Dates: Apr.15, 1946
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 4
      Location: Printed Materials

  • Subject Files

    • Description: Butte Miners' Union Youth Center / United Unions Recreation Council
      Dates: 1956-1962
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 5
      Location: Subject Files

  • Miscellany

    • Description: "Itemized Account of Material in Office"
      Dates: Jan.3, 1935
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 6
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: List of miners who served in the armed forces during World War I [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: map case]
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder OVFD /
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: Membership roster (arranged alphabetically, includes name and card number. August 18, 1954 roster includes occupation, and "Members of Butte Miners' Union #1 in Good Standing on Weekly Payrolls")
      Dates: Jan.17, 1948; Jan.21, Aug.18, 1954
      Container: Box/Folder OVBX / 2
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: Membership roster "Butte Miners' Union No. 1 W.F.M." (arranged alphabetically)
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Volume Vol. 27
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: Membership roster (arranged alphabetically; includes name and card number)
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 7
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: Poll books (includes name and card number; also includes "Excuse Book" re non-voting members)
      Dates: June
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 8
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: Poll books
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 9
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: Strike duty record
      Dates: Apr.1946
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 10
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: "War Labor Board Policy on Vacation Plans and Vacation Plans in Effect in the Non-Ferrous Metals Industry"
      Dates: 1944
      Container: Box/Folder 5 / 11
      Location: Miscellany

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Subject Terms

  • Labor Unions--Miners
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--Montana--Butte

Geographical Names

  • Butte (Mont.)--Industries--Mines and Mineral Resources


April 21, 2015

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