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MC 208
Butte Miners' Union No. 1 (Butte, Mont.)
Butter Miners'
Union No. 1 Records
1900-1967
6 linear feet of shelf
space
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.
English
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.
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.
Arrangement:
by series
Acquisition Information:
available upon request
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana
Historical Society Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.
Labor
Unions--Miners
Mines and
Mineral Resources--Montana--Butte
Butte
(Mont.)--Industries--Mines and Mineral Resources
Mines and Mineral Resources
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection
Incoming Correspondence
1 / 1
Miscellaneous (includes
itemized list of expenses of the Community Peace Mobilization)
1940
Financial Records
1 / 2
Cash account book
Jan.1959-
Sept.1967
OVBX / 1
Cash receipts and deposits
Jan.1936-
Sept.1942
1 / 3-5
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid) [BOX #2 does not exist]
Oct.1934-
Jan.1936
3 / 1-2
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid)
Jan.-Sept.
1936
Vol. 1-2
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid)
Sept.-Dec.
1936
Vol. 3-6
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid)
Dec.1936-
Oct. 1937
Vol. 7-9
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid)
Oct. 1937-
Nov. 1938
Vol. 10-12
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid)
Nov. 1938-
Feb. 1940
Vol. 13-15
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid)
Feb.-Dec.
1940
Vol. 15-16
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid)
June 1937-
June 1939
Vol. 17-18
Dues journal (includes
members' name, card number, amount paid)
Jan-Dec.
1940
Vol. 19-20
Dues journal (includes
members' name, card number, amount paid)
Dec 1940-
July 1941
Vol. 21
Dues journal (includes
members' name, card number, amount paid)
July 1941-
Mar.1942
Vol. 22
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid)
Jan.-Oct.
1941
Vol. 23
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid)
Oct.1941-
July 1943
Vol. 24
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid)
Jun.1946-
Dec. 1950
Vol. 25
Dues journal (includes
member's name, card number, amount paid)
Jan. 1951-
Jan. 1954
3 / 3
Entertainment fund record
Jan. 1947-
Jan. 1954
3 / 4
Drum and Bugle Corps fund
record
Aug. 1943-
May 1949
OVBX / 1
Expense ledgers (check
dispusement by account)
1936-1941,
Jan.1966- Oct.1967
3 / 5
General fund record
(includes hospital premium fund)
Feb. 1942-
Dec. 1949
3 / 6
General fund record
Jan.1956-
Dec.1961
OVBX / 1
General ledger
1936-1966
3 / 7
Promissory notes
1946
3 / 8
Receipts
1946-1949,
1953
OVBX / 1
Record of original entry
Jan.1936-
June 1967
4 / 1
Sports and entertainment
funds record
Mar. 1940-
Feb. 1947
4 / 2
"Time Worked at Gagnon Mine"
Oct. 1900-
June 1901
4 / 3
Trustees' book of bills
allowed (includes standing of accounts in general, entertainment, and
legislative committee funds)
Jan.-July
1936
4 / 4-8
Trustees' book of bills
allowed (includes standing of accounts by funds)
Aug. 1936-
1940
5 / 1
Trustees' book of bills
allowed (includes standing of accounts by funds)
1941
Vol. 26
Trustees' ledger
Oct.1941-
Dec.1942
5 / 2
Trustees' financial report
Jan.11, 1942
5 / 3
Union dues assigned from
Anaconda Copper Mining Company/The Anaconda Company (includes Boland
Development Company, Ltd., 1961; and miscellaneous receipts, 1952-1953, 1961)
June-Dec.
1949; June-Dec. 1961
Printed Materials
5 / 4
"Miners Strike Bulletin"
Apr.15, 1946
Subject Files
5 / 5
Butte Miners' Union Youth
Center / United Unions Recreation Council
1956-1962
Miscellany
5 / 6
"Itemized Account of
Material in Office"
Jan.3, 1935
OVFD /
List of miners who served in
the armed forces during World War I [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: map case]
n.d.
OVBX / 2
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")
Jan.17,
1948; Jan.21, Aug.18, 1954
Vol. 27
Membership roster "Butte
Miners' Union No. 1 W.F.M." (arranged alphabetically)
n.d.
5 / 7
Membership roster (arranged
alphabetically; includes name and card number)
n.d.
5 / 8
Poll books (includes name
and card number; also includes "Excuse Book" re non-voting members)
June
5 / 9
Poll books
n.d.
5 / 10
Strike duty record
Apr.1946
5 / 11
"War Labor Board Policy on
Vacation Plans and Vacation Plans in Effect in the Non-Ferrous Metals Industry"
1944