United Mine Workers of America membership certificate transparency
Creation: undatedAbstract
United Mine Workers of America is a labor union that represents coal miners. It was founded in 1890 and continues to be active. This color transparency of the United Mine Workers of America membership certificate that has various images along the boarders that depict coal miners' handshakes and rites of passage.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Extent
2 item(s)
General Physical Description
1 transparency, color, 4 x 5 in. (2 copies).
Historical Note
United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is a labor union that represents coal miners. It was founded in 1890 as a merger between two groups; the Knights of Labor Trade Assembly No. 135 and the National Progressive Union of Miners and Mine Laborers. The UMWA has played a prominent role in the labor movement in America.
Scope and Content
This color transparency of the United Mine Workers of America membership certificate that has various images along the boarders that depict coal miners' handshakes and rites of passage.
Location
GL Box 2
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- United Mine Workers of America certificate transparency
- Date:
- 2013
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository