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Labor History

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Alice Gold and Silver Mining Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-57
Abstract

The Alice Gold and Silver Mining Company was a gold and silver mining operation in Walkerville, Montana. Its headquarters were in Salt Lake City, Utah. The records consist primarily of letterpress volumes of outgoing correspondence from Walkerville mine superintendents to Salt Lake City company officials. Also included are organizational materials, financial records, productions records, and legal files.

Dates: 1877-1930

Anaconda Central Labor Council records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-103
Abstract

The Anaconda Central Labor Council was a combined body of representatives of various local trade unions in the Anaconda, Montana, area. The Council represented a merger of the Deer Lodge County Trades and Labor Council and the Anaconda Building Trades Congress. The collection (1899-1943) consists of general correspondence; financial records; legal documents; and minutes.

Dates: 1897-1943

Thomas Cruse papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-36
Abstract

Thomas Cruse was a Helena, Montana, miner, banker, and businessman. This collection (1841-1956) consists of incoming correspondence; legal and financial records; maps; reports; and miscellany. Records for Cruse's various enterprises are divided into nine subgroups including the Thomas Cruse Savings Bank; Thomas Cruse Estate; Thomas Cruse Mining and Development Company; etc.

Dates: 1841-1956

Helena Typographical Union #95 Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-88
Abstract

The Helena Typographical Union #95 of Helena, Montana, is a union representing printers in newspaper and job printing offices. Records include correspondence (1888-1985), court papers (1903-1984), financial records (1895-1982), contracts (1904-1973), minutes (1885-1973), organizational records (1890-1980), reports (1899-1988), subject files (1931-1985), miscellany, and clippings.

Dates: 1885-1985

Perry S. Melton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-252
Abstract Perry Melton was a long time Kalispell labor union leader. This collection is organized into subgroups for Perry Melton's personal files; the Central Trades and Labor Council of Kalispell and Flathead County; the Painters Union #975; the Flathead Metal Trades Council; the Northwest Montana Building and Construction Trades Council; the Hotel, Restaurant and Bar Tenders International Union Locals 312 and 603; the Montana State Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO);...
Dates: 1935-1987

Montana Attorney General's Office Records

 Collection
Identifier: RS-111
Abstract

These records of the Montana Attorney General's Office consist of interoffice correspondence (1969-1978); general correspondence (1963-1966) arranged by correspondent and subject, including dockets and informal opinions; annual reports (1973-1977) of tax-exempt private foundations; speeches; and miscellany. (Reel-to-reel tapes transferred to Oral History)

Dates: 1949-1982

Montana Governors records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-35
Abstract

Records of the Governors of Montana consist of legislative files (1893-1935), including correspondence, bills, vetos, governors messages, petitions, etc.; general correspondence (1902-1962) for individual administrations; and subject files (1889-1962) arranged by state agency and topic.

Dates: 1889-1962

Montana Nurses Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-273
Abstract

The Montana Nurses Association is the union and professional organization for Montana nurses. Records (1912-1987) include autobiographical sketches of members; inter-office and general correspondence; financial statements; minutes of annual conventions and the board of directors; organizational materials; reports; subject files; miscellany; and clippings. There are subgroups for District #1, Missoula, and District #2, Butte.

Dates: 1913-1992

Montana Typographical Conference Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-321
Abstract The Montana Typographical Conference was the state-wide organization for the International Typographical Union. There were local unions in many cities around the state. Records include interoffice correspondence (1958-1980), correspondence with the local unions (1953-1984), correspondence with the international union (1959-1984), and general correspondence (1955-1984) with the Montana State AFL-CIO and others. In addition there are financial records, local union contracts, convention minutes...
Dates: 1937-1984

North Butte Mining Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-290
Abstract Records of the North Butte Mining Company in Butte, Montana, consist primarily of interoffice correspondence (1906-1910, 1914-1926), general correspondence (1906-1923), and outgoing correspondence (1905-1912). In addition, there are assay reports, minor financial records, legal documents, organizational records, subject files, and miscellany. There is a small subgroup of research materials compiled about the company by Al Hooper, focusing on a scrapbook of clippings about the Granite...
Dates: 1905-1934