Summary Information

Title: John L. Lewis Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1879-1969

Creator:

• Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880-1969

Call Number: Mss 91; Micro 458; Disc 103A; Tape 493A; Tape 1084A; DC 520

Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes), 4 reels of microfilm (35mm), 1 tape recording, 34 disc recordings, and 1 film

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), 1920-1960, including correspondence, speeches, reports, union financial and travel notebooks, genealogical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, film, tape recordings, and disc recordings containing many of Lewis' more important speeches. The union financial and travel notebooks provide important information about the UMWA from 1911 to 1926. The important subjects of correspondence include the following persons: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Philip Murray, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Wendell L. Willkie; and the following subjects: the UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund, hospital care for miners, the Taft-Hartley Act, and Roosevelt and Willkie's relationship with the UMWA.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00091