John L. Lewis Papers, 1879-1969

Contents List

Container Title
Mss 91/Micro 458
Box/Folder   1/1
Reel   1
Series: Auction Catalog, 1969, November 21 (Vol. 1)
Box/Folder   1/2
Reel   1
Series: Biographical Material, 1968; 1969, June 15
Series: Correspondence
General
Box/Folder   1/3
Reel   1
1907, Sept. 14 - 1913, Dec. 14
Box/Folder   1/4
Reel   1
1914, May 1 - 1929, Dec. 13
Box/Folder   1/5
Reel   1
1930, Jan. 4 - 1942, Sept. 28
Box/Folder   1/6
Reel   1
1946, April 10 - 1969, June 30
Invitations
Box/Folder   1/7
Reel   1
1922, Jan. 12 - 1940, Jan. 18
Box/Folder   1/8
Reel   1
1942, Sept. 13 - 1952, Dec.
Series: Speeches and Reports
Box/Folder   1/9
Reel   1
1912, Feb. 17 - 1928, Oct. 16
Box/Folder   1/10
Reel   1
1933, Oct. 11 - 1936, Jan.
Box/Folder   1/11
Reel   1
1936, July 6 - 1937, May 14
Box/Folder   2/1
Reel   1
1937, Sept. 3 - 1939, Aug. 9
Box/Folder   2/2
Reel   1
Manuscript fragment, 1939, Oct. 8
Box/Folder   2/3
Reel   1
CIO Constitutional Convention Daily Proceedings and Reports, 1939, Oct. 10-13
Box/Folder   2/4
Reel   1
1940, Jan. 23 - July
Box/Folder   2/5
Reel   1
1940, Sept. 2 - Nov. 18
Box/Folder   2/6
Reel   1
Manuscript fragment, 1940
Box/Folder   2/7
Reel   1
1941, April - 1947, Oct. 14
Box/Folder   2/8
Reel   1
Manuscript fragment, 1947, Dec.
Box/Folder   2/9
Reel   1
1951, June 23
Box/Folder   2/10
Reel   1
John L. Lewis and the International Union United Mine Workers of America, 1952, Oct. (Vol. 2)
Box/Folder   2/11
Reel   2
1953, April 24 - 1955, Nov. 28
Box/Folder   3/1
Reel   2
1956, Oct. 2 - 1957, July 9
Series: Union Records
Financial and Travel Notebooks
Box/Folder   3/2
Reel   2
1911, Dec. 31 - 1913, Jan. 4 (Vol. 3)
Box/Folder   3/3
Reel   2
1916, Jan. 1 - Dec. 31 (Vol. 4)
Box/Folder   3/4
Reel   2
1917, Jan. 1 - Dec. 31 (Vol. 5)
Box/Folder   3/5
Reel   2
1919, Jan. 1 - Dec. 31 (Vol. 6)
Box/Folder   3/6
Reel   2
1926, Jan. 15 - Sept. 20 (Vol. 7)
Box/Folder   3/7
Reel   2
Union Certificates, 1915, Jan. 23 - 1916, Sept. 30; 1947, July 8; 1955, April 1 - 1960, April 1
Box/Folder   3/8
Reel   2
UMWA Dues Receipts and Coal Price Estimates, 1912, Feb. 8 - 1917, Dec. 8; 1961 - 1969?
Box/Folder   3/9
Reel   2
Reports of UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund: Hospital Dedication Brochures, 1956, June 2
Box/Folder   3/10
Reel   2
Reports of UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund: Annual Reports, 1954, June 30 - 1968, July 18
Box/Folder   3/11
Reel   2
UMWA Press and Radio Releases, 1935, Jan. 30 - 1940, Sept. 2
Box/Folder   3/12
Reel   2
UMWA Press and Radio Releases, 1952, Jan. 29 - 1963, Aug. 10
Series: Personal Documents
Box/Folder   4/1
Reel   2
Genealogy, 1879, April 25; 1906, July 17 - 1943, Feb. 6
Box/Folder   4/2
Reel   3
Household Accounts, 1913, Oct. 8 - 1961, Nov. 18
Box/Folder   4/3
Reel   3
Passports, 1923, Feb. 20; 1936, Aug. 11; 1952, Nov. 20; 1956, Dec. 4
Series: Memorabilia
Banquet Programs
Box/Folder   4/4
Reel   3
1931, May 21 - 1936, Dec. 21
Box/Folder   4/5
Reel   3
1937, April 10 - 1953, May 8
Box/Folder   4/6
Reel   3
Cards, Certificates of Membership, and National Coal Policy Conference, 1917, June 20 - 1963, April 3
Box/Folder   4/7
Reel   3
Passenger Lists, Map, and West Virginia Univ. Commencement Program (1957), 1938, Nov. 25; 1939, Jan. 9; 1952, Nov. 28; 1957, June 3 (Vol. 8)
Series: Clippings
Magazine
Box/Folder   4/8
Reel   3
1922, Jan. - 1928
Box/Folder   4/9
Reel   3
1933, Sept. 9 - 1935, Oct. 30
Box/Folder   4/10
Reel   3
1936, Jan. - Dec. 5
Box/Folder   4/11
Reel   3
1937, March 13 - 1939, Feb.
Box/Folder   4/12
Reel   3
1940, May 24 - 1948, April 12
Box/Folder   5/1
Reel   3
1953 - 1963, June
Newspaper
Unbound
Box/Folder   5/2
Reel   3
1912 - 1922, Nov. 8
Box/Folder   5/3
Reel   3
1923, July 29 - 1924, Dec. 13
Box/Folder   5/4
Reel   3
1925, Jan. 24 - 1928, March 24
Box/Folder   5/5
Reel   3
1930, Aug. 17 - 1934, Sept. 15
Box/Folder   5/6
Reel   3
1934, Nov. 21 - 1937, Oct. 21
Box/Folder   5/7
Reel   3
1940 - 1969, Nov. 28
Bound Volume now disassembled
Box/Folder   5/8-13
Reel   3
1927-1937
Box/Folder   6/1-12
Reel   3
1937-1939
Bound Volume, “The Nation's Press on John L. Lewis”
Box   7
Reel   4
Alabama to Maryland, 1959, Dec. 15-21 (Vol. 9)
Box   8
Reel   4
Maryland (cont.) to Pennsylvania, 1959, Dec. 15-21 (Vol. 10)
Box   9
Reel   4
Pennsylvania (cont.) to Virginia, 1959, Dec. 15-21 (Vol. 11)
Box   10
Reel   4
Virginia (cont.), West Virginia, and London, England, 1959, Dec. 15 -24 (Vol. 12)
Reel   4
Series: Photographs, 1901-1969
Disc 103A
Series: Disc Recordings
No.   1-4
“Wages and Hours” speech, 1932, September 11
Note: User copy listed below.
No.   4a-b
“The Problem of the Worker in a Changing World” speech, 1934, December 7
No.   5
Speech, 1935, November 28
No.   6-9
“Industrial Democracy in Steel” speech, 1936, July 6
Note: User copy listed below.
No.   10-13
“Industrial Democracy” speech, 1936, December 31
Note: User copy listed below.
No.   14-15
“Labor, Industry and the Court” speech, 1937, May 14
Note: User copy listed below.
No.   16-26
Statement before the Sub-Committee of the House Committee on Education and Labor, 1947, April
No.   27
“Two Billion Strong” speech, 1949, May 7
No.   28
“John L. Lewis” portion of “The C & 0 News Summary”, 1953, December 9
No.   29-31
Soundtrack from Face the Nation interview of Lewis, 1955, September 4
No.   32
“Carl Sandburg's 79th Birthday,” 1957, January 6
Tape 1084A
Tape user copies of Nos. 1-4 and 6-15
Series: Tape Recordings
Tape 493A
Full track tape of press conference announcing Lewis' retirement as UMWA President, 1959, December
Series: Film
DC 520
Face the Nation interview with Lewis (CBS-TV), September 4, 1955
Physical Description: 1 r of 1; 1050'; sd; b/w; 16mm Kinescope