Labor unions -- Nevada
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Angus E. Cauble Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC712
Abstract
Includes certificates, correspondence, memorial from his union, the Butcher workman (May 1955) with Cauble's obituary, and photos. The collection contains material from 1929-1955 created by Angus E. Cauble.
Dates:
1929-1955
The Comstock lode; or a crucible of militant unionism
Collection
Identifier: 82-14
Abstract
The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada. Includes a paper from 1982 on the Comstock Lode in Virginia City and the development of labor unions for miners.
Dates:
1982
William Glenn Emminger Interviews
Collection
Identifier: 89-72
Abstract
Interviews of Mr. William Glenn Emminger and Mrs. Tracy Hartsough Emminger by Willard F. Day include discussions on Rochester, Tonopah, and Unionville, Nevada; Jack (Andrew Jackson) Longstreet's anti-union activities and other stories; Rawhide Jack Davis; and on Mrs. Emminger's father, Louis C. Hartsough and his tales of General George A. Custer.
Dates:
August 28, 1962
Labor's Pittman Club Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 90-46
Abstract
Letter from O.D. Gorman, club secretary, notifying union members that the "standard railroad organizations" and the American Federation of Labor were supporting Pittman for re-election to the Senate. The collection contains material from 1930 created by the Labor's Pittman Club.
Dates:
1930
Agreements of Miners' Unions of Storey and Lyon Counties
Collection
Identifier: NC1159
Abstract
Notice to the presidents of the miners' unions signed by F. F. Osbiston, Aug. 29, summarizing an agreement between the Committee of Comstock Superintendents and Miners' Unions regarding unionizing of mine workers; and letter of Sept. 5, 1877 from the Miners' Unions stating that the Gold Hill, Silver City, and Virginia [City] Miners' Unions had ratified that agreement.
Dates:
August 29 and September 5, 1877
Letterhead of Nevada State Federation of Labor
Collection
Identifier: 90-47
Abstract
Blank letterhead lists names of Nevada officers, executive committee, legislative agent, and attorney; Lillie B. Clinedinst was secretary. The collection contains material from 1927 created by the Nevada State Federation of Labor.
Dates:
[1927]
Nevada State Federation of Labor Records
Collection
Identifier: NC940
Abstract
Nevada State Federation of Labor was a Cooperative organization of labor unions in Nevada. Collection includes fliers and programs for union events, and clippings about labor strikes, politics, and floods in Reno between 1949-1954. Also present are several issues of the labor newspapers Nevada, state labor news, and Nevada citizen.
Dates:
1949-1954
Peter C. Petersen Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC430
Overview
Primarily political correspondence with Nevada Senator Pat McCarran. Some letters are accompanied by bills, receipts, and contractor's estimates relating to the Senator's property in and near Reno; or relevant newspaper clippings, memos, or minutes of meetings.
Dates:
1938-1954
Virginia City Miners' Union Records
Collection
Identifier: 2005-24
Scope and Contents
Records from the Miners' Union including account books and items for the library.
Dates:
1870-1937