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Katherine Aiken Collection on Idaho Mining Companies

 Collection
Identifier: MG 480

Scope and Contents

The majority of the collection contains union labor agreements, contracts, and memorandums between the Internationl Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Local Numbers 14 or 18 and the corresponding mining company. The bulk of the records span the late 1940s to mid-1950s. Annual reports, newsletters, and cassette tapes of the oral histories were added to the collection in 2022.

Dates

  • Creation: 1892-2014

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for use.

Extent

3 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Labor agreements, oral history transcripts, and other mining company records.

Arrangement

Arranged based on intellectual order.

Custodial History

These records were personally collected by Katherine (Kathy) Aiken, Emeritus Professor of History with an emphasis in social and cultural history, women, and labor, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials donated by Kathy Aiken in 2005 (2005-20), 2015 (MA 2015-47 and MA 2015-48), and 2021 (MA 2021-12).

Title
Guide to Katherine Aiken Collection on Idaho Mining Companies
Author
Finding aid created by Michelle A. Shannon. Updated by Justin Lockett in 2022.
Date
2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository