G. E. Mikel and the United Mine Workers of America

Business card for G. E. Mikel, United Mine Workers of America, ca. 1930s

G. E. Mikel's official organizer certificate, April 1, 1929

Letter to G. E. Mikel from a representative of Local Union No. 480, United Mine Workers of America in Clarksville, Ark., November 26, 1932

International organizer and secretary-treasurer certificate, provisional district 21, April 1, 1934

Letter from Senator Joe T. Robinson to G. E. Mikel regarding the Guffey-Vincent Coal Bill, June 3, 1936
To learn more about the labor movement in Arkansas, visit the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.

All of these items are located in the Arkansas Small Manuscripts Materials, File #371. The Arkansas Small Manuscripts Materials (SMM) is a large collection containing miscellaneous documents pertaining to Arkansas. This collection is constantly expanding as new materials arrive at the Butler Center.

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From the Arkansas Small Manuscripts Materials

Certification of membership in the Amalgamated Association of Street and Railway Employees of America, 1919.
Location: Small Manuscript Materials, Box 17, Item 218.
This certificate belonged to Clarance Jackson, a member of Division No. 704 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Amalgamated Association of Street and Railway Employees of America was formed in 1892 and is now known as the Amalgamated Transit Union.

*The Arkansas Small Manuscripts Materials (SMM) is a large collection containing miscellaneous documents pertaining to Arkansas. This collection is constantly expanding as new materials arrive at the Butler Center.

Contributed by Stephanie Bayless, Manuscripts Department

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