FBI Files on John L. Lewis on Microfilm, 0000-2999
Collection Number: 6106 mf

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
FBI Files on John L. Lewis on Microfilm, 0000-2999
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6106 mf
Creator:
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Quanitities:
0.22 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

John Llewellyn Lewis was elected president of the United Mine Workers of America in 1920, and held that position til 1960 when he retired. Lewis spent his life fighting for the workingman's fair share and the basic human rights he saw denied to poor whites and African Americans.
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Conditions Governing Use

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

FBI Files on John L. Lewis on Microfilm #6106 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Lewis, John L.(John Llewellyn), 1880-1969.
Scholarly Resources, inc. -- Archives
United Mine Workers of America --Archives.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Archives.
Subjects:
Miners--Labor unions--United States
Labor movement--United States
Civil rights--United States
Labor unions and communism--United States

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Reel 1
File 44-845 - Section 1 to Section 10
Reel 2
File 44-845 - Section 10 (cont'd) to File 62-2998 - Section 1