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AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE), Area 3 records
Collection
Identifier: L1982-41
Abstract:
The AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE) Area 3 covers the region comprising Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia. Its records, 1970-1979, consist primarily of correspondence and printed material generated by the state labor federations in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and South Carolina and West Virginia.
Dates:
1947-1979
Found in:
Special Collections
Georgia Democratic Party Forum records
Collection
Identifier: L1974-40
Abstract:
The Georgia Democratic Party Forum, a splinter group of the state Democratic Party, originated in 1966 and supported former Governor Ellis Arnall in his unsuccessful write-in bid for governor. The Forum gained national attention in 1968 when it sent a slate of delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Chicago, and ultimately succeeded in getting half of the group seated to cast half of Georgia's votes. The collection, 1959-1972 (bulk 1967-1971) consists of 2 series. Series I,...
Dates:
1959-1972; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1971
Found in:
Special Collections
Georgia Government Documentation Project Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: P-OH
Abstract:
This Finding Aid lists the 230 Oral Histories from the Georgia Government Documentation Project.
Dates:
1971-2002
Found in:
Special Collections
M. H. Ross papers
Collection
Identifier: L2001-05
Abstract:
Myron Howard "Mike" Ross, was born November 9, 1919. Ross worked with a number of unions as an organizer, arbitrator, and advocate in the South. He ran for elective office in North Carolina on the Progressive Party ticket. After receiving public health training, he founded the Fairmont (West Virginia) Clinic, which had the mission of providing high quality medical care for miners and their families. Administering the clinic 1958-1978, Ross developed a longstanding interest in coal miners and...
Dates:
1916-1987
Found in:
Special Collections