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Guide to the John Brophy Collection
1960ca.
Biographical Note
John Brophy was born in 1883 in Lancashire, England to a family of miners who immigrated to the United States when he was ten years old. They immediately found work in the central Pennsylvania coalmines. Before he turned twelve, young Brophy began working in the mines; by the age of fifteen, he had joined the United Mine Workers of America. As a checkweighman, local officer, and finally as president of District #2 of the UMWA, he served the miners of Pennsylvania. During the twenties, John Brophy became the leader of the opposition movement in the UMW, challenging John L. Lewis for the presidency in 1926. Lewis won the election, promptly expelling Brophy from the mines and the union. As director of the CIO in the 1930's, Brophy was involved in the organization of several major industries, including steel and autoworkers. He served the CIO and its successor, the AFL-CIO, in a variety of capacities until his death in 1963.
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Scope and Content Notes
The John Brophy papers are housed in one archival box. These papers contain a few mementos of Brophy's tenure with the CIO, the eulogy from his funeral, an 8x10 photograph of Brophy, a letter from President Kennedy, and various newsclippings about Brophy's work.
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Restrictions
This collection is not in circulation.
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or publish, please contact the coordinator of the University Archives and Special Collections.
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Controlled Access Terms |
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| These records are indexed under the following terms in the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Library catalog. Researchers wishing to find related materials may wish to search under these terms. | ||
| Topics | ||
| Labor leaders -- Pennsylvania | ||
| Trade unions -- United States -- Automobile industry workers | ||
| Trade unions -- United States -- Coal miners | ||
| Trade unions -- United States -- Iron and steel workers | ||
| Trade unions -- United States -- Organizing | ||
| Corporate Names | ||
| AFL-CIO | ||
| United Mine Workers of America -- District #2 | ||
| Personal Names | ||
| Brophy, John | ||
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Administrative Information
John Brophy Collection,1960ca, MG# 40, Special Collections and University Archives, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
This collection was processed by Special Collections Staff,in 1984. Papers rearranged and inventory rewritten by Special Collections Staff in Spring 2001.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Special Collections Staff on Spring 2001
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Container List |
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| 1 | Union Delegate Badges | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | Newspaper Clippings | ||||||||||||
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| 3 | Self photograph | ||||||||||||
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| 4 | Retirement, Eulogy, and Letter from President J.F. Kennedy | ||||||||||||
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