Dates

• Majority of material found within 1937 - 1986

Extent

3 boxes Linear Feet (The Workingmen's Education and Social Club was organized in August 1937 in St. Michael, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The club provided an arena for informal socializing among the members of the community. St. Michael was predominately Russian and most club members were coal miners. Card games, pool, and dances were popular forms of entertainment at the club, with music provided by local bands. A library was assembled by the Ladies' Auxiliary to the club, and WPA citizenship classes and United States naturalization classes were also held at the club. The Workingmen’s Education and Social Club met at the Thomas Lloyd Building in St. Michael, which the club membership shared with UMWA Local #3648. Although it flourished through the 1960s, waning membership forced the club to disband in 1986. The collection contains various papers from the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Local Union #3648, including check stubs, checkweighmen wage statements, the Berwind-White Coal Company employee list and dues information. The Club's meeting minutes and various publications about socialism, including American Family Almanac and the Fight for Socialism, are also part of the collection.)

Language of Materials

English