Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, research materials and unpublished writings of Robert Kaplan. The research materials and writings document John L. Lewis, the UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund, and Josephine Roche, retirement fund director.
Dates
- 1918-1971
- Majority of material found within 1945 - 1959
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Grace Kaplan, 1978.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, research materials and unpublished writings of Robert Kaplan. The research materials and writings document John L. Lewis, the UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund, and Josephine Roche, retirement fund director.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Kaplan was the research director for the United Mine Workers Union of America (UMWA) from 1942 to 1967. He also served as the archivist in charge of documenting American labor leader John L. Lewis' term as president of the UMWA. As research director, Kaplan often contributed commentaries on economics and labor relations to the UMWA Journal.
- Authors
- Coal miners -- Labor unions
- Coal miners -- United States
- Contemporary Medical Care and Health Policy Collection
- Industrial hygiene
- Kaplan, Robert
- Labor union welfare funds
- Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
- Medicine
- Public health
- Roche, Josephine A. (Josephine Aspinwall), 1886-1976
- United Mine Workers of America
- Title
- Guide to the Robert Kaplan Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty
- Date
- June 2002
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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