Lewis versus Howat: An Analysis of Labor Rhetoric, Education, and Class Privilege in Early Twentieth Century Mining PoliticsMain MenuThe Project: Maxwell, Lewis, and HowatUnited Mine Workers of America UnionsA map of UMWA Unions and their District locations.History of the UMWAWho was Hearl Maxwell?A brief biography of the life of Hearl Maxwell, the southeast Kansas miner who collected the information used in this project.Who was Alexander Howat?A brief biography detailing the life of Alexander Howat.Who was John L. Lewis?A brief biography detailing the life of John L. Lewis.Lewis versus HowatAn overview of the source of conflict between Lewis and Howat.Lewis versus Howat: A TimelineA timeline detailing all documents from the Hearl Maxwell Collection that related to the dispute between John L. Lewis and Alexander Howat.Lewis versus Howat: Political ActionHowat answers President John L. Lewis, circa 1925The main themes in Howat’s reply to Lewis.Formality in WritingLabor Rhetoric and Class HierarchyHowat and Lewis at a Convention, circa 1922Education's Role in Rhetoric, Class, and PrivilegeConclusionWorks Cited and ConsultedMorgan Ebbs37bb8427ec602849db4b409834ec5240edd22bd7Lauren Geigerea2c8f5b3492b5251043adf2af47f1c327044cadMatthew Rohnerd50ac2846ef13a89d481113abcbb5898c738349cKelly Hentzen71ff61d5719b88e92ad5518749d712c06190677b
Obituary, 1974, The Mulberry News Newspaper
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12016-05-03T12:22:28-07:00Who was Hearl Maxwell?10A brief biography of the life of Hearl Maxwell, the southeast Kansas miner who collected the information used in this project.plain2016-05-05T10:09:32-07:00Hearl Maxwell was born at his family’s homestead near Arcadia, Kansas in 1892. He would marry M. Elizabeth Hamilton, grade school teacher, on June 15, 1915 and the couple would go on and have four sons and three daughters. Maxwell was employed in the coal mining industry in the Arcadia and Mulberry area for many years. He took part in labor union affairs, serving at various times as an officer for a local unions and for District 14 of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). Later on, Maxwell was self-employed as a truck driver for the coal industry and, during the Korean Conflict, worked in war production at the Parsons, Kansas, Army Ammunition Plant. After the Korean Conflict ended Maxwell and his family lived in Eureka, Kansas were he Maxwell was associated with the transportation division of the school system. After his retirement Maxwell and his family returned to Mulberry where he died at the age of 82 on March 6, 1974.
