Scope and Content Note
The John C. Provost Papers contain correspondence, reports, minutes, certificates, news clippings, financial records, ephemeral publications, and memorabilia ranging in date from 1895 to 1973. The bulk of the material dates from 1895 to 1931 and either records the results of mining operations or describes the organization of a labor union. Box 2, folder 13 (1912) houses the proceedings of the Arizona Federation of Labor organizational convention. Box 2, folder 10 (1902) contains a brief greeting from fellow labor organizer Eugene V. Debs.
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1973
- Creation: 1895-1931
Creator
- Provost, John C., 1867-1931 (Person)
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
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Copyright
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Biographical Note
John C. Provost, mining engineer and labor leader, was born to Eugene and Mary D. (Millette) Provost in Jefferson, Wisconsin on June 28, 1867. He moved to Arizona from Cripple Creek, Colorado in the early 20th century. Provost claimed, leased, and managed mining operations in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. He was prominent in labor organization and in 1912 became both the founder and first president of the Arizona Federation of Labor. Provost once stood as the Socialist Party candidate for Governor of Colorado but split with the Party on his return to Arizona. As a representative of the Labor Party, he served one term as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives and its Labor Committee, and subsequently officiated as that body's Sergeant-at-Arms.
Provost married Nettie May Poling (1872-1945) on September 22, 1902 in Colorado and the couple had three children: John C. Jack
, Maxine (Provost) Brubaker, and Arizona Millette (Provost) Jacobs. John C. Provost died of heart disease on September 17, 1931 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Full extent
3 Box(es)
Full extent
1.75 Linear Feet
Abstract
The John C. Provost Papers contain correspondence, reports, minutes, certificates, news clippings, financial records, ephemeral publications, and memorabilia ranging in date from 1895 to 1973. The bulk of the material dates from 1895 to 1931 and either records the results of mining operations or describes the organization of a labor union.
Arrangement
This collection consists of three boxes.
Provenance
The John C. Provost Papers were received from Mrs. Beverly Doss in 1991 (ACC# 1991-00502).
Subject
- Brubaker, Edwin M. (Edwin Martin), 1897-1945 (Person)
- Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 (Person)
- Provost, John C., 1867-1931 (Person)
- Arizona State Federation of Labor (Organization)
- Pueblo Smelting and Refining Company (Organization)
- Title
- John C. Provost Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Lane C. Cromby in February of 1992; machine-readable finding guide created by Michael Lotstein in June of 2003.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Greater Arizona Collection Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu