Scope and Content Note
The Andrea G. Mauk Papers consist of printed matter, sketches, and scrapbooks showing some of the incidents surrounding the Phelps Dodge Copper strike of 1983. A variety of literature produced by the United Steelworkers of America is present, including reports revealing the financial status of Phelps Dodge; an organizational brochure by the folk singer Si Kahn; publications supporting the striking miners; and various newsletters printed by the Steelworkers Union Local 616. A 50th anniversary calendar from the union provides historical background on the activities of the United Steelworkers of America.
Articles compiled from various news sources, including Arizona newspapers, provide a report of the events that occurred during the strike. Papers and news releases sent out in response to the union's demands, copies of letters sent to striking miners by Phelps Dodge clarifying the company hiring policy regarding replacement workers, and a typewritten chronology of the events that led up to the strike are included. A separate file contains articles on the devastating flood that occurred in Clifton during October of 1983.
A separate box contains Mauk's original sketches of some of Clifton's residents who participated in the strike, including the union's chief negotiator Angel Chacon Rodriguez, Alice Miller and her son, and a sketch of the landscape surrounding the mines.
Dates
- Creation: 1983-1987
Creator
- Mauk, Andrea G. (Andrea Gail), 1964- (Person)
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
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Copyright
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Biographical Note
Andrea Gail Mauk was born in Clifton, Arizona on December 21, 1964. In 1983, she became a witness to the Phelps Dodge copper strike, which involved a labor union conflict between the United Steelworkers of America Local 616 and the Phelps Dodge Corporation. Believing the strike to be historically important, Mauk collected strike-related materials in order to document it.
Full extent
2 Box(es)
Full extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Andrea G. Mauk Papers consist of printed matter, sketches, and scrapbooks showing some of the incidents surrounding the Phelps Dodge Copper strike of 1983.
Arrangement
This collection consists of two boxes.
Provenance
Andrea G. Mauk donated these papers to the Chicano Research Collection in 1990 and 1993 (ACC# 1990-00406, 1990-00436, 1993-01058, and 1993-01191).
Separated Materials
Two videotapes (High Stakes in Morenci (Video 535) and Phelps Dodge Copper Strike, 1983-84 Local Media Coverage (Video 596)) and photographs depicting the strike were removed and cataloged separately.
Subject
- Mauk, Andrea G. (Andrea Gail), 1964- (Person)
- Rodriguez, Angel Chacon (Person)
- Title
- Andrea G. Mauk Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Dr. Christine Marin and Gilbert Esparza in September of 1993; machine-readable finding guide created by Joyce Martin in March 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 Chicano/a Research Collection Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu