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Overview of the Collection | |
Creator: | Shelton, Donald H., 1940- |
Title: | Donald H. Shelton Papers |
Inclusive Dates: | 1907, 1956-2006 |
Quantity: | 19 Boxes (10.33 Linear Feet) |
Abstract: | This collection contains personal papers, minutes, agendas, membership lists, correspondence, conference materials, newspaper and journal articles, newsletters, interviews, and video and audio tapes documenting Don Shelton's work at Magma Copper Company between 1965 and 1998. Of particular interest are the materials documenting changes in the company and local unions at both of Magma's branches (San Manuel and Pinto Valley). |
Identification: | MSS-352 |
Language: | Material in English |
Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist! |
Don Shelton was born on August 31, 1940 in Tucson, Arizona. He joined the Air Force 1959 and became a mechanic for jet fighters. After being honorably discharged in 1963, Shelton returned to Tucson and started working a variety of different jobs. By the end of 1964, the unsteady work drove him to apply at the San Manuel branch of Magma Copper Company. He started work on January 15, 1965. His first position with Magma was as an underground chute tapper. He transferred to pipe-fitter in June of 1965. While Shelton worked with the pipe-fitters, he met the current Union President, Eddy Jackson. After being unfairly transferred back to chute tapper, the union helped Shelton return to the pipe-fitter position.
As a result of his positive interaction with the union, Shelton became pro-union and began serving as a grievance man for Magma's pipe-fitters section. By 1967, Shelton had become the Vice-President of the Mine-Mill Union. Shelton was President of the union when women started working at the mine and he supported the female employees' presence, cautioning male workers against harassing female co-workers and refusing to support male workers accused of mistreating female coworkers. Shelton also worked to make Magma pay disability pensions owed to their workers and was successful in at least one case. During the merger of the United Steelworkers of America and the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Shelton served as union officer. He also served as President of the USWA's Local #937 from 1982 to 1991.
Shelton became a board member of the AFL-CIO in 1979, served as President of the Board from 1987 to 1989, and stepped down in 1989. Shelton was an important part of the 1989 change in management at Magma that established the Joint Union-Managment Cooperation Council (JUMCC). Although it took time for both Magma and the unions to recognize that working together would work, the JUMCC changed the atmosphere at Magma, helping to raise profits and stocks in the company and to decrease costs of business and production. Shelton retired from the mine in January of 1998.
This collection contains personal papers, minutes, agendas, membership lists, correspondence, conference materials, newspaper and journal articles, newsletters, interviews, and video and audio tapes documenting Don Shelton's work at Magma Copper Company between 1965 and 1998. In addition to Shelton's personal papers, which document the unions he was involved with, the collection houses materials produced by Magma Copper Company that show the corporation's perspective. Some items were given to Shelton prior to his arrival at Magma, including historical printings about mining and policy information.
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of the Arizona State University Library. Requests to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.
A plaque produced by the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Local #586 in Miami, Arizona was removed to the Arizona Artifacts Collection.
[Identification of item], Donald H. Shelton Papers, MSS-352, Arizona State University Library.
Don Shelton donated these papers to the Arizona Collection in 2010 (Accession #2010-04428).
Series I: Don Shelton Personal Papers | |||||||||||
Sub-Series A: Interviews | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
1 | 1 | Interview (Original) | |||||||||
1 | 2 | Interview (Version 2) | |||||||||
1 | 3 | Interview (Version 3) | |||||||||
Sub-Series B: Materials | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
1 | 4 | Resume | |||||||||
1 | 5 | Writings by Shelton | |||||||||
1 | 6 | Business Travel for Company: Expense Reports | |||||||||
1 | 7 | Business Travel for Union #184: Expense Reports | |||||||||
1 | 8 | Information on Innovation in Workplaces | |||||||||
1 | 9 | Scottsdale II Attendee Lists | |||||||||
Photographs | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
2 | 11 | Training for Union Leadership | |||||||||
2 | 10 | Photographs | |||||||||
Sub-Series C: Bargaining Notebooks | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
1 | 10 | Bargaining Notebook 1986 (1 of 2) | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
2 | 1 | Bargaining Notebook 1986 (2 of 2) | |||||||||
2 | 2 | Bargaining Notebook 1996 | |||||||||
2 | 3 | Bargaining Notebook 1997 | |||||||||
Sub-Series D: Correspondence | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
2 | 4 | Correspondence from Shelton | |||||||||
2 | 5 | Correspondence to Shelton | |||||||||
2 | 6 | Correspondence with Unions | |||||||||
2 | 7 | Correspondence with Outside Companies | |||||||||
2 | 8 | Correspondence with Magma | |||||||||
2 | 9 | Correspondence with BHP | |||||||||
Sub-Series E: Training | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
2 | 11 | Training for Union Leadership | |||||||||
2 | 12 | Training for Facilitator | |||||||||
2 | 13 | Training Manuals | |||||||||
Sub-Series F: Other Papers | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
2 | 14 | Union Information | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
3 | 1 | Work Place of the Future | |||||||||
3 | 2 | Drafts | |||||||||
Sub-Series G: Don's Notes | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
3 | 3 | Don's Notes | |||||||||
3 | 4 | Don's Notes | |||||||||
3 | 5 | Don's Notes |
Series II: Magma Copper Company | |||||||||||
Sub-Series A: Company Information | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
4 | 1 | Company Information 1965-2006 | |||||||||
4 | 2 | Magma Update 1985-1988 | |||||||||
4 | 3 | Magma Update 1985-1988 | |||||||||
4 | 4 | Notes on the Magma Story 1985-1988 | |||||||||
4 | 5 | Annual Reports 1988-1994 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
5 | 1 | Internal Correspondence 1988-1994 | |||||||||
Sub-Series B: Internal Workings | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
5 | 2 | Internal Development Team Committee | |||||||||
5 | 3 | Internal Development Team Correspondence | |||||||||
5 | 4 | Absentee Case File | |||||||||
5 | 5 | Work Redesign Committee | |||||||||
5 | 6 | Work Redesign Renewal | |||||||||
5 | 7 | Cultural Revolution | |||||||||
5 | 8 | Facilitator Training and Strategic Partnering | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
6 | 1 | Careshare Committee | |||||||||
6 | 2 | Excellence Session | |||||||||
6 | 3 | Newsletters | |||||||||
6 | 4 | HR/Org. Development/JUMCC Redesign | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
7 | 3 | Copper Share | |||||||||
7 | 4 | Disputes and Litigation | |||||||||
7 | 5 | Magma-Union: New Union-Management Partners (1 of 3) | |||||||||
7 | 6 | Magma-Union: New Union-Management Partners (2 of 3) | |||||||||
7 | 7 | Magma-Union: New Union-Management Partners (3 of 3) | |||||||||
7 | 8 | Preliminary Economic Report | |||||||||
7 | 9 | Magma Division 2000 Best Practices Inquiry Report | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
8 | 1 | Consultant Workbook | |||||||||
8 | 2 | Education for Workers: Breakdown Session | |||||||||
8 | 3 | Education for Workers: Landmark Education | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
9 | 1 | Magma Management Review | |||||||||
9 | 2 | Trade Negotiation Correspondence | |||||||||
9 | 3 | Canadian Work Papers | |||||||||
9 | 10 | Mill Work Redesign Workshop | |||||||||
9 | 11 | Champagne's Article about Magma | |||||||||
9 | 12 | Governance | |||||||||
9 | 13 | Industrial Transformation | |||||||||
9 | 14 | Visits to Magma | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
10 | 1 | Pinto Valley | |||||||||
Sub-Series C: Magma-Union Settlements | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
6 | 5 | Company-Union Settlement 1971 | |||||||||
6 | 6 | Company-Union Settlement 1977 | |||||||||
6 | 7 | Company-Union Settlement 1980 | |||||||||
6 | 8 | Company-Union Settlement 1983 | |||||||||
6 | 9 | Company-Union Settlement 1986 | |||||||||
6 | 10 | Company-Union Settlement 1989 | |||||||||
6 | 11 | Company-Union Settlement 1991 | |||||||||
6 | 12 | Company-Union Settlement 1992 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
7 | 1 | Company-Union Settlement 1997 | |||||||||
7 | 2 | Minutes from Barging Session 1996 | |||||||||
Sub-Series D: Printed Agreements | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
8 | 4 | Magma-Union Agreements 1957, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983 | |||||||||
8 | 5 | Agreements Studied 1985, 1990-1996 | |||||||||
8 | 6 | Plans for Employees 1968, 1983, 1986 | |||||||||
Sub-Series E: Presentations | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
9 | 4 | Copper Presentation | |||||||||
9 | 5 | Presentation Sault St. Marie | |||||||||
9 | 6 | JUMCC Presentation | |||||||||
9 | 7 | Presentation for Nestles | |||||||||
9 | 8 | Presentation for Nabisco | |||||||||
9 | 9 | Tankhouse Presentation | |||||||||
Sub-Series F: San Manuel | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
10 | 2 | Steering Committee | |||||||||
10 | 3 | Business Presentation | |||||||||
10 | 4 | Strategic Planning Committee | |||||||||
10 | 5 | Classification of Workers | |||||||||
10 | 6 | Management General | |||||||||
10 | 7 | Management Leadership | |||||||||
10 | 8 | Management Teams | |||||||||
10 | 9 | Management Correspondence | |||||||||
10 | 10 | General Finance | |||||||||
10 | 11 | Gainshare | |||||||||
10 | 12 | Operations | |||||||||
10 | 13 | Materials and Environmental | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
11 | 1 | Safety Manuals | |||||||||
11 | 2 | Insurance | |||||||||
11 | 3 | Pensions | |||||||||
Documents in this folder have been redacted to remove the pensioner's date of birth, the pensioner's spouse's date of birth, and pensioner's payroll number. | |||||||||||
11 | 4 | Publication | |||||||||
Sub-Series G: Unions General Information | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
11 | 6 | Photographs | |||||||||
11 | 5 | Union History | |||||||||
11 | 7 | Merger between Unions | |||||||||
11 | 8 | Enrollment | |||||||||
11 | 12 | Creative Labor Management Relations Conference | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
12 | 4 | Steward Information | |||||||||
12 | 5 | Mine-Mill Task Force | |||||||||
12 | 6 | Proposal for Oxide Operations | |||||||||
12 | 7 | Miscellaneous Union Papers | |||||||||
12 | 8 | Correspondence with Federal Officials | |||||||||
12 | 9 | Records of Union-Company Relationship | |||||||||
12 | 10 | Union-Company Grievances and Correspondence | |||||||||
Box | Box | ||||||||||
13 | 2 | Miscellaneous Papers | |||||||||
Sub-Series H: Articles on Magma, Mining, and Unions | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
11 | 9 | News Articles | |||||||||
11 | 10 | Journal Articles | |||||||||
Sub-Series I: Union Education | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
12 | 1 | Workshops | |||||||||
12 | 2 | Class Materials | |||||||||
12 | 3 | Grievance Class Materials | |||||||||
Sub-Series J: Voice of Magma | |||||||||||
Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
The dates in this series are for the documents dealing with the Voice of Magma. Don Shelton's Notes and the Distribution Lists are not dated. | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
12 | 11 | Don's Notes from Voice of Magma 1991-1996 | |||||||||
12 | 12 | Documents 1991-1996 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
13 | 1 | Distribution Lists 1991-1996 | |||||||||
Sub-Series K: Union Newsletters | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
13 | 7 | Rank and File | |||||||||
13 | 8 | USWA: The Voice | |||||||||
13 | 9 | Local 937 News, We the People, Label Letter | |||||||||
13 | 10 | Que-Pasa? | |||||||||
13 | 11 | AFL-CIO News | |||||||||
13 | 12 | National Nonferrous Industry Coordinating Committee | |||||||||
13 | 13 | Cu News | |||||||||
13 | 14 | Straight Talk | |||||||||
13 | 15 | Magma Unity Council | |||||||||
13 | 16 | Unlabeled Newsletters | |||||||||
Sub-Series L: Non-Steelworker Unions | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
13 | 3 | Mine-Mill Union: Correspondence for Union President 1966 | |||||||||
13 | 4 | Mine-Mill Union Newspaper 1966 | |||||||||
13 | 5 | International Unions: Unions to Magma Correspondence 1967- | |||||||||
13 | 6 | International Unions: Subversive Activities Control Board 1967 | |||||||||
13 | 17 | Western Federation of Miners Materials 1967 | |||||||||
Box | |||||||||||
19/OV2 | 15th Annual Convention of the Western Federation of Miners Photograph 1907 June (Photograph Stuck to Glass) | ||||||||||
Sub-Series M: United Steelworkers of America | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
13 | 18 | Steelworker Publications: Information Booklets | |||||||||
13 | 19 | Steelworker Publications: Magazines | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
14 | 1 | Mine-Mill to USWA | |||||||||
14 | 2 | Union Barging | |||||||||
14 | 3 | Memorandum | |||||||||
14 | 4 | Economic Data and Committee | |||||||||
14 | 5 | Safety and Drug Testing | |||||||||
14 | 6 | Meetings | |||||||||
14 | 7 | Grievance and Arbitration: Committee Records and Notes | |||||||||
14 | 8 | Grievance and Arbitration: Arbitration Cases | |||||||||
14 | 9 | Grievance and Arbitration: Teran Arbitration Case | |||||||||
14 | 10 | Leadership | |||||||||
14 | 11 | Rocky Mountain Labor School | |||||||||
14 | 12 | Labor Management Conference | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
15 | 1 | Flyers and Cartoons | |||||||||
15 | 2 | Miscellaneous Papers | |||||||||
15 | 3 | Union Election Materials | |||||||||
15 | 13 | Proceedings of the 58th USWA Convention | |||||||||
15 | 4 | Correspondence: USWA to State and Federal Politicians | |||||||||
15 | 5 | Correspondence: Local Union to Union Admin | |||||||||
15 | 6 | Correspondence: Union to Local Members | |||||||||
15 | 7 | Correspondence: Printed Emails | |||||||||
15 | 8 | Correspondence: NIPSCO Electric Production | |||||||||
15 | 9 | Correspondence: Letters of Agreement | |||||||||
15 | 10 | Correspondence: Concerning Finances | |||||||||
15 | 11 | Correspondence: R. Skiba | |||||||||
15 | 12 | Correspondence: Union to Union | |||||||||
Sub-Series N: Joint Union Management Cooperation Committee (JUMCC) | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
16 | 1 | History | |||||||||
16 | 2 | Flowcharts and Job Descriptions | |||||||||
16 | 3 | Charter and Committee Meetings | |||||||||
16 | 4 | Sub-Committee Papers | |||||||||
16 | 5 | Kerrigan's Notebook from Scottsdale Meeting | |||||||||
16 | 6 | MCC Questions Referred to Director JUMCC-Steering Committee | |||||||||
16 | 7 | Failed Proposal | |||||||||
16 | 8 | Work Redesign Documents | |||||||||
16 | 9 | Miscellaneous Papers | |||||||||
16 | 10 | Distribution Lists | |||||||||
16 | 11 | Correspondence: Letter Drafts | |||||||||
16 | 12 | Correspondence: Union to JUMCC | |||||||||
16 | 13 | Correspondence: Committee | |||||||||
16 | 14 | Correspondence: To the Committee | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
17 | 1 | Notes from Meetings | |||||||||
17 | 2 | Mine Problems brought to JUMCC | |||||||||
17 | 3 | Financial Documents | |||||||||
17 | 4 | New Beginning Workshop | |||||||||
17 | 5 | Work in America | |||||||||
Sub-Series O: Broken Hill Proprietary Company | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
17 | 6 | BHP-Magma Merger | |||||||||
17 | 7 | Correspondence with Magma | |||||||||
17 | 8 | Memos | |||||||||
17 | 9 | Distribution Lists | |||||||||
17 | 10 | Mineral Background/Mining Procedure | |||||||||
17 | 11 | Leadership, Policy, and Legal | |||||||||
17 | 12 | Financial Information | |||||||||
17 | 13 | Negotiations: Pre- and Setup Committee | |||||||||
17 | 14 | Settlement | |||||||||
17 | 15 | Miscellaneous BHP Papers | |||||||||
17 | 16 | BHP New Zealand Support | |||||||||
17 | 17 | Presentations | |||||||||
17 | 18 | Best Practice in Mining and Processing Conference |
Series III: Media | |||||||||||
Box | |||||||||||
18 | Mooney Cassette Tapes (5 Tapes) | ||||||||||
18 | A New Beginning 1992 (VHS; 14 Minutes) |