The fonds consists of constitutions and bylaws, minutes of the District Executive Board, proceedings of conventions, general correspondence, records of Workmen's Compensation and Unemployment Insurance appeals, correspondence of District officers, correspondence with mine operators and Local Unions, financial records, membership records, reports and briefs to commissions of inquiry and legislators, records of negotiations and labour disputes, collective agreements with employers, records of Local Unions, newsclippings, collected miscellany, photographs, and an oral history interview. Records of the Welfare and Retirement Fund include minutes, decisions, annual reports, financial records, correspondence, reports, agreements, mine operators' employment records, and case files of Welfare and Retirement Fund beneficiaries.
Records of local unions and mines in the following locations are in this fonds. See inventory for details: Aerial, Alexo, Bellevue, Beverly, Bienfait, Blairmore, Brule, Burmis, Cadomin, Calgary, Cambria, Camrose, Canmore, Carbon, Carbondale, Cassidy, Champion, Clover Bar, Coal Creek, Coalhurst, Coalspur, Coleman, Comox, Corbin, Cumberland, Dinant, Drinnan, Drumheller, East Coulee, Edmonton, Estevan, Fernie, Foothills, Fording, Frank, Grande Cache, Hanna, Hillcrest, Hinton, Kaydee, Ladysmith, Lethbridge, Luscar, Mercoal, Michel, Midland, Morrissey, Mountain Park, Nacmine, Namao, Nanaimo, Natal, Nordegg, Princeton, Robb, Roche Percée, Rosedale, Round Hill, Saunders, Shaughnessy, Smoky River, South Edmonton, Sparwood, Sundance, Taylorton, Three Hills, Tumbler Ridge, Union Bay, Wabamun, Wayne, Western Monarch, Whitehorse, and Willow Creek.
Records created by or about the following individuals and organizations are also in this fonds. See inventory for details: Alberta Federation of Labour, Alberta Strip Miners' Union, W. H. Armstrong, Bituminous Coal Institute of Canada, Edward Boyd, W. A. "Tony" Boyle, British Columbia Federation of Labour, British Columbia Miners' Association, CAIMAW, Canadian Conference on Coal, Canadian Congress of Labour, Canadian Labour Congress, Canmore Miners' Union, Vincent Clark, Coal Association of Canada, Coal Operators' Association of Western Canada, Coalhurst Miners' Union, Coleman Miners' Association, John Delaney, Domestic Coal Operators' Association of Western Canada, Drumheller Coal Operators' Association, East Kootenay Firebosses' Union, John Gilmour, Stanley Grocutt, Horbury family, Hy-Grade Local Union, Industrial Federation of Labour of Alberta, International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers, International Union of Operating Engineers, Stuart Johnson, John L. Lewis, Robert Livett, Leslie Mathieson, Donald McDonald, William M. Mercer Ltd., Arnold Miller, Mine Workers' Union of Canada, Miners' Clubs of the Labour Progressive Party, Mineworkers' Central Union of Estevan and District, K. J. Morrison, National Union of Firebosses, Office and Technical Employees' Union, Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, Oil Workers' International Union, One Big Union, Eileen Patterson, Tony Podrasky, Pulp Paper and Woodworkers Union of Canada, Roche Percee Coal Miners' Union, John Sanyshyn, Saskatchewan Coal Miners' Union, Saskatchewan Coal Products' Workers' Union, Saskatchewan Strip Miners' Union, John Stokaluk, M. P. Susnar, Michael Tamtom, United Mine Workers' Journal, United Steelworkers of America, Tom Uphill, William Ure, Western Canada Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, Western Coal Operators' Association, Western Mechanized Mining Commission, W. C. Whittaker, Eldon Wooliams, Joseph Yablonski.
United Mine Workers of America. District 18