West Virginia and Regional History Center
1549 University Ave.Dee Elliott
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
No special access restriction applies.
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robert E. Maynard, Sr. Collection of Coal Mining and Industrial Stickers, A&M 4596, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Gift of Maynard, Robert E. and Angela J. II on behalf of Robert E. and Joyce A. Maynard Sr., 2023 March 08.
Sticker and decal collection representing the West Virginia and regional coal mining industry and ancillary support industries, including trucking. Highlights include Valvoline Racing Oil, ARCH Coal Company of West Virginia, numerous safety reminder stickers, and many union representation stickers. Some well represented unions include the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), among others. Robert E. Maynard, Sr. (1944-2021) was part of the West Virginia coal mining industry up until his retirement in 2002. This collection is minimally processed.
The original collector intended to complete scrapbooking work on all of these stickers and decals, but did not finish. We have left everything in its original order and housing, except for collecting loose stickers into an envelope, in order to preserve any meaningful order from the original collector.