Guide to the Daniel W. Hannan Papers and Photographs c1940s-1999
1940-1999
Metadata Details
- Title
- Daniel W. Hannan, papers and photographs c1940-1999
- Creator
- Subject
- Hannan, Daniel W , 1921, U.S. Steel. Clairton Coke Works., United Steelworkers of America., World War, 1939-1945--France, World War, 1939-1945--Germany, Safety regulations--Law and legislation, Mine safety--Law and legislation--United States
- Description
- The Daniel W. Hannan papers and photographs are housed in two boxes. The first box contains his autobiography which outlines his life and includes photographs of his time during the war and news articles concerning his involvement with the United Steelworkers of America. Several news articles and publications document his participation in USWA union and his term as its president. Photographs within this box depict his military service, including photos of the Buchenwald concentration camp, USWA meetings in Pittsburgh, the 518 Military Police Battalion, and his return to Normandy in 1999 with his family. A declassified history of the 518 Military Police Battalion (1946) documents the movement of his unit during World War II. The first box of the collecton also contains honors Hannan received which consist of a signed photograph from former president Bill Clinton, and letters and certificates from the French government, the National WWII Memorial, the Group Against Smog and Pollution, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The second box of the collection contains his personal papers, including postcards, letters, photographs, memorabilia booklets, a publication on Utah Beach, and his enlistment identification card from his time in the army., Daniel W. Hannan papers and photographs, c1940-1999, MSS 0701, Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Daniel W. Hannan Gift 2000 2000.0176, Daniel Walsh Joseph Hannan was born in 1921 and began working at the US Steel Clairton Coke Works plant in Clairton, Pa., at the age of 18. In 1943, Hannan was assigned to the 518 Military Police Battalion and participated in the Normandy invasion in 1944. In 1945 his unit captured the Nazi concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. After the war he was awarded five battle stars, five campaign ribbons, a meritorious unit citation, as well as an honor by the French government for his participation in the invasion of Normandy. After being discharged from the army, Hannan became an activist for improving labor conditions at US Steel Clairton Coke Works plant. Hannan served as president for the local union 1557 United Steelworkers of America (USWA) from 1967 to 1973. As union president, he and other US Steel union representatives formed the Steelworkers Black Lung Committee and testified to the U.S. Congress on the health and safety of coke plant workers. These actions helped to enact the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970 under the Nixon administration. The following year Hannan was honored by the Pittsburgh Jaycees as their Man of the Year. In 1973, he was promoted to the USWA Safety and Health Deapartment and in 1979 won the National Safety Council award., Gift of Daniel Hannan., Processed MSS 0701 01/12 S. Ecklund, Collection level finding aid available.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Hannan, Daniel W., Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1940-1999
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- Identifier
- Source
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss701, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- France, Germany, United States
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/