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Oral History Interview: Frank Brooks, Frank Brooks
Oral History Interview: Frank Brooks, Frank Brooks
0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection
Frank Brooks was born in Fayette County, WV, but grew up in Carter County, KY, in the early 1900s. He attended a one room school house through the third grade. Mr. Brooks began working in coal mines with his father in Borderland, WV, when he was 13 years old. In the audio clip provided, he discusses his first time in a coal mine. He focuses on how he tried to appear bigger than he was in order to be able to work. In his interview, Mr. Brooks compares and contrasts the labor conditions in the mines before and after unionization. …
0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection, Marshall University Special Collections
0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection, Marshall University Special Collections
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Tape recordings and transcripts of oral interviews with residents in the West Virginia-Ohio-Kentucky Tri-State region regarding such topics as farming, schools, health care, folk customs, and many others related to life in this Appalachian region.
To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Marshall University Oral History Collection here.