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All You Knew: Twentieth Century Southern Appalachian Coal Miners And Their Experience With Death And Danger, Steven M. Malachowski 2978994

History Theses

Nineteenth century coal miners' oral interviews from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia convey their experiences as individuals and of a general community. Southern Appalachian coal miners experienced nearly constant dangers and threats to their lives underground which helped shape their relationships between other miners and industry controls. Added to coal miners’ occupational hazards, the long term emphysemic effects of coal mining and the physical prevalence of coal dust in the coal miner’s life created a life defined by danger. Miners reconciled this dehumanizing lifestyle through readily predictable methods, such as spirituality and camaraderie but also seemingly paradoxical methods, including carelessness …

Bush, Velma, 1923-2016 (Sc 3101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3101. Correspondence about lay-offs and eventual termination information for Velma Bush from M. B. Manufacturing Company, Glasgow, Kentucky. M. B. Manufacturing Company supplied material to Chrysler Corporation. The lay offs and eventual termination were due to strikes at Chrysler and a slow down in business.

Browder, Ky Mine Explosion Kills 34 On Feb. 1, 1910, Department Of Library Special Collections

Research Collections

Names include: Pete Kelley, Della Mason, Robert Simpson, Mack / Matt Loyd, Dudley Empson, Riley Thompson, Charlie Sherfield, Arthur Richardson, James Williams, Nat Allen, Estill Browning, Max English, M. Edwards, Austin Richardson, Martin, Reno, Bennett, Jess Jernigan, James Lemons, Bill Carr, etc.

Yocum Creek Coal Company, Incorporated, Yocum Creek Coal Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Yocum Creek Coal Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 5¢.

Yocum Creek Coal Company, Incorporated, Yocum Creek Coal Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Yocum Creek Coal Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 25¢.

Yocum Creek Coal Company, Incorporated, Yocum Creek Coal Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Yocum Creek Coal Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 25¢.

Seagraves Coal Company, Seagraves Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Seagraves Coal Company mine with a value of $1.

Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation, Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation mine with a value of 5¢.

Bardo Coal Mining Company, Blue Diamond Coal Company, Wallins Creek Coal Company, Bardo Coal Mining Company, Blue Diamond Coal Company, Wallins Creek Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

The scrips from the Bardo Coal Mining Company have values of 5¢, 10¢, and $1.

The scrips from the Blue Diamond Coal Company have values of 5¢ and $1.

The scrips from the Wallins Creek Coal Company have values of 1¢ and 25¢.

Berger Coal Mining Company, Incorporated, Berger Coal Mining Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Berger Coal Mining Company, Incorporated mine with a value of $1.

Southeast Coal Company, Southeast Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Southeast Coal Company mine with a value of $1.

Southeast Coal Company, Southeast Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Southeast Coal Company mine with a value of $1.

Southeast Coal Company, Southeast Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Southeast Coal Company mine with a value of 10¢.

Receivers Of The Consolidation Coal Company, Receivers Of The Consolidation Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Receivers of the Consolidation Coal Company mine with a value of 1¢.

Black Star Coal Company, Black Star Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Black Star Coal Company mine with a value of 1¢.

G. A. Williams, G. A. Williams

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the G. A. Williams mine with a value of 50¢.

The Wilson-Berger Coal Company, The Wilson-Berger Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from The Wilson-Berger Coal Company mine with a value of $1.

Norton Coal Mining, Norton Coal Mining

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Norton Coal Mining mine with a value of $1.

C. E. Flanary Store, C. E. Flanary Store

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the C. E. Flanary Store with a value of 25¢.

Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated, Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 50¢.

Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated, Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 5¢.

Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated, Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated mine with a value of $1.

Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated, Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 10¢.

The Wilson-Berger Coal Company, The Wilson-Berger Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from The Wilson-Berger Coal Company mine with a value of $1.

Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated, Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Tierney Mining Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 25¢.

Consolidation Coal Company, Incorporated, Consolidation Coal Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Consolidation Coal Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 1¢.

C. E. Flanary Store, C. E. Flanary Store

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the C. E. Flanary Store with a value of 10¢.

Wallins Creek Coal Company, Wallins Creek Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Wallins Creek Coal Company mine with a value of 5¢.

Wallins Creek Coal Company, Wallins Creek Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Wallins Creek Coal Company mine with a value of 10¢.

Wallins Creek Coal Company, Wallins Creek Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Wallins Creek Coal Company mine with a value of 25¢.