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Oral History Interview: Frank Brooks, Frank Brooks Nov 1973

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. …


0013: Nathaniel Bacon Papers, 1870-1891, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1973

0013: Nathaniel Bacon Papers, 1870-1891, Marshall University Special Collections

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Ledgers, business papers, receipts, legal documents, correspondence of owner of Talcott Toll Bridge Company, Talcott, Summers County, West Virginia.


0029: D. Farrier Letter, 1857, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1973

0029: D. Farrier Letter, 1857, Marshall University Special Collections

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Holograph request for collection of money in order to pay a debt to List and Howel.


0032: Frederick Moore Land Grant, 1824, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1973

0032: Frederick Moore Land Grant, 1824, Marshall University Special Collections

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Land grant for five hundred acres in Cabell County, West Virginia; signed by Governor John Pleasants.


0033: John H. Brumfield Land Grant, 1850, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1973

0033: John H. Brumfield Land Grant, 1850, Marshall University Special Collections

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Original parchment land grant issued by the Commonwealth of Va., for land in Logan Co., Va., signed by Gov. John Floyd.


0043: Henry P. Alderman Papers, 1898-1919, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1973

0043: Henry P. Alderman Papers, 1898-1919, Marshall University Special Collections

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Account book (1898), six charge books (1902-1904), and a letter of a Huntington, West Virginia resident.


0056: George Moon Letter, 1884, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1973

0056: George Moon Letter, 1884, Marshall University Special Collections

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A statement of account for receipt of payment with E. Williams of Baltimore, Maryland.


0039: Cornelius Holly Indenture, 1837, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1973

0039: Cornelius Holly Indenture, 1837, Marshall University Special Collections

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Indenture for the sale of a 125-acre tract of land in Mason County, (West) Virginia to Mildred Clagg.