368 objects

A Greyhound bus labeled with the destination "Jenkins" drives past Bussell's dry goods store in E...

A group portrait of A.J. "Banjo" Haynes and his family members: Andy, Alice, Alpha, Alta Mae, Alz...

A group portrait of A.J. "Banjo" Haynes and his family members: Andy, Alice, Alpha, Alta Mae, Alz...

Darwin and Ota Mullins of Jackhorn, Kentucky stand with their seven blond children in front of wh...

Man in U.S. Army uniform and woman in white suit dress being married by an older preacher. A tele...

A deceased man lies in a casket topped with a large rose floral spray. Around the casket are a se...

A deceased man in a suit lies in a lined casket. A floral spray featuring roses can be seen at th...

Post Flood Digitization; Early Headwaters Television collection, 1980-1984

Includes footage of false starts and of Mike Seeger performing for Roscoe Holcomb and other senio...

Footage of Mike Seeger performing at Roscoe Holcomb's nursing home in Hazard, KY. 

Bill Hayes, in Viper, KY, discussing the orphan land program, Tennessee Valley Authority.

Interview with Betty Eldridge, Minnie Lunsford, and Gussie Mills, who were members of the "Brooks...

Jim Stanley of Derby, Va. discusses his family's experience being exploited by the coal company, ...

Jim Stanley discusses the power dynamics in a coal camp, and different people's methods of resist...

Jim Stanley discusses the struggle to unionize the coal mines, gun thugs, safety conditions in mi...

W.P. Tams, a former coal operator, discussing unions, John L. Lewis, the death of the coal camp, ...

Coal miner John Hinson (Brookside, KY) discussing fighting, corruption, labor union safety commit...

Coal miner John Hinson, Brookside, KY, talking about John L. Lewis, building a big hospital, loca...

Coal miner John Hinson discussing working in the mines, various instances of the danger of mine w...

Coal miner John Hinson of Brookside, KY discussing the inadequate medical care provided by compan...

John Hinson [Henson?] discusses working, living in a coal camp, law enforcement, George Titler, p...

Coal miner John Hinson discusses working in the mines, being a supervisor, tells stories about di...

Mrs. Blakley discusses about how word of a mine accident spread in the coal camp, a mine fire tha...

Farmer Asher talking about coal mining, changes in the industry, miners' responsibility for accid...

England Asher discussing life in the coal camp, gardening; another man discusses being a coal min...

Coal miner John Hinson is interviewed about life in coal camps, changes throughout time. Slightly...

Brookside, KY coal miner John Hinson discusses labor union politics and conflicts.

John Hinson, at Brookside, Kentucky, discussing labor unions, contracts, and finding work in the ...

Women at Brookside, Harlan County, KY discussing life in the coal camps, bath houses, their famil...

Production staff interviewing women in a coal camp at Brookside, KY about life in the camps, the ...

A woman and her boy talking about trading, being raised in Evarts, life in the camps. A woman dis...

Bessie Cornet describing the conditions at Brookside in the beginnings of the strike, discusses t...

Lois Scott discusses union organizing and her personal family experiences with union-related viol...

Lois Scott discussing the mine wars and resistance to labor unions in Harlan County, trains clack...

Lois Scott talking about family politics, wages, coalmining, UMWA strikes, state police

Lois Scott talking about a strike in Benham, Kentucky. She discusses showing up alongside other w...