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Men discussing issues with disabled miners, John L. Lewis and health benefits, miners strike, uni...

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A group of people [Mimi Pickering] discussing mine rescue teams and investigators. CB radios hear...

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6/17/90 - A radio report about the end of a strike by 1100 union miners against Pittston Coal Com...

WMMT-FM collection, 1985-2005
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Compilation of radio reports - 

Pittston fines/Rich Kirby - 11/12/92
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WMMT-FM collection, 1985-2005
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Compilation of Mountain News & World Reports from 1992

South East strike retrospec...

WMMT-FM collection, 1985-2005
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On Nov. 7, 1980, five coal miners were killed in a methane gas explosion at Westmoreland Coal Com...

Label: "Cabin Creek, UMWA, A House Divided, Tape #109, Time Code"

United Mine Workers of America 1970: A House Divided materials, c.1971
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The Buffalo Mountain Boys, a bluegrass band comprised of coal miners, play at a rally of the Unit...

Mountain Community Television Collection, 1972-1978
Transcript of film about Nimrod Workman

Two men discussing unions, wages, welfare, disability, Tony Boyle

Production still of man holding sign at UMWA rally - UMWA 1970:  A House Divided

Man holding sign at UMWA rally in Big Stone Gap, VA where Tony Boyle gives speech. Sign reads: "S...

United Mine Workers of America 1970: A House Divided materials, c.1971
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1) WMMT special on the Pittston Coal Strike one year later, Rosemary Webb Pound and Jackie Counts...

WMMT-FM collection, 1985-2005
Performance by Hazel Dickens Band with speech by UMWA member Marty Hudson at Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Hazel Dickens in concert with Tom Adams (banjo), UNKNOWN (guitar), Barry Bales (bass), Barry Mitt...

Hazel Dickens: It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song materials, c.2001

4 rolls of 16mm fullcoat magnetic outs. Label: "[Tony] Boyle, UMWA 1970, 16mm sound outs, Buckhorn"

United Mine Workers of America 1970: A House Divided materials, c.1971
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Nimrod and Molly Workman talk about raising a family, Nimrod talks about his history as a coal mi...

Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category materials, c.1975
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Field audio tape for Long Journey Home. Label on Front: Migration Film; Label on Back: Kendrick C...

Long Journey Home materials, c.1987
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W.P. Tams, a former coal operator, discussing unions, John L. Lewis, the death of the coal camp, ...

Coal Camp materials; Field audio recordings - Coal Camp
Interview with Tillman Cadle about Eastern KY, NYC, poverty, union politics

Tillman Cadle discussing organizing at Yancy, getting kicked out of the mine, meeting Jim Garland...

Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning materials, c.1988
Interview with Richard Trumka about Massey Energy, UMWA

Richard Trumka (UMWA president at the time) discussing Massey and UMWA agreement 1985, current st...

Mine War on Blackberry Creek materials, c.1986
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A woman discussing union organizing, the changing power structures in the UMWA, Tony Boyle, and d...

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

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

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

Coal Camp materials
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John Tiller and Hobart Grills discuss the battle of Evarts, the labor politics surrounding the ba...

Coal Camp materials; Post Flood Digitization
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A man discussing the struggles of coal miners, death of coal miners, miners' culture, John L. Lew...

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

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

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

Coal Camp materials; Field audio recordings - Coal Camp
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Coal miner John Hinson is interviewed about life in coal camps, changes throughout time. Slightly...

Coal Camp materials
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Coal miner John Carter discussing coal camps, coal mining, and the changes in community and econo...

Coal Camp materials; Field audio recordings - Coal Camp
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Jim Stanley of Derby, Va. discusses his family's experience being exploited by the coal company, ...

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

Coal Camp materials
Interview with Don Blankenship about unions, Richard Trumka

Anne Lewis and a male filmmaker interview Don Blankenship at Massey Energy discusses productivity...

Mine War on Blackberry Creek materials, c.1986
Film still of UMWA president Tony Boyle - UMWA 1970: A House Divided

Film still of Tony Boyle at microphone giving speech at UMWA rally in Big Stone Gap, VA. Created ...

United Mine Workers of America 1970: A House Divided materials, c.1971
Film still of UMWA president Tony Boyle - UMWA 1970: A House Divided

Film still of Tony Boyle at microphone giving speech at UMWA rally in Big Stone Gap, VA. Includes...

United Mine Workers of America 1970: A House Divided materials, c.1971
Film still of title card - UMWA 1970:  A House Divided

Film still of title card. Created for documentation and promotion of the film United Mine Workers...

United Mine Workers of America 1970: A House Divided materials, c.1971
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