18 objects

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

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

Frank Cloud talking about conditions in the mines for men and animals, other mining issues.

Jerry Johnson discussing his early childhood in Harlan County, living in Chevrolet, coal mining, ...

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

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

John Carter discussing life in the mountains before the coal mines and railroads, mountaineers, l...

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

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 discussing working in the mines, various instances of the danger of mine w...

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

John Tiller discussing working in coal mines. A group of men discuss dangers of coal mining and h...

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

Creating in Place Project Collection

W.P. Tams Jr. (former coal operator) discussing his career as the owner of a mine, the cultural m...

Former coal operator W.P. Tams, Jr. discussing local history, land grants, the arrival of the rai...

Former coal operator W.P. Tams Jr. discussing the Virginian Railway, changes in the transportatio...