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Title: |
The Jeanne M. Rasmussen Collection |
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Collection Number: |
Accession No. 352 |
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Physical Description: |
3.5 linear feet |
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Creator: |
Jeanne M. Rasmussen |
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Repository: |
Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University |
Provenance: The Jeanne M. Rasmussen Collection was donated to the Archives of Appalachia by Jeanne M. Rasmussen on December 4, 1989.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processing Information: Processing of the collection was completed in August 1993 by Marie Tedesco.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Jeanne M. Rasmussen was born in Lubbock, Texas on April 4, 1934 to Carl and Pearl Hudspeth. She attended Baylor University, Waco, Texas, where she majored in English and received a B.A. degree in the spring of 1953. In August of that year she married George McGranahan, a cardiologist. They subsequently had three children: Jay, Georgia, and Gavin.
In the early 1960s Jeanne met and married Donald Rasmussen a pulmonary specialist who devoted much of his practice to black lung disease. From Salt Lake City, Utah, she moved in the early sixties to Beckley, West Virginia, where Donald practiced medicine. Jeanne's introduction to black lung disease and other pulmonary diseases which afflicted miners came through her husband's work. She also developed an interest in other aspects of miners' lives and began to photograph miners and their families, coal camps, and mining disasters.
In West Virginia, Jeanne worked for the Raleigh Register and WOAY-TV as a journalist. Through her husband, she became acquainted with Joseph A. "Jock" Yablonski, a United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) activist, who in 1969 asked her to be the treasurer for his presidential campaign to unseat incumbent UMWA president Tony Boyle. Jeanne accepted that offer and also became the West Virginia press representative for Yablonski's campaign. She actively campaigned for him in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. Although Yablonski lost the election, he was preparing to contest the election results when he, his wife and daughter were murdered on December 31, 1969 by assassins acting under Boyle's instructions. After the murders, the Rasmussens, themselves the subjects of rumors, were told of dangers to their lives. Coal miners guarded them and their home. Both Jeanne and Donald testified at the 1974 murder trial of Tony Boyle.
As Jeanne's interest in and knowledge of coal mining and mines developed and expanded, she devoted her writing and photography skills to publicizing miner's health and safety issues, shoddy treatment by coal operators, and corruption in the UMWA. Her essays on mining and miners appeared in such publications as Mountain Life and Work, Miner's Voice, and the Charleston Gazette, while her photographs appeared in regional newspapers and in such national publications as Harper's, Newsweek, the Washington Post and Mountain Life and Work.
Rasmussen also photographed other aspects of Appalachian life. Portraits of the men, women, and children of Appalachia, and photographs of Appalachian landscapes were subjects for Rasmussen's photography. These photographs were both published and exhibited regionally and nationally. Fifteen of Jeanne Rasmussen's photographs were included in the traveling exhibition, "Workers and Allies: Female Participation in the American Labor Movement, 1824-1976," created by the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service. This exhibit opened in the National Portrait Gallery and toured the United State from 1975-1977.
In 1974 Rasmussen moved to Reston, Virginia, where she resided until her death on January 30, 1992.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Jeanne M. Rasmussen Collection contains both manuscript and photographic materials. Manuscript materials include personal correspondence and financial records; drafts of chapters from Rasmussen's unpublished manuscript on coal mining; essays written by Rasmussen on coal mining and other topics relating to Appalachia; and clippings and scrapbook materials on coal mining, the UMWA, and Rasmussen's writing and photography. The photographic prints depict Appalachian men, women, and children; coal mining disasters, the Buffalo Creek, West Virginia flood of 1972; and strip mining.
Organization: The collection is divided into five series as follows: Series I, Personal Papers, 1967-1982, Box 1; Series II, Writings by Jeanne M. Rasmussen, 1968-1971, Boxes 1-2; Series III, Scrapbook Materials and Loose Clippings, 1968-1986, Box 2 and Oversize folders; Series IV, Other Printed Materials, 1889, 1922-1933, 1969-1986, Box 2; and Series V, Photographs, 1967-1977, Boxes 3-6. An index to the collection follows the Box and Folder list.
Important subjects covered in the collection include:
Afro-American Coal Miners
Aged men
Aged women
Black Lung Association
Boyle, William Anthony, 1904-1985
Carawan, Candie
Carawan, Guy
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Caudill, Harry M., 1922-
Children-Appalachian Region
Coal Mine Safety Act Amendment of 1965
Coal miners
Coal miners--Dwellings
Coal mines and mining
Coal mines and mining--Health aspects
Coal mines and mining--Safety measures
Consolidation Coal Company
Consolidation Coal Company. No. 9 mine (Farmington, W. Va.)
Findley Coal Company
Floods--West Virginia--Buffalo Creek
Funerals rites and ceremonies
Hechler, Ken, 1914-
Housing, Rural
Hyden Coal Mine Disaster, Hyden, Ky., 1970
Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880-1969
Lungs--Dust diseases
Miller, Arnold, 1923-
Nader, Ralph
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-
Poverty--Appalachian Region
Rasmussen, Donald
Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1937-
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Saxewell No. 8 Mine (Hominy Falls, W. Va.)
Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining
Strip mining--Appalachian Region
Titler, George J.
Trbovich, Mike
Udall, Stewart L.
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers of America. Welfare and Retirement Fund
Urbaniak, Cecil
Women coal miners
Yablonski, Joseph A., 1910-1969
*Click on the link to go to that series or subseries in the Box and Folder List.
This series contains correspondence to and from Rasmussen; personal financial records; and miscellaneous documents. The correspondence has been placed first, followed by financial records and miscellaneous documents. All materials are arranged chronologically within these categories of document types.
Series II, WRITINGS AND INTERVIEWS BY JEANNE M. RASMUSSEN, 1947; 1960-1978, Boxes 1-2.This series consists of Rasmussen's "Hot Edge of Hell" manuscript on coal mining and articles derived from this manuscript which used that title; text for the "Dead End" manuscript; essays and miscellaneous writings on coal mining and other Appalachian topics. One folder in Subseries II-D contains quotations by writers other than Rasmussen. This series is divided into subseries as follows: Subseries II-A, "Hot Edge of Hell" Writings, 1968-1971 and No Date, Box 1; Subseries II-B, "Dead End," 1971, Box 2; Subseries II-C, Essays Written by Rasmussen, 1968-1972 and No Date, Box 2; and Subseries II-D, Miscellaneous Writings and Interviews by Rasmussen, 1947; 1960-1978.
This subseries consists of Rasmussen's unpublished manuscript on coal mining in Appalachia. The writings are arranged according to the Chapter/part arrangement assigned by Rasmussen. Chapter and part numbers and titles repeat, apparently as a result of revisions made by Rasmussen.
This subseries contains the text for the pictorial work on strip mining which Rasmussen coauthored with journalist Bill Lucht. This book was supposed to be published in 1972 by Case Western Reserve University Press. But the authors had an impasse with the press over legal matters relating to the work's publication. Case Western thus did not publish the book. In the summer of 1972 Rasmussen and Lucht were unsuccessful in their attempt to have Doubleday publish "Dead End." The book never was published. The first folder in this subseries contains the "Dead End" text, while the second contains an empty folder written on by Rasmussen.
This subseries consists of essays Rasmussen wrote on topics relating to coal mining and to Appalachian culture. A number of these essays were published. The essays are arranged alphabetically by title.
This subseries contains short articles written by Rasmussen, quotations used by her in her writings and interviews conducted by her with women miners. The writings have been placed first and have been arranged alphabetically by title. The interviews follow the writings.
Series III, SCRAPBOOK MATERIALS AND LOOSE CLIPPINGS, 1968-1986, Box 2 and oversize folders.This series contains clippings, letters, leaflets and pamphlets that Rasmussen kept in a scrapbook, and loose clippings. Topics related to coal mining, UMWA activities, and Rasmussen's writings are the focus of this series. The clippings have been placed first, followed by the scrapbook materials. The materials within these two groups are arranged chronologically.
Series IV, OTHER PRINTED MATERIALS, 1889; 1922-1933; 1969-1986, Box 2.This series contains various types of printed materials. Included are issues of magazines saved by Rasmussen, poetry on coal mining, essays on coal mining and related topics, and miscellaneous articles and clippings on such persons as Donald L. Rasmussen and Joseph A. "Jock" Yablonski. Arrangement is alphabetical by title of written piece, author of the written work, or subject of the articles.
Series V containss primarily black and white photographic images resulting from Rasmussen's work with United Mine Workers of America and her personal interest in the lives of miners and their families in Kentucky and West Virginia. Included are portraits of miners and their families and photographs of mine related accidents and disasters, coal camp life, strip mining, underground mining, UMWA activities, and political campaigns. Of particular interest are photographs relating to the Buffalo Creek, WV, Flood, Hyden KY, Mine Disaster, and Farmington-Mannington, WV, Consol #9 Disaster. There are 182 printed photographic images and 78 negatives. kSome of the photographs have been published in Harper's, Newsweek, and Mountain Life and Work. In addition, 15 of Rasmussen's photographs were chosedn for inclusion in a Smithsonian travel exhibit entitled, "Workers and Allies: Female Participation in the American Labor Movement." This exhibit ;opened at the AFL-CIO Labor Studies Center in the fall of 1975 and toured the United States for the next two years. Some of the photographic prints are identified as part of this exhibit. There a multiple copies of some photographs printed in different sizes. Most of the photographs were taken by Rasmussen, but also included are a few prints photographed by Long Airdox company photographer, Phil Primack, Henry Wilson, and Bill Mares. The photographic prints are arranged alphabetically by subject with the proof sheets and negatives placed at the end. Oversized prints are stored in boxes 4-6.
Overside Materials
Two folders of oversize materials have been placed in the map cabinets accoring to accession.
*Click on the link to go that series or subseries in the Series Description.
1. Correspondence: incoming, ND.
2. Correspondence: incoming and outgoing, 1967-69.
3. Correspondence: incoming and outgoing, 1970-72.
4. Correspondence: incoming and outgoing, 1973-74.
5. Correspondence: incoming and outgoing, 1975-82.
6a. Financial records: receipts, 1970-73, 1980.
6b. Miscellaneous documents, ND.
Subseries II-A, "HOT EDGE OF HELL" WRITINGS, 1968-1971, Box 1.
Box 1
7. "Hot Edge of Hell": Title pages and Table of Contents, 1968.
8. "Hot Edge of Hell": Forward, 1968.
9. "Hot Edge of Hell": Part 1, Introduction, 1968.
10. "Hot Edge of Hell": Part 3, The Bread and the Beans, 1968.
11. "Hot Edge of Hell": Part 4, Heart of the Billion Dollar Coal Fields, 1968.
12. "Hot Edge of Hell": Part 5, Miracle of Hominy Falls, 1968.
13. "Hot Edge of Hell": Part 6, Massacre at Mountaineer, No. 9, 1968.
14. "Hot Edge of Hell": Part 7, The Black Lungers, 1968.
15. "Hot Edge of Hell": Part 8, On the Outside Looking In, 1968.
16. "Hot Edge of Hell": Part 9, The Hyder Holocaust, 1970.
17. "Hot Edge of Hell": (Essay with transcript of Earl Stafford Interview), 1968-69.
18. "Hot Edge of Hell": Coal Miner's Wife, 1968-70.
19. "Hot Edge of Hell": Consol #9 at Farmington Disaster, 1968.
20. "Hot Edge of Hell": (Chapter 6), The Fairmont White Wash, 1968.
21. "Hot Edge of Hell": Heart of the Billion Dollar Coal Field (2 versions), ND.
22. "Hot Edge of Hell": Lest We Forget (Consol #9 at Farmington), ND.
23. "Hot Edge of Hell": Massacre at Mountaineer #9, ND.
24. "Hot Edge of Hell": Miscellaneous Excerpts and Quotations, 1967-70 and ND.
25. "Hot Edge of Hell": Stop Murder, 1971.Subseries II-B, "DEAD END," 1971, Box 2.
Box 2
1. "Dead End" Manuscript, 1971.
2. "Dead End" Empty Folder, 1971.Subseries II-C, ESSAYS WRITTEN BY RASMUSSEN, 1968-1972, Box 2.
Box 2
3a. "Black Lung Benefits and You," ND.
3b. "Consol #9" (Parts I-III), 1968.
4. "The Day They Buried Buffalo Hollow," 1972.
5. "A Disabled Miner Speaks," 1970.
6. "Health Crisis: In Black and White," ND.
7. "The Hot Edge of Hell," 1968.
8. "On the Outside Looking In," (2 copies), 1972.
9. "Revolt in the Ranks," ND.
10. "There is Never Peace in West Virginia," 1970.
11. Untitled essays, ND.Subseries II-D, MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS AND INTERVIEWS BY RASMUSSEN, 1947; 1968-1975, Box 2.
Box 2
12. "Black Lung: What Is It? Malingering or Black Death?" 1969.
13. The Buffalo Creek Disaster, ND.
14. Excerpts and quotations used by Rasmussen in her writings, 1947, 1960-71 and ND.
15. Introduction to "Appalachian Faces" photo exhibit, 1974.
16. Untitled piece on Stephanie Wilson, coal miner, 1976.
17. Interview with Debbie Sayer, February 26, 1978; audiotape.
18. Interviews with women coal miners, 1969-78.
19. Loose Clippings, 1969-79.
20. Loose Clippings, ND.
21. Scrapbook Materials, 1968-71.
22. Scrapbook Materials, 1972-75.
23. Scrapbook Materials, 1977-86.
24. Scrapbook Materials, ND.
1. Loose Clippings, 1970-86 and ND.
2. Scrapbook Materials, 1971-86.
25. Bethel, T. N., "Conspiracy in Coal," 1969.
26. Broadside: President Roosevelt's Proclamation of Emancipation for the Miners," 1933.
27. Campbell, Shirley Young: "Flowers Grown in Coal Dust," and "A Different Dark and Other Poems," 1974-75.
28. Coal Miners' Salary Accounts, 1889; 1922.
29. "The Corruptions of the United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund," ND.
30. Harper's Magazine (With Callus' article on Appalachian Children), November 1971.
31. Letters to the Editor, ND.
32. Miscellaneous Printed Materials, ND.
33. Mountain Life and Work, (with Rasmussen article, "On the Outside Looking In"), September, 1969.
34. Rasmussen, Dr. Donald L.: Miscellaneous Documents, 1969 and ND.
35. "Renewal" (church booklet), February 1986.
36. Time Magazine, March 20, 1978.
37. "Understanding Appalachian Culture: The Family," ND.
38. Yablonski, Joseph: Clippings and brief articles on, 1969-70 and ND.
39. United Mine Workers Journal, 1978.
Box 3
1. Buffalo Creek, WV, Flood, images 0001-0017, 1972-1973.
2. Coal Camps and Communities, images 0018-0032, 1968-1971.
3. Coal Camps - Children, images 0033-0039, 1971 and undated.
4. Coal Camps - Families, images 0040-0050, 1967-1970.
5. Mining Accidents and Rescues, images 0051-0058, 1967-1971.
6. Mining Accidents - Farmington-Mannington, WV, images 0059-0063, 1968-1974.
7. Mining Accidents - Hyden, KY, images 0064-0070, 1970-1971.
8. N&W Railroad - coal cars, image 0071, undated.
9. Portraits - African Americans, images 0072-0076, 1970-1971.
10. Portraits - Children, images 0077-0089, 1969-1970.
11. Portraits - Men, images 0090-0102, 1970-1974.
12. Portraits - Women, images 0103-0108, 1970-1975
13. Rasmussen, Jeanne, images 0110-0111, c1970s.
14. Strip Mining - environmental Impact, images 0112-0128, 1970-1971.
15. Strip Mining - Large Earth Moving Equipment, images 0129-0138, undated.
16. Strip Mining - Protests, images 0139-0140, 1971.
17. Underground Coal Mining, images 0141-0150, 1968-1970.
18. Union Activism and Political Campaigns, images 0151-0164, 1968-1970.
19. West Virginia Scenery, image 0165, 1970.
20. Yablonski, Joseph, imags 0166-0168, 1969.
21. Photographic Negatives, c1960s and 1970s.
22. Photographic Proof Sheets, c1960s and 1970s.Box 4
1. Coal camps (11 x 14 inches), images -0168-0173, c1970s.
2. Coal Mining, Strip (11 x 14 inches), image 0174, undated.
3. Coal Mining, Underground (11 x 14 inches), image 0175.
4. Duplicates - Coal camps and coal mining (11 x 14 inches), images 0025, 0026, 0029, 0150.Box 5
1. Portraits, (11 x 14 inches), images 0176-0181, c1970s.
2. Duplicates - portraits, (11 x 14 inches), images 0073, 0074, 0078, 0086, 0087, 0098.Box 6
1. Portrait of miner's widow, (Matted exhibition print), image 0182.
2. Duplicate image 0029 (Matted exhibition print) - Cabin Creek coal camp, Ingram Branch, West Cirginia, 1972..
3. Duplicate image 0033 (Matted exhibition print) - Children at Rhodell, West Virginia, c1971.
4. Duplicate image 0056 (Matted exhibition print) - Miner rescued from slate fall in West Virginia, undated.
5. Duplicate image 0077 (Matted exhibition print) - Girl in coal camp in Rita, West Virginia, undated.
6. Duplicate image 0088 (Matted exhibition print) - Girl at courthouse in Pikeville, Kentucky during Yablonski campaign, 1969.
7. Duplicate image 0104 (Matted exhibition print) - Coal miner's widow, Gilbert, West Virginia, undated.
8. Duplicate image 0108 (Matted exhibition print) - Margaret Duncan, disabled miner's wife at meeting Black Eagle, West Virginia, 1970
9. Duplicate image 0130 (Matted exhibition print) - Workman atoop catwalk of Silver Spade, Belmont County, Ohio, 1971.
10. Duplicate image 0167B (16 x 20 inches) - Joseph Yablonski portrait, Labor Day in Princeton, West Virginia, 1969.
INDEX*
*The numbers following the indexed term indicates the file location
of information within the collection.
A B C
D E F G
H I J K
L M N O
P Q R S T
U V W X Y Z
Click on a letter to go to that section of the index.
African-Americans-coal miners: 1-19; 2-10 through 11; 3-9, 3-19; 4-1.
African-Americans-health care: 2-6.
African-Americans-physicians: 2-6.
Amiego Hollow, West Virginia: 3-3 and 10.
Anderson, L. T.: 1-3.
- Appalachian Mountains-geology: 2-1.
Appalachian Region-coal mines and miners: 1-5 through 25; 2-1 through 5, 7 through 11, 13, 16 thorugh 18, 24; 3-6, 8 through 10; Photograph boxes 3 through 6; Oversize Folders 1-2.- Appalachian Region-early settlers: 2-1.
Appalachian Region-Federal entitlement programs: Oversize Folder 1.
Appalachian Regional Commission: 1-4, 5.
Appalachian Regional Hospital (Beckley, West Virginia): 2-11 through 12; Oversize Folders 1-2.
Appalachian Regional Hospital (South Williamson, Kentucky): 1-11.
Association of Disabled Miners and Widows: 2-8, 21.
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency: 1-10.
Beasley, Dr. William B. R.: 1-15, 16.
Beatrice Mine: 3-17.
Beaver, West Virginia; 3-4.
Beckley, West Virginia: 1-14; 2-11 through 12; Oversize Folders 1-2.
Belmont County, Ohio: 3-14 through 16.
Bethel, T. N.: 2-25.
Big Sandy Coal Company: 1-10.
Bituminous Coal Operators Association: 2-25, 39.
Bituminous coal production: 1-22; 2-25.
Black Eagle Coal Camp: 2-11.
Black Eagle, W.VA: 2-11, 3-4, 12 and 18
- Black Lung Association: 1-8, 9, 17, 25.
"Black Lung" disease: 1-5, 8 through 9, 11, 14, 17 through 18, 24; 2-3A, 9, 11 through 12; 2-19, 21 through 22, 24; Oversize Folder 2. See also pneumoconiosis.- Black Star Publishing Company: 2-21.
Blacklisting: 1-19.
Blair, James E.: 2-19.Boyce, Ben: 1-11, 21; 2-7; 3-4.
Boyce, Geneva, David and Charles: 3-4.
Boyce, Leonard: 1-11, 21.
Boyle, Tony: 1-8 through 9, 13 through 14, 19, 22 through 23; 2-5, 7, 9 through 11, 19, 25, 31, 38; 3-15, Oversize Folder 1.
Bradford, Larned G.: 2-21.Branscome, Jim: 2-1.
Brookside Mine, Kentucky 1973-74 strike: Oversize Folder 1.
Brown, Elmer: 2-21.
Brown, Harry Elmer: 1-14; 2-9, 11.
Buff, Dr. Isadore: 1-14, 24.Buffalo Creek, West Virginia-Flood: 1-8, 9, 24; 2-4, 13, 22; 3-1.
Buffalo Hollow, West Virginia: 1-8, 9, 24; 2-4, 13; 3-1.
Cabin Creek Coal, Ingram Branch, West Virginia: 3-2 and box 6.
Cabin Creek War (West Virginia): 1-19.
Campbell, Shirley Young: 2-27.Carawan, Candie and Guy: 1-4, 5; 2-32.
Carter, President Jimmy: 2-19, 36; Oversize Folders 1-2.
Case Western Reserve University Press: 1-3.
Cats: 3-2; box 4.
Caudill, Harry M.: 1-2, 3, 17; 2-1, 8.Cemeteries: 3-6, 7, and 14.
Childbirth-wives of miners: 1-10.
Children: 1-11, 17, 22, 25; 2-21, 23; 2-30, 37; 3-1 through 4, 6 through 7; 4; 5; 6; 3-2 through 4, 9 and 10, 18, boxes 4 through 6.
Christie, U. S. District Judge Sidney L.: 2-10.
Church, Sam, Jr.: 2-19.
Citizens to Abolish Strip Mining: 2-24.
Cleckley, Hervey: 1-2.
Coal Camps: 3-2 through 4, boxes 4 through 6. See also: names of particular camps.
Coal dust: 2-11.
Coal Mine, Safety Act Amendment (1965): 1-12, 15 thru 16, 18, 20; 2-7.
Coal miners-disabled: 3-2, 7.
Coal miners-health care: 1-11, 14, 17 through 19, 21, 24 through 25; 2-3A, 7 through 8, 10 through 12, 22; 2-33; Oversize Folder 2.
Coal miners-portraits: 3-2 through 4; 4; 6; 3-9 through 12, boxes 5 and 6.
Coal miners-strikes: 2-10 through 11; 2-19, 25, 39; 3-18; Oversize Folders 1-2.
Coal mining-accidents: 1-8 through 13, 15, 18 through 19, 22 through 23; 2-3B, 10, 18, 19; 2-39; 3-5 through 7; 6, Oversize Folder 1.
Coal mining-health and safety issues: 1-8 through 9, 11 through 12, 14 through 16, 18, 21 through 22, 25; 2-5, 7, 9 through 11, 12, 20; Oversize Folder 1.
Coal mining-loading coal: 1-10, 18.
Coal mining-poetry: 1-24; 2-27, 32, 38.
Coal mining-production control: 2-25.
Coal pneumoconiosis: See Black Lung Disease.
Coal slag heaps: 5.
Callus, Robert: 1-3, 5; 2-21, 30.
Consol (Consolidated Coal Company) No. 9 Mine, Mannington, (Farmington) West Virginia: 1-18 through 20; 2-3b, 7; 3-6 thru 7.
- Consolidation Coal Company: 1-13, 17 through 19, 24 through 25; 2-1, 18, 25; 3-6. See also Consol #9 Mine, Marion County, West Virginia; and Hanna Coal Company.
Country stores: 3-4.
Crichton, Robert: 1-2.
Davy, West Virginia Coal Camp: 3-2.
Disabled Miners of Southern West Virginia: 2-10 through 11.
Dogs: 3-2.
Drury, Carl: 2-22.
Eccles Mines, West Virginia; 2-19 through 21.
Elderly citizens-medical care: 2-23.
Elderly men and women-portraits: 3-9, 11 and 12; 5; 6.
Esselstyn, Willard A.: 2-19.
Explosives-use of in mines: 1-15, 16, 20.
Family life: 2-37; 3-2 through 4.
Family life and religion: 2-37.
Farmington, West Virginia-1954 mine explosion: 1-18, 22; 2-7.
Farmington Mine Disaster, Farmington, West Virginia, 1968: 1-18 through 20; 3-6.
Federal Trade Commission: 1-12.
Findley, Charles: 1-15, 16; 3-7.
Findley Coal Company: 1-8, 9, 15, 16.
Findley Mines (Hyden, Kentucky): See Findley Coal Company.
Findley, Stanley: 1-15, 16.
Ford, Congressman William D.: 1-17, 21.
Franklin, Walter: 2-18.
Frontier Nursing Service: 1-15, 16.
Funerals and memorial services for coal miners: 1-13, 15 through 16, 18; 2-33; 3-6 and 7; Oversize Folders 1-2.
Galperin, Si, State representative, West Virginia: 1-25; 2-1.
Gauley Coal and Coke Company: 1-12, 24.
"GEM" (Giant Earth Mover) of Egypt: 1-20; 2-1; 3-15.
Gender roles: 2-37.
Gillman Paper Company: 2-22.
Glenco Hollow, Fayette County, West Virginia: 2-1; 3-14.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia: 3-5; box 4
Hager, Mrs. Francis, interview: 1-18.
Hanna Coal Company: 1-25; 2-1; 3-15. See also Consolidation Coal Company.
Harlan, Kentucky: 1-18; Oversize Folder 1.
Harper's Magazine: 1-6; 2-30.
Harper's Weekly: 1-5.
Harrington, Michael: 2-1.
Harrison County, Ohio: 3-14 and 15..
Hatch, Ralph (President of Hanna Coal Company): 2-1.
Hazard, Kentucky; Oversize Folder 1.
Hechler, Congressman Ken: 1-2, 8, 9; 2-8; 2-39; 3-18; Oversize Folder 1.
High Splint Mine, Harlan, Kentucky: Oversize Folder 1.
Hominy Falls, West Virginia; 1-12, 19, 23; 2-7; 3-5. See Also: Saxewell Mines, Hominy Falls, West Virginia.
Hornyak, Julius: 2-3B.
"Hot Edge of Hell": 1-7 thru 25; Oversize Folder 1.
Hour, John: 1-4.
Housing-Rural: 3-1 through 4, 10, Box 4 and 6.
Huff, Sam: 2-3B.
Hume, Bret: 1-4.
Hyden, Kentucky: 1-8, 9, 15, 16; 3-2 and 7.
Hyden, Kentucky Mine Disaster: 1-8, 9, 15, 16.
Hyden, Kentucky Mine Explosion (1970): 1-15, 16; 3-7. See also: Findley Coal Company, Charles Findley, and Hyden, Kentucky Mine Explosion Survivors.
Hyden, Kentucky Mine Explosion (1970)-Survivors: 3-7.
Island Creek Coal Company Mines (West Virginia): 1-11, 20, 25.
Itmann Mine #3, Wyoming County, West Virginia: Oversize Folder 1.
Jamison Coal and Coke Company: 1-13, 21.
Johnson, Audrey: 2-18.
Johnson, President Lyndon B.: 2-6, 11.
Jones, Mary Harris "Mother": 1-19 through 20; 2-10 through 11.
Kelly, Ed: 2-1, 3-11.
Kelly, Ed, interview: 1-10, 18.
Kendrick, Elise F.: 1-4, 5.
Kennedy, President John F.: 2-3B.
Kennedy, Thomas: 2-25.
Kentucky-coal mining: 1-8, 9, 15 through 16, 18.
Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals: 1-15, 16.
Kincaid, West Virginia: 3-14.
King, Charles: 2-3B.
King, Ethel, interview: 1-18.
Kirkpatrick, H. N., Commissioner of Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals: 1-15, 16.
Kirkwood Township, Belmont County, Ohio: 2-1.
Lane, Bea: 2-18.
Laqueur, Dr. Werner A.: 2-11.LaViers, Harry: 2-25.
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company: 3-5; box 4.
Leeber, James: 2-10.
Lenore, West Virginia: 1-11, 21.
Lewis, Arthur H.: 1-5.
Lewis, John L: 1-8, 13 through 14, 19, 22, 25; 2-10 through 12, 25, 31.
Logan County, West Virginia: 3-2 through 4, box 4.
Lorado, West Virginia-U. S. Post Office: 3-1.
Love, George: 2-25.
Lucht, Bill: Oversize Folder 2.
Ludlow Massacre: 2-39.
Lung diseases and impairment: 2-11 through 12, 21, 33.
Maust Coal and Coke Company: 1-12.
Maust Mine, Hominy Falls, West Virginia; 1-12, 21; 3-5.
McCoy's Hollow, Burnwell, Kentucky: 3-2.
McGovern, Senator George: 1-3.
Men-portraits: 3-11, 18 and 20, box 5.
Migration out of Appalachia: 2-37.
Miller, Arnold: 1-4, 25; 2-19; 2-32; Oversize Folder 2.
Mine Safety and Health Administration: Oversize Folder 1.
Mineral rights: 2-1.
Mingo County, West Virginia: 3-4, 11, 12 and 17.
Miner's Voice: 2-31.
Miners for Democracy: 2-10.
Miners Right to Strike Committee: Oversize Folder 2.Mining-wages: 1-15 through 16, 18, 20; 2-25, 28.
Mitchell, Dewey: 3-4.
Monongah Coal Company: 1-13.
Monongah Disaster Historical Marker: 3-5.
Moore, Governor Arch: 2-4.
Morris Harvey College: 1-4, 5.
Morris, Willie: 1-2.
Moses, Harry: 2-25.
Mountain Life and Work: 2-21, 33.
Ms Magazine: 1-5.
Nader, Ralph: 1-2, 17; 2-8, 11, 21.
National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement of 1950: 2-25.
National Medical Association: 2-6.
Night Comes to the Cumberlands: 1-17; 2-1.
Nixon, President Richard M.: 1-8, 15, 16; 2-25.
Norfolk and Western Railroad: 1-10.
Ohio-strip mining: 2-1; 3-8 through 9.
Omechinski, Mrs. Charles (Billie), interview: 1-18.
Parsley's Bottom, West Virginia: 1-11.
Patrick, Harry: 2-19.
Payne, Robert: 2-10 through 11; Oversize Folder 1.
Pennsylvania-Coal mining: 1-14, 18.
People Magazine: 1-5.
Perry County, Kentucky: Oversize Folder 1.
Physicians for Miners' Health and Safety: 1-15, 20.Pittston Coal Company: 1-8, 9; Oversize Folder 1.
Pittston Coal Mine, Duty, Virginia: Oversize Folder 1.
Plumbley, William: 1-5.
Pneumoconiosis: 2-11, 12. See also: Black Lung Disease.
Poverty: 1-11; 2-1; 3-2 through 4, 6 through 7; Oversize Folder 1.
Pridemore, Mrs. Ollie, interview: 1-18.
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company: 1-10.
Raleigh County, West Virginia Coal Camp: 3-2, 5, 11 and 14.
Randolph, Jennings: 1-2.
Rasmussen, Dr. Donald: 1-5, 11, 13, 17, 20, 21, 33; 2-5, 11 through 20, 25.
Rasmussen, Jeanne: 1-11, 15, 20, 23; 2-11, 19, 22; 3-13 and 18.
Rasmussen, Jeanne M.-awards: 2-22, 24.
Rasmussen, Jeanne M.-Lecture on Yablonski murders: 2-38.
Rasmussen, Jeanne M.-Oral interviews of miners: 1-17 through 18, 24 through 25; 2-16 through 18.
Rasmussen, Jeanne M.-photo exhibitions: 2-22.
Rasmussen, Jeanne M.-Published photographs: 2-19, 21 through 23; Oversize Folders 1-2.
Reagan, President Ronald: Oversize Folder 1.
Rita, West Virginia Coal Camp: 3-2, 10; box 4.
Roche, Josephine: 2-25.
Rockefeller, Governor John D., IV (Jay): 1-3, 25; 2-22; 3-18; Oversize Folder 1.
Rogers, Mary, interview: 1-18.
Roosevelt, President Franklin D.: 1-10, 18; 2-8, 26.
Saxewell Mines, Hominy Falls, West Virginia; 1-12, 17, 18; 2-7; 3-5.
Sayre, Debbie, interview: 2-17, 18.
Scotia Coal Company Mine, Ovenfork, Kentucky: Oversize Folder 1.Seccuro, Joe: 2-3B.
Settle, Mary Lee: Oversize Folder 1.
Sherrill, Bob: 2-21.
Shriver, Robert Sargent, Jr.: 1-3; Oversize Fold 1.
Silicosis: 1-18; 2-11, 33. See also: Black Lung Disease and Lung diseases and impairment.
Slab Fork Mine, Wyoming County, West Virginia: 1-17 through 18; 2-11.
Slater Creek Coal and Coke Company: 2-28.
Smith, Jack: 2-21.
Smith, Jack and Della Mae: 3-7.
Smithsonian Institution - traveling exhibit: See "Workers and Allies"
Snap Creek Coal Company, Rita, West Virginia: 3-2, 10 and box 4.
Snyder, Nora, interview: 1-18.
South-East Coal Company: 2-25.
St. Mary's, Georgia: 2-22.
Stafford, Earl: 2-11; 3-11
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Stafford, Earl, interview: 1-17, 25.
Statesburg, West Virginia Coal Camp: 3-2.
Steele, George: 1-4.
Stolley, Richard: 1-5.
Strip mining: 1-25; 2-1, 24; 3-14 through 16; Oversize Folder 2. See also subject under names of states.
Strip mining-economics of : 2-1. .
Strip mining-reclamation of land: 2-1; 3-14.
Taft-Hartley Act: 2-25, 36.
The Nation: 2-21.
The Mountain Call: 2-19.The Other America: 2-1.
Time Magazine: 2-36.
Titler, George Joy: 1-25; 2-3A, 9 through 10; Oversize Folder 1.
Trbovich, Mike: 1-4; 2-19; 3-18.
Trbovich, Mrs. Mike: 3-12.
Tuberculosis: 1-17, 22.
Tuberculosis-fake diagnosis of : 1-18.
Udall, Stewart L., Secretary of the Interior: 1-20, 21, 23.
Underground coal mining-machinery: 3-17.
United Mine Workers Journal: 2-19, 39.
United Mine Workers of America: 1-4 through 5, 8 through 10, 12 through 14, 18 through 20, 22, 24; 2-3A, 4 through 5, 7 through 9, 11, 19 through 21; 2-25, 31 through 32, 39; Oversize Folders 1-2.
United Mine Workers of America-mine construction workers: 2-39.
United Mine Workers of America-Political Action: 2-39; 3-18, box 5.
United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund: 2-8, 10 through 11, 21, 25, 30, 33.
United States Bureau of Mines; 1-13, 15 through 15, 19, 21-22, 24; Oversize Folder 1.
Urbaniak, Cecil, President of United Mine Workers, District 31: 1-12, 13, 18.
Waddell, Charles State Senator: 2-23.
Wallace, George Governor: 3-18.
Washington Research Project-Miners Project: 1-3.
Weller, Jack: 2-1.
Wells, Harvey A., "Sonny": 1-14 thru 15, 18; 2-11.
West, Don: 2-1, 31.
West Virginia Black Lung Association: See Black Lung Association.
West Virginia Coal Association: 1-24.
West Virginia-coal mining in early twentieth century: 1-10, 18.
- West Virginia-coal mining: 1-5, 8 through 12, 14, 18 through 20, 22 through 26, 33; 2-3B, 4, 7 through 11, 19;
- boxes 3-6; Oversize Folder 2.
- West Virginia Medical Society: 2-6.
West Virginia-railroads: 1-10.
West Virginia-State elections: 2-39.
West Virginia-state parks: Oversize Folder 1.
West Virginia-Strip mining: 1-25; 2-24; 3-8 thru 9.
West Virginia University Medical School: 2-6.
Westmoreland Coal Company: 2-10.
Whitesburg, Kentucky-strip mining: 2-1.
Widows of miners: 3-6, 7 and 12; box 6.
Wilson, Stephanie, interview: 2-16; 3-12.
Women Coal Miners: 1-5, 25; 2-16 through 2-19; 3-12.
Women-as wives of miners: 1-10, 18, 24; 2-8.
Women-portraits: 3-12, boxes 5 and 6.
"Workers and Allies;" Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit: 3-1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 12 and 18.
Workman's Compensation Fund (West Virginia): 2-11.
Wyco, West Virginia: 3-2.
Yablonski, Charlotte: 1-18.
Yablonski, Chip: 1-18; 2-21.
Yablonski, Joseph "Jock": 1-5, 8 through 9, 14, 18, 24; 2-9, 11, 21 through 22, 24, 38; 3-20; box 6.
Yablonski, Kenneth: 1-18, 22.
Yablonski, Margaret: 1-18.
"Yellow Dog" Contract: 1-10.
Young, Stephen G., president, West Virginia Coal Association: 1-24.
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