Coal Operators Oral History Project


Series ID: 
App014
Description: 
These interviews with major coal operators document their personal histories and the history of the coal industry in eastern Kentucky during the twentieth century. Kentucky communities discussed include Artemus, Burdine, Jenkins, Jellico, Van Lear, and Wheelwright; and Kentucky counties include Bell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, Martin, Perry, Pike, and Pulaski. Narrators discuss the following coal companies: Blue Diamond, Consolidated, Cypress, Finley, Hurricane Creek, Kentucky River, Massey, and Allais Coal Mine. Other topics include coal associations, organized labor, the United Mine Workers of America, the Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals, Mine Education and Safety (MESA), Inland Steel, the Tennessee Valley Authority, Citizens for the Commonwealth, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and United States Steel. Information on various aspects of the mining industry includes deep mining, surface mining, mining techniques, land reclamation, politics and mining, mine safety and accidents, the role of the state and federal governments in mine safety, state and federal legislation, mine inspections, marketing coal, acid rain, company towns, media coverage of the coal industry, black and immigrant miners, employer-employee relations, the conspiracy trial of 1938, the Kentucky-Virginia Compact, Buchanan versus Watson, Brush Creek, and John L. Lewis.

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Master Type: 
Audio
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Interviews included in this Project:
Interviewee(s) Interview Date Call Number Interviewer Access Transcript
David A. Zegeer September 21st, 1988 1988OH227 App 191 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
David A. Zegeer September 21st, 1988 1988OH229 App 193 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Frank C. Thomas November 16th, 1988 1988OH248 App 197 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Frank C. Thomas November 16th, 1988 1988OH249 App 198 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Frank C. Thomas December 1st, 1988 1988OH250 App 199 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Edward Lee Cawood December 8th, 1988 1989OH001 App 207 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
James L. Rose February 24th, 1989 1989OH035 App 219 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Isaac Congleton February 22nd, 1989 1989OH104 App 220 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Clyde E. Goins, Sr. February 9th, 1989 1989OH105 App 221 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
George E. Evans, Jr. February 8th, 1989 1989OH106 App 222 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
George E. Evans, Jr. March 8th, 1989 1989OH107 App 223 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
George E. Evans, Jr. April 20th, 1989 1989OH108 App 224 Henry C. Mayer Restrictions Apply Yes
Cloyd D. McDowell April 22nd, 1989 1989OH109 App 225 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Cloyd D. McDowell April 23rd, 1989 1989OH110 App 226 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
James M. Daniel April 21st, 1989 1989OH111 App 227 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
James M. Daniel April 21st, 1989 1989OH112 App 228 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Douglas Lee Blair February 11th, 1989 1989OH113 App 229 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Douglas Lee Blair March 20th, 1989 1989OH114 App 230 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Samuel M. Cassidy March 28th, 1989 1989OH115 App 231 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Samuel M. Cassidy April 5th, 1989 1989OH116 App 232 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Lon B. Rogers May 30th, 1989 1989OH150 App 233 Nyoka Hawkins No Restrictions Yes
Harry LaViers, Jr. November 4th, 1988 1989OH193 App 234 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
William B. Sturgill November 14th, 1988 1989OH194 App 235 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Duane L. Bennett December 8th, 1988 1989OH195 App 236 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Willard Stanley January 12th, 1989 1989OH196 App 237 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Willard Stanley January 19th, 1989 1989OH197 App 238 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
B. W. Whitfield, Jr. February 9th, 1989 1989OH198 App 239 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Elmer Whitaker February 18th, 1989 1989OH199 App 240 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
James L. Rose March 28th, 1989 1989OH200 App 241 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Elmer Whitaker April 7th, 1989 1989OH201 App 242 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Boyd F. Reed April 5th, 1989 1989OH202 App 243 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Raymond A. Bradbury May 11th, 1989 1989OH203 App 244 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Bruce Stephens, Jr. June 1st, 1989 1989OH204 App 245 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Eddie J. Moore June 2nd, 1989 1989OH205 App 246 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Duane L. Bennett June 20th, 1989 1989OH206 App 247 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Raymond A. Bradbury June 27th, 1989 1989OH207 App 248 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Bruce Stephens, Jr. June 28th, 1989 1989OH208 App 249 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Ronald M. Gaudiano June 28th, 1989 1989OH209 App 250 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
George E. Evans, Jr. August 6th, 1989 1989OH210 App 251 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Boyd F. Reed April 20th, 1989 1989OH276 App 252 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Jay R. Barlow June 20th, 1989 1989OH277 App 253 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions Yes
Duane L. Bennett November 18th, 1989 1989OH300 App 254 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Stonie Barker, Jr. November 23rd, 1989 1989OH301 App 255 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Robert E. Garbesi November 29th, 1989 1989OH302 App 256 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Robert E. Garbesi November 30th, 1989 1989OH303 App 257 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
Harry LaViers, Jr. November 30th, 1989 1989OH304 App 258 Henry C. Mayer No Restrictions No
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