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Appalachia: Immigrants in the Coal Fields Oral History Project

Project Summary

This project documents the lives of immigrant coal miners in eastern Kentucky. In the early twentieth century, people from Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Scotland, Russia, and Yugoslavia settled in Hazard, Himlerville (now Beauty), Jackson, Lynch, and other eastern Kentucky towns. Immigrants and their descendants discuss schools, prejudice and other problems they have experienced, the roles of women in mining camps, social activities, ethnic clubs, moonshine, World War II, housing, coal mining, mechanization, union activities, the United Mine Workers of America, Miners for Democracy, United States Steel, wages, mine safety, company stores, scrip, and mine bosses.

Project Code

appimm

Project LC Subject

Appalachian Region   Beauty (Ky.)   Belgian Americans   Clubs   Coal miners   Coal miners' spouses   Coal miners--Kentucky--Beauty   Coal miners--Kentucky--Hazard   Coal miners--Kentucky--Jackson   Coal miners--Kentucky--Lynch   Coal miners--Labor unions.   Coal mines and mining   Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Beauty   Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Hazard   Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Jackson   Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Lynch   Coal mines and mining--Management   Coal mines and mining--Safety measures   Coal mines and mining--Technological innovations   Company stores   Distilling, illicit   Ethnicity   Ethnicity--Kentucky--Beauty   Ethnicity--Kentucky--Hazard   Ethnicity--Kentucky--Jackson   Ethnicity--Kentucky--Lynch   Hazard (Ky.)   Housing   Hungarian Americans   Immigrants   Immigrants--Kentucky--Beauty   Immigrants--Kentucky--Hazard   Immigrants--Kentucky--Jackson   Immigrants--Kentucky--Lynch   Italian Americans   Jackson (Ky.)   Lynch (Ky.)   Mexican Americans   Miners for Democracy   Polish Americans   Race relations   Racism   Russian Americans   Schools   Scottish Americans   United Mine Workers of America   United States Steel Company   United States Steel Corporation   Wages--Coal miners   Women   Women coal miners   World War, 1939-1945.   Yugoslav Americans


Interviews in this Project (31 Total):

Interview Accession Number: 1986oh260_app071
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh261_app072
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh262_app073
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh263_app074
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh264_app075
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh265_app076
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh268_app077
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh270_app078
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh271_app079
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh272_app080
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh273_app081
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh194_app061
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh195_app062
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh196_app063
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh197_app064
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh201_app066
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh257_app069
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh259_app070
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh274_app082
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh275_app083
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh276_app084
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh277_app085
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh278_app086
Interviewer: Doug Cantrell
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1988oh048_app124
Interviewer: David M. Andrew
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1988oh049_app125
Interviewer: David M. Andrew
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1988oh070_app126
Interviewer: David M. Andrew
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1988oh081_app127
Interviewer: David M. Andrew
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1988oh082_app128
Interviewer: David M. Andrew
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1988oh083_app129
Interviewer: David M. Andrew
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1988oh084_app130
Interviewer: David M. Andrew
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1988oh115_app135
Interviewer: David M. Andrew
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