Interview with Wayne Collins, June 30, 2015
Project: Jenkins Coal Town Archaeology Oral History Project
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Wayne Collins talks about life in several different sections of Jenkins and Van Lear, Kentucky. He talks about his job as a chemical plant worker for Consolidation Coal Company and Beth-Elkhorn Coal Company. He talks about his relationships with the companies. He talks about his family, including stories about various family members' experiences during World War I and II. He talks about religion in Jenkins, shopping and company stores, and mine accidents. He talks about European immigrants in Jenkins and Neon, Kentucky.Interview Accession
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Collins, Wayne Interview by Zada Komara. 30 Jun. 2015. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Collins, W. (2015, June 30). Interview by Z. Komara. Jenkins Coal Town Archaeology Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Collins, Wayne, interview by Zada Komara. June 30, 2015, Jenkins Coal Town Archaeology Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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