Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.).
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Compiled news clippings: Scotia Coal Company disaster coverage by The Courier-Journal
Item — Map case 1, drawer 7, Folder: 9676
Identifier: 9676
Abstract
Large format folio of news clippings regarding the Scotia Coal Co. disaster of 1976 as reported by the Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times. A letter of explanation by Michael J. Davies accompanies the item, which was submitted to the Appalachian Center at Berea College as an entry for the Weatherford Award competition.
Dates:
1976
John Fetterman Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0027 SAA 026
Abstract
Fetterman was a prolific writer on a wide variety of subjects that ranged from the whimsical to the tragic. He is probably best remembered for his stories about the impact on eastern Kentucky of strip mining, the War on Poverty, and Vietnam. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his article, "PFC Gibson Comes Home," which dealt with the death of a young Knott County, Kentucky soldier in Vietnam and its impact on his family and community. Earlier, he had contributed to a ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1973