Coal Vertical Files
Scope and Contents
This collection of materials-with different provenance-was assembled and organized by Hutchins Library and Special Collections staff. The collection contains a variety of materials including newspaper clippings, writings, brochures, publications, and reports documenting the history and culture of coal mining in the Appalachian region of the United States.
Dates
- Other: Majority of material found in 1980 - 2005
Creator
- Hutchins Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Conditions Governing Use
Federal copyright regulations apply. Cite all information.
Biographical or Historical Information
Primarily documenting the coal mining industry in the Appalachian region of the United States.
Note written by
Extent
83.00 ms_boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection of materials-with different provenance-was assembled and organized by Hutchins Library and Special Collections staff. The collection contains a variety of materials (including clippings, writings, brochures, publications, and reports) documenting the history and culture of coal mining in the Appalachian region of the United States.
Arrangement Note
Arrangement is alphabetical within each of the following series:
I: General
II: Health
III: Strip Mining
IV: United Mine Workers (UMW)
Other Descriptive Information
BCA 0253
Processing Information
The coal file index/box inventory has been updated regularly since 1997. Last updated 2016.
Subject
- United Mine Workers of America. (Organization)
Geographic
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs.
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History.
- Appalachian Region.
Topical
- Coal trade -- Appalachian Region.
- Coal Mining
- Coal miners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
- Coal mines and mining -- Appalachian Region
- Coal mines and mining -- Safety measures.
- Coal.
- Lungs -- Dust diseases -- Law and legislation -- United States.
- Miners -- Labor unions.
- Mining industry and finance.
- Rural health -- Appalachian Region.
- Strikes, Employee.
- Strip mining
- Strip mining -- Environmental aspects.
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Repository
Hutchins Library
100 Campus Drive
Berea Kentucky 40404 US
859.985.3262
special_collections@berea.edu