John W. Hevener Collection
Scope and Contents
These are manuscripts, correspondence, printed material, notes, interview transcripts, and photographs documenting the research and resultant publications of coal-mine labor historian, John W. Hevener (1933-1993).
Dates
- created: 1931-1939
- Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1993
Creator
- Hevener, John W. -- 1933-1993 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on use of this material other than federal copyright regulations. Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Extent
20.00 ms_boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
John W. Hevener was a native of Dunmore, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Hevener received his Bachelors (1956) and Masters (1960) from Marshall University and his Ph.D. (1971) from Ohio State University. He taught and served as principal at the high school level in McArthur, Ohio, from 1956 to 1961. College level teaching included stints at Wisconsin State University at Whitewater 1966-1970, Mankato State University in Minnesota 1970-1974, and Ohio State University at Lima 1974-1989. Hevener is best known for his book, Which Side Are You On? Harlan County, Kentucky Coal Miners, 1931-1939. At the time of his death he had done extensive research and preliminary writing directed toward a book length treatment of the labor troubles related to the Elk River Coal and Lumber Company in Widen, Clay County, West Virginia. Hevener’s other research focused on the social and cultural impact of Appalachian migration on Akron, Ohio.
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged in series as follows:
Series 1: Which Side Are You On?
Series 2: Elk River Coal and Lumber Company
Series 3 : Appalachians in Akron, Ohio
Method of Acquisition
The papers were placed in Berea College's Southern Appalachian Archives by Mary Hevener in July of 1993. The collection was open for research in 2003.
Other Descriptive Information
BCA 0072 SAA 072
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- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
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- Latin
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- eng
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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