Material Pertaining to US Government Mining-Related Legislation and Regulation and JDM's Mine Safety Work, 1968-1984

This box contains papers related to MSHA including correspondence, reports, publications, bulletins, clippings, photos, and negatives. The photos and negatives are in the folder labeled Farmington - General. There are also some misc. papers unrelated to MSHA. The donor originally labeled this box JDM Mine Safety Work Pre-passage of the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Safety & Health Act and Implementation of that Act. It also includes material on his study of the Farmington disaster, his education, the Federal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1977, legal cases for the UMWA, etc.