Libby Lindsay Dingess Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4569
This collection includes materials pertaining to Libby Lindsay Dingess’s work as a coal miner and union activist. It includes newspaper clippings, papers, and other materials from various coal mining operations, as well as various materials from the Coal Employment Project and the United Mine Workers of America union. Other materials include papers on employment equality, newsletters from the Coal Mining Women's Support Team News, and newspapers on coal mining strikes from the late 1980s to early 1990s. Also included in the collection are stickers and pins relating to coal mining and various coal mining conferences throughout the country.
Digital files include scans of photographs of women miners and Coal Employment Project conferences loaned for digitization.
Materials include calendars, correspondence, court records, financial records, maps, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, photographs, pins, publications, scrip, and stickers.
This collection is divided into four series:
Series 1. Labor and Mining
Series 2. Coal Employment Project
Series 3. Conference Planning
Series 4. Appalachian and Women’s Activism
Materials in box 3, folder 8, are restricted until 2092 due to the presence of personal medical information.
Researchers may access digitized materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
The donor of this collection has transferred rights to the intellectual property they created to the Center. For more information regarding permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center
Libby Lindsay Dingess was one of the coal industry's first female coal miners. She worked as an underground coal miner with Bethlehem Steel from 1976 to 1996. Lindsay Dingess was heavily involved with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and the Coal Employment Project (CEP). The United Mine Workers of America is a North American labor union that represents the mine workers of America, alongside other various labor careers. The Coal Employment Project was a non-profit organization that aimed to advocate for women in the coal mining career field against discrimination.
Lindsay Dingess studied at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College from 1997-1999 and at West Virginia University Institute of Technology from 1999-2001. She now serves on the Board of Directors for the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum and on the Advisory Committee for the Kipp Dawson Project. She remains active with the UMWA and other social justice fights.
1.63 Linear Feet (1 record carton, 15 in.; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 2 flat storage boxes, 1 in. each)
2.82 Gigabytes (71 .tif files)
English
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Gift of Dingess, Libby Lindsay, 2022 November 04
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository