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 coal mining strikes in 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.
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1.71 Linear Feet (1 ft. 8.5 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 1 flat storage box, 3 in.))
2.82 Gigabytes (72 digital files; formats include .tif files.)
English
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Gift of Dingess, Libby Lindsay, 2022 November 04
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