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Libby Lindsay Dingess Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4569

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1970s-2020

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

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

Extent

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.)

Language

English

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Dingess, Libby Lindsay, 2022 November 04

Title
Libby Lindsay Dingess Papers
Author
Madisyn Magers
Date
2023/11/15
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536