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Coal mines and mining

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Gravely and Moore Studio, Photography Business in Charleston, Negatives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2523
Overview Negatives and other material from the Gravely and Moore Studio of Charleston, West Virginia. The majority of items within the collection are cellulose acetate negatives; the collection also includes glass plate negatives, prints, two photograph albums, and other material, as well as a card catalog documenting business transactions with customers. The collection is organized into customer project files as established by the Studio; the contents of these files are stored in envelopes usually...
Dates: 1860s-1960s; Majority of material found within 1930-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956), Senator, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3143
Overview Papers of Harley M. Kilgore, U.S. Senator from West Virginia. Includes typescripts, clippings, printed materials, and correspondence regarding U.S. Senate voting and campaigning; the Senate Judiciary Committee; correspondence with Federal government agencies, various individuals, and West Virginia state agencies; Senate legislation on a variety of topics, including appropriation, education, health, and housing; various West Virginia subjects and individuals; Kilgore's speeches, press...
Dates: ca. 1927-1956, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Henry Rauch, Geology Professor, West Virginia Surface Mine Board, Case Files

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4141
Overview

Records documenting the activity of Henry Rauch as a member of the Reclamation Board of Review (1978-1984; 1990-1993) and of the Surface Mine Board (1994-2015) in the state of West Virginia. These boards represent a judicial function whereby citizens or mining companies may appeal decisions related to mining permits made by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.

Dates: 1979-2008
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Industrial Collieries Corporation, Preston Division, Map of Mine 21

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4036
Overview

One digital copy of a map of Mine No. 21 of the Preston Division of the Industrial Collieries Corporation, a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel. The mine was located in the Upper Freeport coal seam within Monongalia County, West Virginia. This mine supplied coal to the Baltimore shipyards during World War II. The railroad leading out from this mine has been converted into the Deckers Creek Rail-Trail.

Dates: 1942
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John W. Mason (1842-1917) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1888
Overview Correspondence, legal papers, photographs, and printed materials of John W. Mason (1842-1917). Mason was a circuit court and state Supreme Court judge, member of the Virginia State Debt Commission, and commissioner of Internal Revenue. The general correspondence contains personal and business letters, as well as manuscript speeches, notebooks, and reports. The period while Mason was circuit judge is particularly sparse. Also includes Internal Revenue correspondence consisting of about 8,500...
Dates: 1831-1928
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marian McQuade Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3222
Overview

Much of this collection documents the efforts of Marian McQuade as the founder of Grandparents Day including information she collected on centenarians of West Virginia. There are also miscellaneous publications and artifacts belonging to her husband, Joseph McQuade, that pertain to coal mining.

Dates: 1853-1872, 1917-1995
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mother Jones Typescript Memoir

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2778
Overview Typescript memoir of the life of Mother Jones, entitled "Mother Jones: the Life Story of the Irish Immigrant Girl Who Became the Most Unique Character in the American Labor Movement, Living Past 100 Years," written by Lillie May Burgess of Hyattsville, Maryland, and copyrighted 8 February 1938. The manuscript is in two parts, several pages of which are missing. The first part (241pp.) is entitled "The Life Story of Mother Jones: American Labor's Joan of Arc," and is a narration of events in...
Dates: 1938
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Panoramic Photographs Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4168
Overview Collection of over 110 panoramic photographs documenting soldiers and military camps, conventions and meetings, West Virginia University (WVU), businesses, railroads, family reunions, and more. Types of image include group portraits, landscapes, and building photographs. Conventions and meetings include the WV Delegates to Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Convention, the 13th Annual Meeting of the WV Dairymen's Association, the Democratic National Convention, the WV State...
Dates: 1890-2008; Majority of material found within 1890-1960
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Rufus E. Ribble, Photographer, Panoramic Group Portrait Photographs of Coal Miners and Related Subjects

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4167
Overview This collection of panoramic photographs primarily documents the coal miners of Fayette and Raleigh counties. The photographer, Rufus "Red" Ribble, was born May 14, 1878, near Blacksburg, Virginia, and died December 27, 1967 in West Virginia. He came to West Virginia sometime before 1920 and lived out his life in Mount Hope. The collection contains 119 panoramic photographs, which were made with a large rotating camera called a Cirkut camera. These photos are contact prints; all but one are...
Dates: ca. 1920-1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sutton Critchfield Papers regarding the Mountain State Forest Festival, the Upper Monongahela Valley Association, and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4192
Scope and Contents

Papers regarding the Mountain State Forest Festival (Elkins) and the Upper Monongahela Valley Association. Includes clippings, news releases, letters, publications, and newspapers pertaining to the Forest Festival, and the involvement of the Upper Monongahela Valley Association in the Festival, during the years 1933 to 1941. Topics discussed include the coal and glass industry, rural electrification, and the representation of West Virginia industry at the Festival.

Dates: 1933-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center