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Coal mines and mining

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Libby Lindsay Dingess Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4569
Scope and Contents 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...
Dates: 1957-2022 and undated

Women Miners Oral History Project Records and Recordings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4690
Overview

The Women Miners Oral History Project aims to collect and preserve the life histories of women in the Appalachian region who entered the mines as protected workers in the late 1970s after decades of exclusion. This collection contains materials created for the Women Miners Oral History Project, moslty oral history recordings and transcripts.

Dates: 2021-2025