Coal mines and mining
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 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
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
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
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
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
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...
Dates:
circa 1970s-2020
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
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
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
Robert E. Maynard, Sr. Collection of Coal Mining and Industrial Stickers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4596
Scope and Contents
Sticker and decal collection representing the West Virginia and regional coal mining industry and ancillary support industries, including trucking. Highlights include Valvoline Racing Oil, ARCH Coal Company of West Virginia, numerous safety reminder stickers, and many union representation stickers. Some well represented unions include the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), among others. Robert E. Maynard, Sr. (1944-2021) was part of the West Virginia coal mining industry up until his...
Dates:
circa 1970s-1990s