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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Peoples Appalachian Research Collective, Papers regarding Strip Mining, A&M 2618, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence, notes, articles, newsletters, news clippings, reports, studies, Congressional testimony, and other materials collected by Keith Dix and other members of the Peoples Appalachian Research Collective for the purpose of preparing a 1971 issue of People's Appalachia concerning strip mining in Appalachia. The bulk of the material is newsletters from anti-strip mining organizations and reports, studies, and testimonies on regulation of this industry.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Coal mining - Regulation.
• Coal mining - Strip mining.
• Coal mining.
• Dix, Keith
• Environmentalism.
• People's Appalachia.
• Peoples' Appalachian Research Collective
• Strip mining
• Strip mining -- Appalachian Region
• Surface mining.
• West Virginia - strip mining issue.