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Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence and photographs used by Lee, who was a lawyer and attorney general of West Virginia, in the writing of his
book, BLOODLETTING IN APPALACHIA, 1969, concerning the coalfields of West Virginia and the attempts by miners to unionize.
The photographs show individuals, coal camps, mine guards, and scenes from the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek area in 1912-1913,
Matewan, and Monongalia County during the 1925-1929 period. Correspondents include Gordon C. Felts, Coleman A. Hatfield, Henry
D. Hatfield, Chapman Revercomb, and Walter R. Thurmond.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Howard Burton Lee (1879-1985) Papers, A&M 2139, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.