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Monongah Mine Disaster Papers, 1907-1952 A&M 0524

Monongah Mine Disaster Papers, 1907-1952 A&M 0524


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 0524
Title
Monongah Mine Disaster Papers 1907-1952
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196869
Quantity
0.3 Linear Feet, 3 1/2 in. (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 folder, 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 5 items); 1 reel of microfilm
Creator
Jones, Carter D.
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
The collection consists of: a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings on the explosion at Monongah Mines No.6 and No.8 on 6 December 1907, rescue operations, the inquest, and mine law reforms; photographs of the disaster; maps of the interior of the mines; printed and typescript reports and pamphlets on mining operations; script of a 1952 television broadcast on the disaster; material on mine disasters in Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Illinois; and newspaper accounts of the agitation for the removal of Judge Alston G. Dayton; and on the imprisonment of Miss Fannie Sellins, a labor organizer.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Monongah Mine Disaster Papers, A&M 0524, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Alabama
  • Coal mining - Labor organization.
  • Coal mining - Safety.
  • Coal mining - disasters.
  • Coal mining.
  • Dayton, Alston Gordon
  • Illinois
  • Maps.
  • Monongah (W. Va.)
  • Monongah Mines Disaster, Monongah, W. Va., 1907
  • Pennsylvania
  • Sellins, Fannie, 1870 or 1872-1919
  • Women's history -- 1900-1929

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Dayton, Alston Gordon
  • Jones, Carter D.
  • Sellins, Fannie, 1870 or 1872-1919
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Alabama
  • Illinois
  • Monongah (W. Va.)
  • Pennsylvania
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