Jeanne M. Rasmussen Papers
Scope and Contents
The Jeanne M. Rasmussen Collection contains both manuscript and photographic materials. Manuscript materials include personal correspondence and financial records; drafts of chapters from Rasmussen's unpublished manuscript on coal mining; essays written by Rasmussen on coal mining and other topics relating to Appalachia; and clippings and scrapbook materials on coal mining, the UMWA, and Rasmussen's writing and photography. The photographic prints depict Appalachian men, women, and children; coal mining disasters, the Buffalo Creek, West Virginia flood of 1972; and strip mining.
Dates
- 1947-2009
- Majority of material found within 1968 - 1974
Creator
- Rasmussen, Jeanne M. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
5.50 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Method of Acquisition
The Jeanne M. Rasmussen Papers were donated to the Archives of Appalachia by Jeanne M. Rasmussen on December 4, 1989, accession 1989-352. Marat Moore donated a box of Rasmussen's negatives on March 15, 2006, accession 2006-058. Marat Moore added Ed Kelly's "The Life of a Coal Miner" in 2013, accession 2013-038.
Separated Materials
The following books were cataloged for the Archives of Appalachia book collection:
Fetterman, John. Stinking Creek. New York: Dutton, 1967.
Finley, Joseph. The Corrupt Kingdom: The Rise and Fall of the United Mine Workers. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.
O'Sullivan, Judith, and Rosemary Gallick. Workers and Allies: Female Participation in the American Trade Union Movement, 1824-1976. Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1975.
Yeager, Barbara, ed. From the Hills, 1972: A Story in Prose, Verse and Graphics. Charleston, WV: MHC Publications, 1972.
Processing Information
Processing of the collection was completed in August 1993 by Marie Tedesco. Kat Hughes and Jen Bingham reorganized Series 1-4 in November 2013 to incorporate new material. Selena Harmon reorganized Series 5-7 in May 2014.
- Boyle, William Anthony, 1904-1985
- Miller, Arnold, b. 1923
- Rasmussen, Donald
- Trbovich, Mike
- African American coal miners Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Lung Association
- Children -- Appalachian Region Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal miners Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal miners -- Dwellings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining -- Health aspects Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining -- Safety measures Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Consolidation Coal Company
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Findley Coal Company
- Floods -- West Virginia -- Buffalo Creek (Logan County) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Funeral rites and ceremonies Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hechler, Ken, 1914-2016
- Housing, rural Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hyden Coal Mine Disaster, Hyden, Ky., 1970 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lungs -- Dust diseases Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Negatives (photographic) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Older men Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Older women Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Poverty--Appalachian Region Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Rockefeller, John D., IV (John Davison), 1937-
- Saxewell No.8 Mine (Hominy Falls, W. Va.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Strip mining--Appalachian Region Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United Mine Workers of America
- United Mine Workers of America. Welfare and Retirement Fund
- Women coal miners Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Writings (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Yablonski, Joseph A., 1910-1969
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of Appalachia Repository
PO Box 70295
344 J.L. Seehorn Jr. Rd.
Johnson City TN 37614 USA
423-439-4338
423/439-4338
archives@etsu.edu
