Women coal miners
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Coal Employment Project (CEP) Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0355
Scope and Contents
The CEP records document not only the daily operations of the organization but also the extensive activities the organization undertook in its support of women miners. Among the types of documents contained in the collection are financial ledgers and balance sheets; grant proposals; personnel leave and hiring records; correspondence between CEP staff members in their different offices; agenda and programs for the CEP national conferences of women miners; audio and videotapes concerning...
Dates:
1977-1991
Council on Appalachian Women Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0101
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Council on Appalachian Women reflect the council's day to day operation from 1977 to 1981, interaction with other organizations on issues concerning Appalachian women, collection of reference material on women and Appalachia, presentation of humanities forums from 1978 to 1980, and publication of the Appalachian Women magazine. The first two executive directors, Jeanne Hoffman and Constance Mahoney, created most of the papers; however, the collection contains scattered...
Dates:
1958 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1981
Kipp Dawson Papers
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0826
Scope and Contents
The Kipp Dawson Papers reflect Kipp Dawson’s roles as woman coalminer, scholar, and political organizer, as well as her affiliations with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and the Coal Employment Project (CEP). The papers contain research papers and notes; newspaper clippings; publications; teaching materials; surveys of Pennsylvania women miners; correspondence with Donnie Thornsbury; and minutes, newsletters, and related materials of the Pennsylvania Support Group of the Coal...
Dates:
1974-1994
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Kipp Dawson Papers
June M. Rostan Papers
Collection — Other Boxes 1-4
Identifier: AppMs-0436
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series. Series 1, Personal Papers, 1975-1982; Series 2, Professional Papers, 1976-1994; Series 3, Audio Cassettes, undated.
Dates:
1975-1994
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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June M. Rostan Papers
Marat Moore Papers
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0316
Scope and Contents
The Marat Moore Collection consists of audiotapes, transcriptions of Moore's interviews of women coal miners, and photographs of selected women miners. Related items such as correspondence between Moore and the women interviewed and/or newsclippings are included in the files of a number of the women. The collection contains both original and edited transcripts of the interviews. Moore used much of this material as the basis for her 1996 book, Women in the Mines: Stories of...
Dates:
1980-1986
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Marat Moore Papers
Jeanne M. Rasmussen Papers
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0352
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;...
Dates:
1947-2009; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1974
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Jeanne M. Rasmussen Papers
Women Coal Miners Reunion
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0882
Scope and Contents
The Women Coal Miners reunion brought together current and former women coal miners and their families from the United States and England. The event was organized by Marat Moore and held in Jonesborough, Tennessee at the Archives of Appalachia, the Jonesborough Repertory Theatre and the host hotel. This collection consists of materials generated for and during the event, including excerpts from video interviews with 13 women coal miners and the son of a woman coal miner.
Dates:
2-4 August 2013
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Women Coal Miners Reunion
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