Ridley, Bill
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Ridley, Bill (1899-1986): Interview and Memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-R437B
Scope and Contents
ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Bill Ridley, coal miner, discusses mining in Kansas from his 12th year until 1930, fighting in WWI, the Progressive Miners and John L. Lewis, life in Taylorville during the mine wars of the 1930's, and mechanization of the mines.
1 tape, 89 mins., 25 pp.
Interview by Kevin Corley, 1986
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