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Boetta, Lester

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Boetta, Lester (1912-1994): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B634
Scope and Contents Boetta, coal miner, discusses mining at the Little Dog Mine at Gillespie, Illinois and the Progressive Miners of America. He also discusses changes in mining technology, working conditions, safety developments, miners' wages and hours, the use of mules in the mines, and miners in his family. 1 tapes, 61 min., 27 pp. Interview by H. Dean Campbell, c. 1983 RESTRICTED: Memoir may be read in UIS Archives only. No circulating copy. See collateral file: interviewer's...
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Boetta, Lester (1913-1994): Interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B634.2*
Scope and Contents

Boetta discusses coal mining and union activities in Gillespie, Illinois; organization of PMA; union conflicts; women's auxiliary; local unions; contracts; Mulkeytown March; violence; John L. Lewis; strikes; Depression; and PMA convention.

1 tape, 90 mins. Interview by Barbara Herndon and Nick Cherniavsky, 1974 OPEN For collateral file see J9/5/24 See also B634 Boetta

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