Scope and Contents Allard recalls growing up in a mining family in Central Illinois. She discusses her father's work as a coal miner, company houses, stores, and scrip pay; describes miner's lamps and miner's buckets; mining union activities; conflicts between unions and management; organization of the Progressive Miners' of America and her husband's work for the union; and violence, strikes, meetings, and conflicts between the United Mine Workers and the PMA. She also discusses women's roles in mining...

Scope and Contents COAL MINING AND UNION ACTIVITIES PROJECT Battuello, coal miner, discusses his participation in the Progressive Miners of America, its activities and leaders, and helping to write its constitution; also working conditions in Illinois coal mines of the 1930's, union activities, black lung disease, and the Mulkeytown march. He also discusses living conditions for miners, community response to miners, union leadership, women's support, and violent protests. 4 tapes, 291 min., 77...

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Jack Battuello, coal miner, discusses coal mining experiences. 7 tapes, 630 mins. Interview by Bobbe Herndon, 1975 OPEN For collateral file see J9/5/24 Also see B322 Battuello

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Tillie Battuello, coal miner's wife, discusses her experiences in the Progressive Miners of America Women's Auxiliary.

1 tape, 90 mins. Interview by Nick Cherniavsky, 1974 OPEN For collateral file see J9/5/24

Scope and Contents COAL MINING AND UNION ACTIVITIES PROJECT Frank Bertetti, a Superior Coal Company employee in Benld, Illinois, discusses the mine wars, United Mine Workers, Progressive Miners, and his participation in the Mulkeytown march. He discusses the ambush of PMA members on the Mulkeytown march, sit-down strikes, treatment of dissenters, the role of the mines and unions in the community, impact and resistance to competing unions, and working conditions at the mines. He discusses his later work as...

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Bertot recalls his experiences as a coal miner in Coal City, Hillsboro and Auburn, Illinois. He recalls the daily activities of coal mining, company stores, wages, mules, types of coal, unions, accidents, safety precautions, and the modernization of coal mines.

2 tapes, 180 mins. Interview by Nick Cherniavsky, 1978 OPEN For collateral file see J9/5/24

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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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Boresi, coal miner, discusses his early years in Italy, family, immigration to U.S., life in Toluca, Illinois, coal mining, wages, mules, the United Mine Workers, the Depression, and bias against Italians.

1 tape, 90 mins. Interview by Nick Cherniavsky, 1976 OPEN For collateral file see J9/5/24

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Louise Brown discusses her husband's work in the coal mines in Fulton County, Illinois: mules, wages, strikes, union conflicts and violence, company stores, safety laws and hazards, and attitudes toward coal miners. She also discusses farm life in Buckhart, Illinois and factory work in Canton, Illinois.

1 tape, 90 mins. Interview by Nick Cherniavsky, 1977 OPEN For collateral file see J9/5/24

Scope and Contents Russian-born Cherniavsky discusses his youth in China: parents, education, government, and life in Shanghai; The Long March and the communist build-up in China; moving to Tsingtao and the outbreak of WWII; the Japanese invasion and military occupation; foods, rationing, and housing; languages; Boy Scouts; Japanese surrender and American occupation; postwar China; the Red Chinese Army take-over and evacuation of foreign nationals; life and experiences in a refugee camp in the Philippines; and...