Dixon, Paul E. (1906-1996): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-D646
Scope and Contents
ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Dixon, coal miner, discusses mechanization and other changes in coal mining; working conditions in Peabody mines at West Frankfort and Taylorville; trouble between the PMA and UMW; management and labor relations during the 1930's and 40's; and his service as a pit union committeeman.
1 tape, 89 mins., 22 pp.
Interview by Kevin Corley, 1986
OPEN
See collateral file: interviewer's notes, copy of the 1946 UMW By-laws, 1947 journal of grievances, and an article written by Dixon, "Forty-seven Years in Peabody's Underground Mines".
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Creator
- Dixon, Paul E. (Person)
Extent
2.00 items
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Dixon, Paul E. (Person)
- Corley, Kevin (Person)
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Repository Details
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Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
archives@uis.libanswers.com