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Appalachia: Barthell Coal Company (McCreary County) Oral History Project

Project Summary

This project of tapes is focused on the coal camp of Barthell, founded in 1901 in McCreary County, Kentucky as the first camp of the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. Stearns later became one of the three largest coal producers in the United States in the 1920s. Former residents provide information on the physical layout of the camp and camp life; material culture and the company story; mining work routines, accidents, company policies; recreational activities, schools, and churches; and migrations out of the camps in the 1950s and 1960s.

Project Code

appbart

Project LC Subject

Appalachian Region   Coal mine accidents--Kentucky--McCreary County   Coal mines and mining--Kentucky   Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--McCreary County   Company stores   Company towns--Kentucky--McCreary County   Recreation--Kentucky--McCreary County   Stearns Company. (McCreary County, Ky.)


Interviews in this Project (17 Total):

Interview Accession Number: 1992oh030_app332
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh031_app333
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh032_app334
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh033_app335
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh034_app336
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh035_app337
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh036_app338
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh037_app339
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh038_app340
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh039_app341
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh072_app343
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh073_app344
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh074_app345
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh075_app346
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh040_app342
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1993oh036_app385
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1992oh111_app347
Interviewer: Kim McBride
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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