Interview with Mimi Pickering, September 20, 2015
Project: Exploring the Legacies of Appalshop Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this interview, Mimi Pickering discusses her work at Appalshop during the 1970s and early 1980s. She describes the intersection of that work, union politics, and activism. She discusses the development of Appalshop as an organization and its eventual stability, characterizing the 1970s as the most critical decade for Appalshop's history.Interview Accession
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Rayna Gellert
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"Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man" "Buffalo Creek Revisited" "Lee Banks: Mountain Farmer" Activism Appalachian studies movement Coal Miners' Strike, Harlan County, Ky., 1973 Coal mines and mining--Management Education Harlan County USA (Motion picture) Political activists. United Mine Workers of AmericaInterview LC Subject
Appalachian Region--Social conditions Appalachians (People) in motion pictures Appalshop, Inc. Coal mine accidents Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region Coal mines and mining--Kentucky Education--Appalachian Region Floods--Kentucky Kentucky--Politics and government Letcher County (Ky.) Motion pictures--Production and direction. Documentary filmsInterview Rights
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Pickering, Mimi Interview by Jeffrey A. Keith. 20 Sep. 2015. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Pickering, M. (2015, September 20). Interview by J. A. Keith. Exploring the Legacies of Appalshop Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Pickering, Mimi, interview by Jeffrey A. Keith. September 20, 2015, Exploring the Legacies of Appalshop Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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