Interview with Ernest W. Wilder, May 5, 1988

Project: Appalachia: Immigrants in the Coal Fields Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

In this second interview, Ernest Wilder relates what it was like to work for the United States Coal and Coke Company, and then later on U.S. Steel. He discusses the reasons he believes U.S. Coal and Coke Company was a better company and the changes that occurred when U.S. Steel took over the operation.

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1988oh084_app130

Interviewee Name

Ernest W. Wilder

Interviewer Name

David M. Andrew

Interview Date

1988-05-05

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Wilder, Ernest W. Interview by David M. Andrew. 05 May. 1988. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Wilder, E.W. (1988, May 05). Interview by D. M. Andrew. Appalachia: Immigrants in the Coal Fields Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Wilder, Ernest W., interview by David M. Andrew. May 05, 1988, Appalachia: Immigrants in the Coal Fields Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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