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                 Guide to the Herndon Evans photographs, 1931
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                 University of Kentucky Special Collections 
                 
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                     Lexington, KY, 40506-0039 
                     (859) 257-8611 
                     SCLREF@LSV.UKY.EDU 
                 
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             Herndon Evans photographs 
             PA82M1 
             
                 University of Kentucky Special Collections 
             
             
                 
             
             
                 0.25 Cubic feet 
                 1 box, 39 items 
             
             1931 
             The Herndon Evans photographs document miners and mining towns in Harlan County and Pineville, KY from 1931. 
         
         
             Arrangement note 
             Collection is arranged chronologically. 
         
         
             Scope and Contents note 
             The Herndon Evans photograph collection consists of 39 gelatin silver prints of miners and mining towns in Harlan County and Pineville, KY from 1931. Included are photographs of protest marches, visiting authors and ministers, and the National Guard. Separated from the manuscript collection 82M1. 
             
             
         
         
             Conditions Governing Access note 
             Collection is open for research. 
         
         
             Preferred Citation note 
             pa82m1: [identification of item], Herndon Evans photographs, University of Kentucky Special Collections. 
         
         
             Related Archival Materials note 
             Herndon J. Evans Collection, 82M1; Harlan County Mine Strike photographic collection, 81PA109; and Harlan County, U. S. A. film collection, 87AV1. 
         
         
             Conditions Governing Use note 
             The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections 
         
         
             Biographical/Historical note 
             Herndon J. Evans (1895-1976), a resident of Bell County, Kentucky, was editor of the Pineville Sun and local correspondent for the Associated Press (AP) in the early 1930s, a period of labor unrest in the Kentucky coalfields, especially in Harlan and Bell Counties. 
             Evans closely followed events in the Pineville area, paying attention to the strikes and attempts by the United Mine Workers of America and the Communist Party's National Miners Union to organize the miners. He was particularly concerned with two delegations composed mainly of writers, including Sherwood Anderson, John Dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, Waldo Frank and Mary Heaton Vorse, who travelled to eastern Kentucky to investigate the conditions of miners and their families and who eventually published their findings in 
                 Harlan Miners Speak: Report on Terrorism in the Kentucky Coal Fields  (Harcourt, Brace, 1932). Evans was also keenly interested in the various groups of college students who came to support the miners. Opposed to the activities of these delegations, Evans worked to undermine their presence and credibility by using his journalistic skills to write editorials for the Pineville Sun and articles for the AP. 
         
         
             Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 
             Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945  
             Evans, Herndon J., 1895-1976 
             Frank, Waldo David, 1889-1967 
             United Mine Workers of America. 
             Vorse, Mary Heaton, 1874-1966 
             Bell County (Ky.)--History 
             Coal miners--Kentucky 
             Coal mines and mining--Economic conditions. 
             Communism--Kentucky. 
             Harlan County (Ky.)--History 
             Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Kentucky. 
         
         
             
                 
                     Miners and National Guard 
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                     1931 
                 
                 
                     
                         5 miners 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         1 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         National Guard 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         2 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Tank in coalfield 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         3 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Group of girls. "Girls- Lunch Room / Balkan Ky" noted on back photo. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         4 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Group of boys. "Boys at Lunch Room / Balkan Ky" noted on back photo. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         5 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
             
             
                 
                     Visiting authors, ministers, and prominent figures. 
                     II 
                     
                         
                     
                     1931 
                 
                 
                     
                         Judge D.C. Jones and Theodor Dreiser on steps of Continental Hotel. "H.J. Evans, Pineville, Ky." noted on back print. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         6 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                     
                         Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945  
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         John Dos Passos, Adelaide Walker, and Charles Rumford Walker. "...writers investigating conditions Harlan mine field. H.J. Evans / Pineville Ky." noted on back print. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         7 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Harold Hickerson and Doris Parks 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         8 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Harold Hickerson and Doris Parks 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         9 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Dr. J.W. Brooks, Mayor of Pineville 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         10 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Dr. J.W. Brooks, Mayor of Pineville 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         11 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Unidentified man 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         12 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Visiting Reverends G.W. Haggard, E.L. McClurkan, C.P. Hall, R.P. Mahon, Reinhold Niebuhr, W.B. Spofford, L.C. Kelly, L.W. Buckley, S.E. Tull, W.F. Pettus, and C.R. Barnes. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         13 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Reverends C.R. Barnes, C.P. Hall, Reinhold Niebuhr, and W.B. Spofford. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         14 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Reverends C.P. Hall and C.R. Barnes with two unidentified men. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         15 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
             
             
                 
                     Continental Hotel/registry 
                     III 
                     
                         
                     
                     1931 
                 
                 
                     
                         Exterior of Continental Hotel, Pineville, Ky. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         16 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Exterior of Continental Hotel, Pineville, Ky. "Dreiser and Pergain rooms were on court and not visible in this photo" noted on back photo. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         17 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Photographic copy of signatures in Continental Hotel registry, including those of Charles Rumford and Adelaide Walker, John dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, and Marie Pergain. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         18 
                         6 November 1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Photographic copy of signatures in Continental Hotel registry, including those of Charles Rumford and Adelaide Walker, John dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, and Marie Pergain. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         19 
                         6 November 1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
             
             
                 
                     Protesters and deportation 
                     IV 
                     
                         
                     
                     1931 
                 
                 
                     
                         Bell County jail. "Where Dreiser and companions would have been placed had the first warrant been served Sat. nite" noted on back photo. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         20 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Protest march. "Men march past Bell County jail. About 2000 miners in Pinevillle early in January in answer to call for 'mass demonstration' by Communist National Miners Union" noted on back photo. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         21 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Protest march. "Marchers demand release Communist prisoners / Pineville, Ky." noted on back print. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         22 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Protest march. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         23 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Two men and two women. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         24 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Three men and two women walking down street in Pineville, Ky. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         25 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Crowd of protesters. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         26 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Crowd of protesters. "Crowd assembled in front of courthouse Pineville, Ky., protesting arrest of Communists held on criminal syndication charges" printed on back photo. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         27 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Crowd of students. "Students stopped near Fonde, Ky. near Middlesboro before deportation from state" noted on back photo. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         28 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Crowd of students around bus. "Students at Gap" noted on back photo. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         29 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Students at door of bus. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         30 
                         1931 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
             
             
                 
                     Mining camp/buildings 
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                     1931 
                 
                 
                     
                         House beloging to Cloversprint Coal Co. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         31 
                         undated 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Row of houses. "Cloversprint Coal Co." noted on back photo. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         32 
                         undated 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Row of houses. "Cloversprint Coal Co. houses / Harlan Co., Ky." printed on back photo. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         33 
                         undated 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Row of houses. "Houses in the Cloversprint Coal Co. Camp, Harlan Co., Kentucky" noted on back photo. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         34 
                         undated 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Houses at Mary Helen Coal Co., Harlan County, Ky. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         35 
                         undated 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
             
             
                 
                     Landscape 
                     VII 
                     
                         
                     
                     1931 
                 
                 
                     
                         Aerial view of Pineville, Ky. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         36 
                         undated 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Field with Pineville, Ky. in the distance. 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         37 
                         undated 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Hillside 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         38 
                         undated 
                         Gelatin silver print 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Field 
                         
                             
                         
                         1 
                         39 
                         undated 
                         Gelatin silver print