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Harlan County Mine Strike Photographic Collection,1939
Author
Processed by: Staff, Jason Flahardy; machine-readable finding aid created by:Jason Flahardy
Title
Harlan County Mine Strike Photographic Collection
Date
1939
Repository
University of Kentucky Special Collections
Lexington, Kentucky 40506
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Preferred Citation Note
[Identification of item], Harlan County Mine Strike Photographic Collection, 81PA109,Special Collections, University of Kentucky.
Extent
.25 cu. ft. (1 box): 22 items
Biography/History
In 1939, a general strike was in effect in Harlan County, Kentucky, and all mining operations among the numerous coal companies were shut down. On May15th, 1939, some 900 Kentucky National Guard, under the command of General Ellerbe Carter, was ordered by Governor A. B. "Happy" Chandler to Harlan to intervene between striking miners and mine operators. The National Guard contingent was viewed by some as a peace-keeping force and by others as a move to break the strike. The National Guard remained in the county for nine months.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of twenty-two black and white sliver prints of Kentucky National Guardsmen and Harlan County mine workers during a strike in 1939.
Subjects
- Coal mines and mining--Kentucky
- Harlan County (Ky.)--History
- Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Kentucky--Harlan County
- Coal miners--Kentucky--Harlan County
- Trade-unions--Kentucky
Related Material
Day, John F. . Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1941.
Forester, William D. . [S.L.] : Forester, 1986.
Hevener, John W. . Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1978.
Titler, George J. . Beckley, WV: BJW Printers, 1972.
Woolley, Bryan and Ford Reid. . Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1975.