Herndon Evans photographs
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Herndon Evans photographs
- Date
- 1931
- Extent
- 0.25 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Coal miners--Kentucky
- Coal mines and mining--Economic conditions.
- Communism--Kentucky.
- Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- pa82m1: [identification of item], Herndon Evans photographs, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- 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.
- Scope and Content
- 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.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections
Contents of the Collection
Miners and National Guard, 1931
5 miners, 1931
National Guard, 1931
Tank in coalfield, 1931
Group of girls. "Girls- Lunch Room / Balkan Ky" noted on back photo., 1931
Group of boys. "Boys at Lunch Room / Balkan Ky" noted on back photo., 1931
Visiting authors, ministers, and prominent figures., 1931
Judge D.C. Jones and Theodor Dreiser on steps of Continental Hotel. "H.J. Evans, Pineville, Ky." noted on back print., 1931
John Dos Passos, Adelaide Walker, and Charles Rumford Walker. "...writers investigating conditions Harlan mine field. H.J. Evans / Pineville Ky." noted on back print., 1931
Harold Hickerson and Doris Parks, 1931
Harold Hickerson and Doris Parks, 1931
Dr. J.W. Brooks, Mayor of Pineville, 1931
Dr. J.W. Brooks, Mayor of Pineville, 1931
Unidentified man, 1931
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., 1931
Reverends C.R. Barnes, C.P. Hall, Reinhold Niebuhr, and W.B. Spofford., 1931
Reverends C.P. Hall and C.R. Barnes with two unidentified men., 1931
Continental Hotel/registry, 1931
Exterior of Continental Hotel, Pineville, Ky., 1931
Exterior of Continental Hotel, Pineville, Ky. "Dreiser and Pergain rooms were on court and not visible in this photo" noted on back photo., 1931
Photographic copy of signatures in Continental Hotel registry, including those of Charles Rumford and Adelaide Walker, John dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, and Marie Pergain., 6 November 1931
Photographic copy of signatures in Continental Hotel registry, including those of Charles Rumford and Adelaide Walker, John dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, and Marie Pergain., 6 November 1931
Protesters and deportation, 1931
Bell County jail. "Where Dreiser and companions would have been placed had the first warrant been served Sat. nite" noted on back photo., 1931
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., 1931
Protest march. "Marchers demand release Communist prisoners / Pineville, Ky." noted on back print., 1931
Protest march., 1931
Two men and two women., 1931
Three men and two women walking down street in Pineville, Ky., 1931
Crowd of protesters., 1931
Crowd of protesters. "Crowd assembled in front of courthouse Pineville, Ky., protesting arrest of Communists held on criminal syndication charges" printed on back photo., 1931
Crowd of students. "Students stopped near Fonde, Ky. near Middlesboro before deportation from state" noted on back photo., 1931
Crowd of students around bus. "Students at Gap" noted on back photo., 1931
Students at door of bus., 1931
Mining camp/buildings, 1931
House beloging to Cloversprint Coal Co., undated
Row of houses. "Cloversprint Coal Co." noted on back photo., undated
Row of houses. "Cloversprint Coal Co. houses / Harlan Co., Ky." printed on back photo., undated
Row of houses. "Houses in the Cloversprint Coal Co. Camp, Harlan Co., Kentucky" noted on back photo., undated
Houses at Mary Helen Coal Co., Harlan County, Ky., undated
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