Pauline Canterberry papers
Abstract
The Pauline Canterberry papers (dated 1920s-2013, bulk 1979-2013; 12.83 cubic feet; 39 boxes, 1 oversized folder) document Pauline Canterberry's and Mary Miller's work to defend Sylvester, West Virginia, from coal dust pollution caused by Massey Energy's Elk Run Facility.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Pauline Canterberry papers
- Date
- 1920s-2013, undated (inclusive)
- 1979-2013 (bulk)
- Extent
- 12.83 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Coal mines and mining.
- Coal mines and mining -- Appalachian Region
- Coal mines and mining -- Environmental aspects
- Environmentalism
- Mountaintop removal mining -- Appalachian Region
- Sylvester (W. Va.)
- Bert T. Combs Appalachian Collection
- Massey Energy (Firm)
- Arrangement
- The Pauline Canterberry papers are arranged by format and subject.
- Preferred Citation
- 2014ms0253: [identification of item], Pauline Canterberry papers, 1920s-2013, bulk 1979-2013, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Ethel Pauline Canterberry was born March 10, 1930, in Riley, West Virginia. Except for eleven years in Sarasota, Florida, Pauline lived her entire life in Boone County, WV. She was the daughter of a miner who died of silicosis and the wife of a WWII Veteran and POW, Delbert Canterberry, who also mined coal and died of black lung in 1991.
- Pauline and Delbert raised two children, Susan and John. Pauline worked for 16 years managing the Dollar General Store in Whitesville, WV. She attended the Whitesville Baptist Church from the time she was a teenager. Always committed to helping her community, she was a member of the Silver-Haired legislature, a poll worker, and a volunteer for the Red Cross. Pauline was keenly intelligent, indefatigable, and fearless. She also loved to laugh and play jokes and said many times that only through her sense of humor could she survive the stress of activism and of living in the midst of destruction. Neighbor Mary Miller was her partner in activism and in pranks; sometimes these were one and the same, like the time Mary dressed as a turkey stuffed with coal to protest the Massey charity Thanksgiving dinner in Sylvester in 2004.
- In 1998, Elk Run Coal, a subsidiary of Massey Energy, enlarged a coal processing plant immediately beside the small town of Sylvester, where Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller both owned homes. Part of the plant expansion included tearing down the bluff that had been protecting the town from coal dust. Elk Run operated with uncovered belt lines and uncovered coal stockpiles, and soon Sylvester, downwind, was coated in coal dust: homes, businesses, churches, and the elementary school were all affected.
- Pauline and Mary Miller began a long fight to protect the property, health, and well-being of Sylvester's residents. They joined others petitioning the WV DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) and the WV legislature to enforce laws the Elk Run processing plant was violating. Mary and Pauline documented and monitored the dust in Sylvester by taking videos and photographs and by gathering coal dust samples from all over town using Handi-wipes that they carefully labelled and stored. They became known as the Dustbusters.
- Lawyer Brian Glasser from the Law Firm of Bailey and Glasser in Charleston agreed to take the Sylvester case. In 2001 the DEP fined Massey Energy for failing to follow safety requirements and handling procedures and ordered them to put a dome over the Elk Run Facility to minimize the coal dust. In 2003, Judge Lee Slagel ruled that Massey Energy had damaged the way of life of the residents of Sylvester and thus must pay damages, all lawyer fees, hire a vacuum sweeper to clean the streets and yards in Sylvester, decrease the number of coal trucks passing through town every day, and install dust monitoring systems. Pauline testified at the trial and rallied many other local people to testify as well.
- Following the successful lawsuit, Pauline and Mary continued their activism. They worked doggedly to ensure that Elk Run obeyed the court ruling, and they continued to monitor the dust in the community. They travelled to several states to speak out against mountaintop removal mining and the devastation in the southern West Virginia coalfields. Their trips included appearances at a Massey stockholders' meeting and at the Office of Surface Mining in Washington, DC. They worked to get the Big Coal River, full of sediment from mining and coal processing, rechanneled to prevent flooding. They monitored streams in the area, fought for the federal Clean Water Protection Act, and worked on the West Virginia Sludge Safety Project. They hosted journalists, photographers, filmmakers, and activists from all over the United States and Europe, and not only gave generously of their time and their knowledge, but also always made people feel welcome.
- Her mind sharp to the end, Pauline was tracking and writing letters about the catastrophic Elk Run chemical spill just a few months before her death on May 9, 2014. The dialect in her letters is an important record in its own right. She was an astute and tireless observer of the social, political, economic, and environmental situations in her community and region, and her passion was achieving justice for all West Virginians.
- Biographical note written by Anne Pancake.
- Scope and Content
- The Pauline Canterberry papers (dated 1920s-2013, bulk 1979-2013; 12.83 cubic feet; 39 boxes, 1 oversized folder) document the work of Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller to defend Sylvester, West Virginia, from coal dust pollution caused by Massey Energy's Elk Run Facility. The collection contains photographs, copies of the Elk Run safety reports, and copies of Department of Environmental Protection studies on the waterways surrounding Elk Run. The collection also includes topographical maps of the Coal River Valley and the West Virginia mines owned by Massey Energy. Pauline Canterberry kept copies of mining permits and permit changes for the Elk Run Facility. The Correspondence series includes letters to and from Pauline and Mary, including several letters and emails from Anne Pancake; saved emails; and miscellaneous postcards. The letters cover topics including issues with coal, the Elk Run facility, legal actions, as well as personal topics. There are also emails forwarded to Pauline. The saved emails cover various topics including: local news about Massey Energy and Elk Run, organizing protests against the coal companies, organizing presentations, articles, and discussions about mountaintop removal mining. The Department of Environmental Protection series contains numerous permits and notices of permit change requests sent to the DEP from 1982-2013. The series also contains treatment plant logs, health and safety reports from the Elk Run Facility, correspondence, publications, legislative information, and reports. The Subject Files series includes materials from the Metro-Area Agency on Aging, the Sylvester community liaison panel meetings, the Silver Haired Legislature, and other various organizational materials; newsletters and publications on coal mining and mountaintop removal; miscellaneous notes; information on Massey Energy and Elk Run; legislation; newspaper articles on coal and coal mining related topics; events information; Sludge Safety Project materials; materials for senior citizens; materials on coal dust monitoring, binder presentations on the damage that Elk Run Facility and Massey Energy caused to neighboring towns; and other files related to coal and coal mining or local topics. The Coal River Mountain Watch series contains saved emails, newsletters, artifacts, and other operational documents. The Legal Information series contains letters and notes from lawyer Brian Glasser who represented the people of Sylvester against Massey Energy. This series also contains copies of reports used in the civil suit and documents from court cases about Massey Energy, Elk Run, and other issues; West Virginia laws and legal information; and saved materials from the citizens of Sylvester regarding the issues with the Elk Run facility. The series Maps and Permits contains topographic maps of Coal River Valley and West Virginia, permit maps, permit requests by Elk Run, and Elk Run permit information. The Pauline Canterberry Personal Files series contains materials on local events in Whitesville, West Virginia as well as information on Pauline's family, a house appraisal and house work Pauline had done, as well as biographical information on Pauline's life. Pauline kept artifacts from the Coal River Mountain Watch including a chunk of coal, a dated plastic bottle used to collect sludge water for testing, paper towels used to wipe coal dust from the inside and outside of the house, and a paper fan. The Photographs series contains many photographs of the coal mining facilities near Sylvester, Sylvester and unidentified town areas, mountains, events, people, a house survey, and photographs of Pauline Canterberry's 75th birthday party. Also included are some photograph negatives of town areas and people. The Video Cassette Tapes series includes video cassette tapes covering coal dust in Sylvester, events, Pauline's grandchildren, and unidentified topics. The Memorabilia series contains additional coal dust samples on papers towels and coal dust in dirt, a ground breaking ceremony plaque for the Boone-Raleigh Public Services District, button pins, Pauline's plane ticket for a trip to Philadelphia, and Pauline's Retired and Senior Volunteer Program bag.
- Processing Info
- The addition (2018ms061) was integrated into the collection (2014ms0253).
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the Unviersity of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Correspondence, 2002-2012, undated
ARES Corporation Congressional correspondence, 2007 May 2
Assorted letters to Pauline Canterberry, 2005-2012
Assorted letters to Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller, 2001-2006, undated
Correspondence with National Geographic Magazine, 2005 November 28
Federal government correspondence, 2005 May 11, 2007 April 3
Film release correspondence, undated
House of Delegates Correspondence, House Concurrent Resolution number 1, 2007 January 31
Letters and emails from Ann Pancake, 2004-2007, undated
Letters from Ann Pancake, 2005 March-2012 August
Letters from Pauline, 2005, 2011, undated
Letter to Governor Joe Manchin, 2005-2007
Saved emails, 2002-2005
Saved emails, 2005
Saved emails, 2006
Saved emails, 2006
Saved emails, 2006-2007
Saved emails, 2007
Saved emails, 2007
Saved emails, 2008
Saved emails, 2011
Saved emails, 2011-2012
Department of Environmental Protection, 1982-2013, undated
Issues to be determined, 2004
Catenary Coal Company, Kayford South Surface Mine, permit no. s-3008-00, 2003
Correspondence and emails about mining permits, 2001-2007
An Ecological Assessment of the Coal River Watershed, 1997
Calendar of events, 2002 April-December
Citizens training session, 2005 May 14
Division of Air Quality, legislative rules revision, 2003-2004
Elk Run Coal Company permit no. D-21-82, 1999-2006
Elk Run Coal Company permit to modify a coal preparation plant, undated
Elk Run Coal Company permit violations and dust issues, 2000
Mine permits, 2010-2012
Reports, 2001-2003
Mining permits, 1982-1992
Mining Permits, 1987-2006
Mining Permits, 2007
Mining Permits, 2008
Mining Permits, 2009
Mining Permits, 2010
Mining Permits, 2011
Mining Permits, 2012-2013
Opposition to permits, 2001-2005, undated
Permit civil penalty assessments, violation notices and reports, 2001-2002
Permits for construction and major modification of major stationary sources of air pollution for the prevention of significant deterioration, 45CSR14, 2004
Publications, 2002-2005, undated
Treatment Plant log, 1994-2004
Subject files, 1985-2012, undated
Agreement of lease, Ceres Land Company and Bobby Cole, 2004 June 1
1999-2002 American Indian resources (copies), 2004
Appalachian Voices, "Appalachian Treasures" DVD, undated
Appalachian Voices Benji Burrell and Lenny Kohm business card, undated
Appalachian Voices magazine articles, 2003-2006
Articles on Al Franken radio show, 2005
Articles of the effects of coal mining, 1999-2012, undated
Ashville Global Report no. 297, 2004 September 23-29
Binder: "Biased Laws and Irresponsible Mining", 2005
Binder: concerned citizens of Sylvester, West Virginia, 2001-2005
Boone County Community Organization, 2009-2010
Boone County Community Organization Association, Inc., financial statements, modified cash basis, 2006 June 30
Boone County Community Organization board meetings, 2003-2006
Boone County Community Organization board meetings, 2011-2012
Boone County environmental and underground mine breach potential information, 2002, undated
Boone County information guides, 2004-2006
Builder Levy Appalachia coal mining community photographs, undated
Bush administration stream buffer zone rule change, 2002-2004, undated
The Charleston Daily Mail, 2003-2004
The Charleston Gazette, 2003
Chemicals from coal mining, 2004
Citizens' actions against coal mining issues in Sylvester and West Virginia, 2001, undated
Citizens for Positive Change, 2002-2003, undated
Clean Water Act/Clean Water Protection Act, 1999-2006, undated
Coal dust monitoring, 2000-2003
Coal impoundment, 2002-2004
Coal mining legislation, 2001, undated
"Coal River: Coal Lamps presentation", undated
2001-2005, undated, Coal River Group information (copies), 2005
Coal truck safety, 2002, undated
Coal Valley News, 2004
Communications strategy and regulations of special interest to supervisors of surface metal/nonmetal mines, 2005, undated
Constitution of West Virginia, undated
Contact lists, undated
Council of the Town of Sylvester proposing dog leash and all terrain ordinances, 2002
CSX Transportation Elk Run yard expansion project, 2009
Darrell Griffy land deed, 1990 June 7
D.C. visit, 2002-2003
Department of the Interior guide for obtaining information, undated
Discover Ohio, 2005
Dollar General, 2002, undated
Draft speech on the effects of coal, undated
The Echo volume 5, issue 2, 2004 September 17
Elk Run Coal Company Community Liaison Panel, Mary Miller, 2001-2002
Elk Run Coal Company Community Liaison Panel, Pauline Canterberry, 2000-2001
Elk Run Coal Company information, 2006-2007
Emergency warning system, 2006
"E" Notes, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition newsletter, 2001-2002
Environmental effects of coal mining, 1991-2004, undated
Environmental impact statement, 2003-2005, undated
Environmental issues from coal mining in Sylvester and other areas, 1999-2002, undated
Environmental justice and social capital in Appalachia, Shannon Bell research study form, 2007 July 17
Events, 2001-2006, undated
Ex-POW Bulletin, 2001-2004
Flood warning system for Big Coal River, 2005
1997-2003, undated, Fly ash disposal articles (copies), 2002-2004
Friends of the Mountains, 2003-2006, undated
Friends of the Mountains, 2006 and undated
From Penny Lobe's book, undated
The Goldman Environmental Prize, 2002-2005
Hardware, installation, and tax receipts, 2001-2002
Health information, 2002-2006, undated
Heart of the Coal Fields, Whitesville, West Virginia, Golden Anniversary, 1985 August 15-17
The Highlands Voice volume 39, no. 6, the monthly publication of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, 2006 June
Historic tipples in West Virginia, 2004, undated
Industrial Dust, Mining Permits and Dam Control Committee, 2001-2002, undated
Informal conference draft, Elk Run Coal Company, 2005
International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) citizens' training, 2003
Interview of Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller by Shannon Bell, 2012 September 7
Introspect, Appalachian Bible College publication, 2002
Labor Day Committee event, speech on coal and Sylvester notes, undated
Leading from the Heart: The Passion to Make a Difference, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 2001
Legislation on coal, water, and cemeteries, 2000-2004, undated
Letters to newspapers, 2001-2003, undated
Lobby notes for ssp bill, undated
Magnesium and manganese, 2002
Massey Energy Company, 1999-2006
Massey Energy Company reports via computer, 2000-2001
Metro Area Agency on Aging, 1990-2009, undated
Metro Area Agency on Aging, 2005-2007
Metro-Area Agency on Aging, 2007-2011
Metro Area Agency on Aging ballot request, 2009
Metro Area Agency on Aging board of directors, 2009
Miscellaneous notes, 2001-2003, undated
Miscellaneous poem, Bible versus, and songs, undated
Mountain Monitor, West Virginia Organizing Project publication, 2000 August
Mountaintop removal, 2006, undated
Mountaintop removal lawsuit, H.L. Snyder speech, 2000
Newspaper articles covering Massey Energy lawsuit, 2001-2010
Newspaper articles on coal and coal miners, 2001-2004, undated
Newspaper articles on coal related legislation, politics, and regulations, 2001-2006, undated
Newspaper articles on the environment and activism, 2001-2006, undated
Newspaper articles on flooding, 2001-2003, undated
Newspaper articles on Massey Energy Company and Elk Run Coal Company, 2000-2006, undated
Newspaper articles on miscellaneous non-coal topics, 2001-2006, undated
Newspaper articles on synfuel, 2001, undated
Newspaper articles on the environmental and activism, 2001-2006, undated
Newspaper articles on the Wyoming Council on Aging, Bob Graham salary, 2004, undated
Newspaper articles on synfuel, 2001, undated
Non-profit board member roles and responsibilities, undated
Norma Mancari breathing problems, 2002-2004, undated
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, 2001-2007, undated
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, 2003, undated, Bushy Fork Slurry Impoundment (copies), 2004
Organizational Development Gathering, 2003 Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, 1999-2004, undated
Pamphlets and stickers, 2001-2005, undated
Pauline Canterberry folder, undated
Pauline Canterberry testimony on coal dust and Sylvester, West Virginia, undated
People to People student ambassador programs, 2006
Phone numbers- blasting record, undated
A Picture from Life's Other Side: Appalachian Poems by Bob Henry Baber, 1994
Political campaigns, 2003, undated
The Post-Report, 2006
PRISM November/December 2007 issue, 2007 November/December
Pro-Coal Mining article from Elk Run Coal Company, undated
Publications on coal and related issues, 1999-2006, undated
Public Health Education Research Network (PHERN), 2003-2005, undated
Razing Appalachia article in Los Angeles Times magazine, 2002 May 5
Resource Manuals: Projects for Learning About Rural Culture, Photovoice and Oral Histories, 2006
Route 3 guard rail installation, 2002-2003
Saturday Gazette Mail series, 2004
Saved articles, 2002-2010
Searching For Home Where Mountains Move draft, 2005 February 11
Senior citizens, 2002-2006, undated
2000-2005, undated skits (copies), 2006-2007, undated
Sludge Safety Project, 2001-2008, undated
Sludge Safety Project, 2006-2009
SMCRA permit information, undated
Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative final report summary, 2002 August
South Wings flight request form, 2006
The State Journal, 2003
Stateline, A Newsletter for West Virginia State Government Employees, 2004 July
Sunday Gazette Mail, 2004
Surface installations coal mine entry level training, student text materials, undated
Sylvester community liaison panel meetings, 2001-2003
Sylvester coal dust issues, 1990-2006, undated
Sylvester community miscellaneous coal related issues and meetings, 2000-2003, undated
Synthetic fuel material, 2000-2002, undated
Sylvester Dustbusters, 2008
"This family supports Massey" on back of calendar, circa 2004-2005
Town of Sylvester concerned citizens, coal issues, 2000-2002, undated
Unidentified meetings notes, 2007, undated
United Mine Workers Journal, 2006
The West Virginia Air Quality Board and Environmental Quality Board citizen's guides, undated
West Virginia Development Office, 1996-2002, undated
West Virginia Disasters, Mountains State tragedies that Have Changed Our Lives, complied by CNHI newspapers in West Virginia, 2003
West Virginia 75th and 77th legislature directories and House and Senate office buildings floor plans, 2001-2006, undated
West Virginia office of Coalfield Community Development, 2001
2004 West Virginia Silver Haired Legislature, 1998-2004
West Virginia Silver Haired Legislature, 2000-2006, undated
Binder: West Virginia Silver Haired Legislature rulebook, 2004-2005
West Virginia soil test, 1990-2001, undated
West Virginia University, The Effects of Mountaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Southern West Virginia Communities research project form, 2003
Whitesville First Baptist Church, 1992-2005
Coal River Mountain Watch, 2001-2011, undated
Coal River Mountain Watch, 2006-2008
Coal River Mountain Watch board emails, 2005-2009
Coal River Mountain Watch emails, 2001-2005
Coal River Mountain Watch board of directors, 2007
Coal River Mountain Watch Messenger newsletter, 2006 March
Coal River Mountain Watch Messenger newsletter, 2007-2011
Coal River Mountain Watch, Sludge Safety Project, Freda Williams, 2004
Coal River Mountain Wind Project, 2008
Legal information, 1980-2011, undated
Agreements between West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and Elk Run Coal, 2003-2006
Bailey and Glasser materials, 2000-2006, undated
Brian Glasser - order denying appellant's Motion for Stay, 2006
Circuit Court- Sylvester Law Suit, 2005
Citizens of Sylvester v. Elk Run Coal Company and Massey Energy Company, 2000-2003, undated
Citizens of Sylvester v. Elk Run Coal Company and Massey Energy Company, 2000-2004, undated
Citizens of Sylvester v. Elk Run Coal Company and miscellaneous material, 1999-2003, undated
Copy of Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act, undated
Dustbusters v. Massey Energy with photos of mountain top removal, 2002-2008
Elk Run case, 2001-2002, undated
Elk Run Coal Company v. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, 2002
Elk Run Coal Company v. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and Mary Miller and Pauline Canterberry, 2003
Elk Run Coal Company v. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection documents, 1997-2006
Elk Run Coal Company v. West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection and Sue Sharp et. al., 2000-2004
Environmental Impact Statement draft, 2007
Hearings, 2004
Lawyer: Atorney-Client communication, 2001-2003
Lawyer: Citizen Action, 2003
Marford impoundment violation, 1999-2000
Marfork Coal Company, Inc. and Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection v. Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition et. al., 2001, undated
Markfork Coal Company v. Michael O. Callaghan, Secretary, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, et. al., 1981-2005, undated
Marfork Coal Company v. Stephanie R. Timmermeyer, Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection, and Janice Nease and Freda Williams, 1980-2006
Marfork Coal Company v. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection documents, 2001-2002
Mary Miller v. Boone-Raleigh Public Service District, 2005
Massey Energy and Department of Environmental Protection Proposed Settlements, 2002-2003
Mine Safety and Health Administration Report of Investigation, 2010
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition et. al. v. Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection v. Marfork Coal Company, Inc., circa 1999
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2007
Petitions and letters requesting support against coal mining, photos of coal river valley, 2005-2011
Petition for Elk Run to clean coal dust from houses, 2005 November 3
Ralph Anderson et. al. v. Elk Run Coal Company and Massey Energy Company, 1999-2006, undated
Sylvester Community documents for actions against the Elk Run mining facility, 2000-2001, undated
West Virginia Citizen Action, 2002-2003
West Virginia Legistlature changes and request for changes, 2006-2011
West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act, 2006
West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure, undated
Maps and permits, 1979-2012, undated
Coal River Valley topographic maps and mining permits, 2005
DTE Mountaineer permit application for construction of a synthetic fuel manufacturing facility near Sylvester, 2001
Elk Run Coal Company, after-the-fact permit requests, 2000-2002
Elk Run Coal Company, dust control plan, permit no. D-21-82, 1997-2001, undated
Elk Run Coal Company Incorporated permit requests, 2005-2008
Elk Run Coal Company permit applications, 1981-2001
Elk Run Surface Mine application activities, 2005
Large permit maps, circa 2000s
Marfork Coal Company, Inc. and Elk Run Coal Company, Inc. mine site evaluations, 2002
Newspaper Mine Permits, 2007-2009
Newspaper permit maps, 2001-2006, undated
Permit Maps, 2007-2012
Randall E. Price home pre-blast survey for permit D-21-82 (photographs in box 11, items 21-68), 1997
Sylvester and Boone County maps, 1979-1996
West Virginia maps, 2006-2007
Pauline Canterberry personal files, 1995-2005, undated
First Annual Sylvester Dog Patch Reunion, 1996 July 4-7
House appraisal for Pauline Canterberry, 2002 June 6
Juanita T. Branham funeral pamphlet and news article, 2005
Pauline Canterberry contractors invoice for house repair and cleaning, 2002
Pauline Canterberry family, undated
Sylvester Dog Patch Reunions, 2002-2004
"The Story of My Life", undated
Town of Whitesville Diamond Anniversary, 3rd Annual Whitesville Big Coal River Festival (photograph found in book located in box 7, item 89), 1995 August 10-12
Photographs, 1920s-2009, undated
Dustbusters v. Massey, undated
Aerial view of Elk Run mine, undated
Mary Miller overlooking preparation plant, undated
Massey Energy coal sludge impoundment above Marsh Fork Elementary, undated
Coal sludge lake by houses, undated
Dome over coal processing plant, undated
Valley fill covers head water streams, undated
Belt line on east side of Sylvester, undated
The mountains of West Virginia, Elk Run mining, undated
Mountain blasted away for more railroad tracks, undated
Massey Energy impoundment, undated
Sylvester impoundment enlargement, undated
Collected water for testing, undated
Water collection system, undated
Pauline and Mary collecting water for testing, undated
Pauline Spangler, undated
Agreement between West Virginia DEP and Elk Run, undated
From Binder: Biased laws and irresponsible mining, 2005
Aerial of mountaintop removal, undated
Sludge reservoir, undated
Coal dust covered house, undated
Blasting within 100 feet of homes, undated
Slurry impoundment spill, undated
Property near house destroyed by a rockslide, undated
Damaged property, undated
Damaged house and property, undated
Water and coal residue runoff, undated
Coal water runoff, undated
Coal water runoff in the stream, undated
Formation of a valley fill, undated
Mountaintop removal worksite, undated
Mountaintop removal site, undated
Crane at mine site, undated
Coal sludge by road, undated
Debris from runoff, undated
A Culture at Risk, photo of Whitesville, undated
Whitesville, undated
Child covered with coal dust, undated
Front porch, undated
Window sills and siding, undated
Front yard, Thursday 26, undated
Uncovered processing plants, undated
Distant view of Sylvester, West Virginia, undated
Coal River, Coal Lamps presentation, photos of Coal River Valley, undated
Cloud of rock and coal dust, undated
Clouds of coal dust and rock dust in the valley, undated
Clouds of rock dust and coal dust, undated
Closeup of mountaintop removal, undated
Images of coal dust in houses, undated
Clouds of coal dust, undated
From folder titled: Elk Run Coal Company information, 1920s-2005
Slurry impoundment: Sylvester, West Virginia, 2003
Sylvester impoundments 20 foot extension, undated
The dome over the processing plant, undated
Sludge impoundment, undated
Hallie Preslley Christmas Parade, reproduction, 1948
Sylvester tent city for coal mining families, reproduction, circa 1920s
Elk Run sludge impoundment, 2005 June
Elk Run sludge impoundment, undated
Aerial of Elk Run mining, undated
Aerial of Elk Run mining in Sylvester, West Virginia, undated
The dome over the Elk Run processing plant, undated
Photo of Mary and Pauline collecting contaminated water, signed by Mark Sohmerling, undated
Zoomed in aerial of Elk Run, undated
Elk Run sludge impoundment, undated
Construction on coal processing pipes, undated
From folder titled: Friends of the Mountain (Box 002 folder 29), undated
Mountain top removal mining pictures, Death and Destruction, undated
Coal truck crossing bridge, undated
Car demolished by coal truck, undated
Communities nestled in West Virginia hills, undated
Marsh Fork Elementary and slurry pond, undated
Copy of news clipping, deaths caused by coal trucks, undated
Mined mountainside, undated
Dead fish in a stream near the mine, undated
Mountaintop removal near town, undated
Copy of news clipping on overloaded coal trucks, undated
Petition board against overloaded coal trucks, undated
Pauline and Mary with a jar of contaminated water, undated
Overturned coal truck, undated
Car destroyed after collision with a coal truck, undated
Black water spill, undated
From original folder labeled "Pauline Canterberry", undated
Coal processing plant, undated
Aerial of mine, undated
Clouds of rock dust over houses, undated
Clouds of rock dust, undated
Backyard, undated
Clouds of coal dust over the hills, undated
Clouds of dust, undated
Bear, undated
Dead fish in a contaminated river, undated
Mined mountaintop, undated
Coal belt at the dome, undated
Houses near coal processing ramps, undated
Petitions against mining, undated
From folder titled: Sludge Safety Project, 2006-2009
Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller, undated
Pauline and Mary at a meeting, undated
Pauline and Mary at Massey Energy protest, undated
Massey Energy protest, undated
Pauline and Mary at Massey Energy protest being interviewed by Channel 6 News, undated
Whitesville in the snow, undated
Coal and rock dust in water bowl, undated
Coal dust on porch, undated
Porch furniture covered with coal dust, undated
Table on porch covered in coal dust, undated
Mound of coal, undated
Dome over processing plant, undated
Dome over processing plant, view from window, undated
Mothers For Clean Air, undated
Mary at the Mission San Antonio de Valero, undated
Pauline at the Mission San Antonio de Valero, undated
Houses, undated
Coal processing pipeline, undated
Coal processing pipeline under construction, undated
Construction on pipeline, undated
Street, undated
Pauline at a conference dinner, undated
Damaged dome over processing plant, undated
Pauline standing by Mothers for Clean Air display, undated
Mining work site, undated
Pauline and Mary with two men, undated
Coal pipeline over train tracks, undated
Photographs from Pauline's 75th birthday, 2005 March 29
Two young women at Whitesville coal camp, undated
Mommy and Lary Joe, undated
Whitesville coal camp, undated
Woman sitting outside a house at the Whitesville coal camp, undated
Woman standing on porch of log house, undated
Spangler ancestors, undated
Peterstown, undated
Two boys eating watermelon, undated
Man in the kitchen, undated
Pauline Canterberry's dad and brothers, undated
Baby in a box with older brother, undated
Family dinner, undated
Spangler family photo, undated
Donald and Larry Joe, undated
Mom and Billy, undated
Three of the Spangler children, undated
Billy and Pauline Canterberry's mom, undated
Unlabeled, two young boys posing for picture, undated
Spangler family picture and the family at dinner, undated
Pauline holding cake at line dancing, undated
The Spangler Family: Pauling, Buster, Pucky, Bobby, Ray, and Donald, undated
Unlabeled blonde, undated
Pauline, Ray, Buster, Pucky, Bobby, undated
Carrie Lou Jarrel and Pauline giving their family tree, undated
Preston Hansboragh Spangler, undated
Clara Ardelia Spangler, undated
Hannah, Lyle, Larry, and Janet, undated
John Henry Spangler, Mollie Ballard Spangler, William Preston Spangler, undated
Pauline crying, undated
Pauline and the cake, undated
Donald, Ray, Bobby, Buster, Pauline, and Pucky, undated
Pauline and Pucky, undated
Elk Run coal mine complex, mountains, and town areas, 1994-2004, undated
Aeriel view of Elk Run coal mine complex, 2001 March 11
Aeriel view of mountains, undated
Aerial view of mountaintop removal, notes on back "White Oak" and [Halline], undated
Aerial view of mountaintop removal, undated
Aerial view of town, 2001 March 11
Aerial view of town, undated
A.T. Massey (Elk Run) tipple and coal pile, undated
Back porch banister accumulation, 2000 December 16-2001 January 18, undated
Building and sidewalk, undated
Car windshield, 2001
Catenary Coal Company blasting area sign, undated
Catenary Coal Company private property sign, undated
Coal dust accumulated in low spots by Canterberry home, undated
Coal dust blackened building, undated
Coal dust blackened cloth, undated
Coal dust blackened concrete, undated
Coal dust blacked door, 1994
Coal dust blackened material in frame hanging on pole, undated
Coal dust blacked siding, 1994
Coal dust blackened siding, 2001 April 20
Coal dust blackened siding, undated
Coal dust blacked tile, 2001 April 20
Coal dust blackened window sill, undated
Coal dust fall-out on pump house roof, undated
Coal dust gathered from gutter pipe, undated
Coal dust in bowl, undated
Coal dust in box, undated
Coal dust on building, undated
Coal dust on car, 2001 October 29
Coal dust on car, undated
Coal dust on car windshield, undated
Coal dust on child's hands, 2000 December 16
Coal dust on covering, 2001 April 25
Coal dust on door, 1994
Coal dust on siding [?], 2001 April 25
Coal dust on tarp, undated
Coal dust on unidentified object [?], undated
Coal dust on window sill, 1997 May 3
Coal dusts on window sill, 1997 April 26
Coal dust on wipe from car, undated
Coal dust on wipe from sill, undated
Coal dust over houses, undated
Collected coal dust, undated
Dirty creek, 2004 July 22
Dryer door, undated
Elk Run mine complex, 2001
Elk Run mine complex, 2001 April 26
Elk Run mine complex, undated
Elk Run coal mine complex, 2003 February 6
Elk Run coal mine complex dome, undated
Fence and houses, undated
Flooding, undated
Front porch, 2001 April 25
Home of Pauline Canterberry, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, coal dust blackened porch, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, coal dust blackened siding, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, coal dust blackened steps, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, coal dust blackened stone, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, coal dust fall out back steps, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, flowers on porch, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, front porch, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, tan stone blackened with coal dust, undated
House, 2001
House roofs and mountain, undated
Houses, undated
House siding, 2001
House siding [?], undated
Houses with Elk Run coal mine complex dome in background, undated
Houses with Elk Run coal mine complex in background, 2001 April 26
Houses with mountains behind them, 2001
Houses with mountaintop removal in background, 2001
House with mountains behind it, 2001 April 26
Insulation 3-layers in home of Roy Flint, Jr. against train noise, 2001 April
Little girl with coal dust on hands, note on photo, "school playground", 2000 October 29
Little White Oak Cemetery sign, undated
Mountain road, undated
Mountains, undated
Mountains and town, undated
Oily film on windows from synfuel mixed with Elk Run mining coal from Marfork plant, undated
People at Elk Run coal mine complex, 2001
Plane, undated
Pool behind house, undated
Road and building, undated
Road and buildings, undated
Road drain, undated
Sidewalk, undated
Sidewalk and car, undated
Sign that says "3 mile cemetery", undated
Smog or snow above houses, undated
Sylvester town hall, 2001
Sylvester town hall, undated
Tree, undated
Tree and power lines, undated
White car, undated
Window, undated
Window sill, 1997 April 26
Unlabeled album 1, 1999-2000, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, note coal blackened stone, undated
House, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, coal blackened stone, undated
Building and sidewalk, undated
Attic, undated
Coal dust from gutter pipes, undated
Oily film on windows from synfuel mixed with Elk Run Coal from Marfork plant, undated
Coal dust on siding, undated
Coal dust on outside window sill and on siding, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, coal dust blackened column, undated
Little girl beside coal blacked cloth, note on photograph, "school playground", 2000 October 29
Accumulation on car on a night of pot ash mixture, undated
Coal dust in bowl, undated
Coal dust accumulation on Arvon swimming pool, undated
Coal dust blackened door frame, 2000 March 27
Attic, undated
Coal dust in swimming pool, Virgil and Carrie Jerrell home, undated
Ground, undated
Coal dust seeped under doors, home of Perry and Elizabeth Casto, undated
Coal dust on cloth, 1999
Road and buildings, undated
Mary Miller measuring [?] something on stone wall of house, undated
Elk Run coal mine complex behind trailer home, undated
Unlabeled album 2, 2001, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, coal dust on siding, undated
Insulation 3-layers in home of Roy Flint, Jr. against train noise, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, coal dust on siding, undated
Blast from Sylvester below Mary Miller's house, when Massey/ Elk Run was blowing off Mt. Ridge for new stoker plant, undated
Blasts from Sylvester, when Massey/Elk Run blew off ridge for stoker plant, undated
Aerial view of town, undated
Pool behind house, undated
Coal dust on door frame, undated
Roofs, undated
Home of Pauline Canterberry, sidewalk, undated
Snow falling, undated
Aerial view of Elk Run coal mine complex, 2001 March 11
Playground, 2001 March 12
Power lines, 2001 April 25
Sylvester town hall, 2001 May 1
Aerial view of Elk Run coal mine complex, undated
People at Elk Run coal mine complex, 2001
Mountaintop removal, undated
Mountaintop removal, notes on back, "White Oak" and [Halline], undated
Coal dust on wipe from car, undated
Coal dust fall out, porch, home of Perry and Elizabeth Casto, undated
Events, 1997-2004, undated
Democratic National Committee 2004 campaign photograph, 2004
Easter egg hunt, 1997 March 29
Easter egg hunt, 1997 March 30
John Kerry and John Edwards campaign sign, 2004
Mary Miller and unidentified woman holding Warren McGraw campaign signs, 2004
Mary Miller holding Warren McGraw campaign sign, 2004
Mary Miller with Warren McGraw and John Kerry/John Edwards campaign signs, 2004
Unidentified man and woman holding Warren McGraw campaign signs, 2004
Unidentified man with Warren McGraw and John Kerry/John Edwards campaign signs, 2004
Various campaign signs, 2004
Warren McGraw and John Kerry/John Edwards campaign signs, 2004
Warren McGraw campaign sign, 2004
Warren McGraw, John Kerry and John Edwards, and Ken Heckler campaign poster, 2004
Unidentified woman with Warren McGraw campaign signs, 2004
Dog Patch event, Mrs. Dog Patch, undated
Dog Patch event, Pauline Canterberry and unidentified man with Mr. and Mrs. Dog Patch, undated
Dog Patch event, unidentified woman, undated
Kevin Richardson at Capitol Hill news conference on the Clean Water Act, 2002 June 6
Kevin Richardson being interviewed at Capitol Hill news conference on the Clean Water Act, 2002 June 6
Massey Energy protest, 2001 April 16
Massey Energy protest, Mary Miller and Pauline Canterberry being interviewed, 2001 April 16
Massey Energy protest, Pauline Canterberry being interviewed, undated
Public hearing for 45CSR17, undated
Unidentified event, undated
Unidentified event, undated
Unidentified event, undated
Unidentified event, undated
Unidentified event, undated
From envelope labeled "Martin Dickens, Sylvester, West Virginia, pictures for the lawyer", undated
Deck, undated
Elk Run coal mine complex in distance, undated
Elk Run coal mine complex in distance from deck, undated
Fall decorations at home, undated
Fence and brush between houses, undated
Fence, bushes, and houses, undated
Homes, undated
House and deck, undated
Mountains, undated
Road, undated
Road and trees, undated
From folder labeled "Friends of the Mountains" (Box 18 folder 11), 2003, undated
People, 1988-2004, undated
Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller talking to man, 2001 March 20
Pauline Canterberry and family, 1988
Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller with unidentified man, 2001 October 1
Pauline Canterberry's daughter and husband at their wedding, undated
Pauline Canterberry's son and family, undated
Pauline Canterberry with two unidentified men, undated
Pauline Canterberry with unidentified man, 2001
Pauline Canterberry with unidentified man, undated
Pauline Canterberry with unidentified men, undated
Signed photograph of President George Bush for Pauline Canterberry, 2004
Two unidentified boys, undated
Unidentified baby girl, undated
Unidentified boy, undated
Unidentified boy in football gear, undated
Unidentified girl, undated
Unidentified girl, undated
Unidentified group of people, undated
Unidentified man and woman, undated
Unidentified man and woman, undated
Unidentified man and woman, undated
Unidentified man and woman, undated
Unidentified man and woman, undated
Unidentified man and woman with WVOP post board, 2001 March 20
Unidentified man playing guitar, undated
Unidentified men and women, undated
Unidentified men by river, undated
Unidentified people, undated
Unidentified people, undated
Unidentified people, undated
Unidentified toddler boy, undated
Unidentified women and children, undated
Photographs from people, 1999-2002, undated
Darrell and Vickie, deck floor, 2002
James L. Massey, picture of attic, coal dust on cloth, undated
James L. Massey, picture of attic, coal dust on cloth, also on back "Harry Staggers, certified electrician", undated
George and Sandra Meadows, coal dust on tarp, undated
Mary Miller, coal dust on chair arm, undated
Mary Miller, coal dust on door sill, undated
Mary Miller, coal dust on table, 2001 March
Mary Miller, coal dust on table, undated
James and Halline Thompson, coal blackened house siding, 1999 June 13
James and Halline Thompson, coal dust on hands from car, 2001 April 25
Virgil Jarrell, coal blackened tarp, 2000 April 15
Virgil Jarrell, coal blackened furniture, 2000 April 15
Lawrence Vealey, back door wiped spot to show dust, 2001 November
Lawrence Vealey, dirty door, note on back "should be white", 2002 February 20
Lawrence Vealey, window sill under cover of porch, rain drops in dust, caulk under winder was white, 2001 November
Lawrence Vealey, picked up rug took picture of dust around edge were rug laid, cleaned the (L) to show how dirty mat was, 2001 November
Susan Walker, portrait of unidentified boy in soccer uniform, undated
Susan Walker, portrait of unidentified boy in gi uniform, undated
Susan Walker, portrait of unidentified girl in ballet costume, undated
Susan Walker, Coal Mining Beauties, undated
Susan Walker, portrait of unidentified girl in dance costume, undated
Randall E. Price home pre-blast survey for permit D-21-82 (related to box 29, folder 6), 1997 December 4
Copies of photographs
Copies of photographs from M. Gunnoe of Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller holding broom and cloth in front of Elk Run coal mine complex
Copies of photographs of aerial view of coal mining facility, undated
Copies of photographs of buildings, coal mine facility, and frozen waterfall, undated
Copies of photographs of coal mine facility and dome, 2003, undated
Copies of photographs of coal mine facility and town, 2001, undated
Copies of photographs of home including pictures of Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller at the home, undated
Copies of photographs of Montcoal Mountain, West Virginia, 2000-2004
Copies of photographs of unidentified events, undated
Copy of photograph of Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller with coal dust on their noses, undated
Copy of photograph of Sundial Tipple mine, circa 1960s-1970s
Unidentified children in front of a train (found in Town of Whitesville Diamond Anniversary book, box 29, folder 13), undated
Negatives of Elk Run coal mine complex, town areas, and people, undated
Video cassette tapes, 2001-2003, undated
Coal dust on dome, at Sylvester, West Virginia, 2003 January 16
Dust checks for DEP starting, 2001 November 14
Grandchildren, undated
Senior camp Gilmen Co/ Coal dust, Sylvester, W.V., 2003 March 1-May 13/ Coal dust on Belt Line to load out night of April 11-12, not supposed to be running/ Crane fall on 2003 May 16, Pauline Canterberry, 2003
Sylvester coal dust, Pauline Canterberry, undated
Sylvester homecoming, 2003
Unlabeled, undated
Memorabilia, 1994, 2007, undated
Boone-Raleigh Public Services District, Water Pollution Control Project, Ground Breaking Ceremony plaque presented to Sterling J. Miller, Commissioner, BR PSD, 1994 October 20
Pauline Canterberry Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition button pin, undated
Pauline Canterberry Philadelphia trip plane ticket, 2007
Pauline Canterberry Retired and Senior Volunteer Program bag, undated
West Virginia Organizing Project button pin, undated
West Virginia Tobacco Cessation Program fan, undated
Coal dust samples, 2004-2010, undated
November 6
Car washed 2004 May 7 4 P.M., this 2004 May 8 10:30 P.M., 2004 May 8
Chair, 2006 January 7
Coal dust and dirt sample, undated
Inside window sill and outside window sill, 2008 November 15
One fan blade, undated
Over night, undated
One window sill, undated
Pauline, at 5:30 A.M. going to work, coal dust on [?], Hallin, undated
Porch chair, 2007 October 14
Porch table top, 2007 January 25
Sylvester home, dining room, window sill, 9:15 A.M., 2005 July 30
Vinyl siding 42x5, 2004 May 7
Window sill, 2007 November 17
Window sill, 2008 November 7
Window sill, front porch, 2008 April 4
Unlabeled coal sample, undated
8:30 A.M., 2007 January 9
Chunk of coal, undated
Paper towels used to wipe coal dust from window sills, 2010 September 9
Plastic bottle of Coal River Sludge Spill, 2005 December 10
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- Correspondence, 2002-2012, undated
- Department of Environmental Protection, 1982-2013, undated
- Subject files, 1985-2012, undated
- Coal River Mountain Watch, 2001-2011, undated
- Legal information, 1980-2011, undated
- Maps and permits, 1979-2012, undated
- Pauline Canterberry personal files, 1995-2005, undated
- Photographs, 1920s-2009, undated
- Video cassette tapes, 2001-2003, undated
- Memorabilia, 1994, 2007, undated
- Coal dust samples, 2004-2010, undated
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