Harlan County mine strike photographs
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Harlan County mine strike photographs
- Date
- 1939 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.25 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Coal mines and mining -- Kentucky
- Coal miners -- Kentucky -- Harlan County
- Labor unions -- Kentucky.
- Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- Kentucky -- Harlan County.
- Preferred Citation
- 81pa109: [identification of item], Harlan County mine strike photographs, 1939, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- 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 May 15th, 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 Harlan County mine strike photographs (dated 1939; 0.25 cubic feet; 1 box) consists of twenty-two black and white silver prints of Kentucky National Guardsmen and Harlan County mine workers during the Harlan County mine strike in 1939.
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 University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Three National Guardsmen at a table, 1939
Nine miners sitting in a coal mine, 1939
National Guardsmen on a hillside, overlooking a road, 1939
National Guardsmen around an outdoor fire, 1939
Strings of empty coal cars on railroad tracks, 1939
A crowd of miners lined up to pick up lunch, 1939
Miners on a mining cart leaving a mine entrance, 1939
A crowd of men and women walking on a road with cars parked at the side, 1939
Miners leaving a mine entrance in a cart with police watching, 1939
National Guardsmen watching a crowd of miners blocking a road, 1939
A crowd of miners blocking a road, 1939
A crowd of miners confronting soldiers, 1939
National Guardsmen dismounting from trucks at an assembly point, 1939
Troops confronting miners on a railroad track, 1939
A National Guardsmen talking with an elderly man, 1939
A crowd of miners in the bed of a truck, under guard, 1939
A line of miners with troops leading them, 1939
A grinning miner surrounded by National Guardsmen, 1939
An officer reading some document to three men, 1939
National Guardsmen and civilians talking, 1939
Two women with an injured man, 1939
National Guardsmen at a trestle, 1939
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