The Scotian Women Collection, 1970-1981
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- The Scotian Women Collection, 1970-1981
- Creator
- Pennington, Lee.
- Extent
- 0.45 cubic ft.
- Subjects
- Scotia Mine Disaster, Oven Fork, Ky., 1976.
- Coal mine accidents -- Kentucky -- Letcher County.
- Mine explosions -- Kentucky -- Letcher County.
- Scripts.
- Clippings.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Lee Pennington, author and dramatist, was born in the Appalachian community of White Oak in Morgan County, Kentucky. Inspired by Jesse Stuart, his high school principal and friend, Pennington published over 1,000 poems, 100 articles, eleven books, and four plays.
- The Scotian Women, a play in two acts, is a story of the women who awaited news of their loved ones after the Scotia Mine Disaster at Oven Fork, Kentucky in Letcher County. Twenty-six men died in the disaster after two separate explosions occurred in the mine on March 9 and 11, 1976. The play was produced and performed at the University of Kentucky's Guignol Theater in February 1981.
- Scope and Content
- These materials relate to The Scotian Women, a play by Lee Pennington. The collection contains newspaper clippings, notes, various drafts and a final copy of the script, as well as promotional materials from the UK Theater production in February 1981. The clippings, primarily from Louisville's Courier-Journal, not only cover the Scotia Mine Disaster and subsequent investigation, but also the funerals and personal stories of the men who died and of the families and friends they left behind.
Contents of the Collection
CLIPPINGS
NOTES
PLAY
Concept
Characters
Carbon copy of early draft
Rough drafts of script additions
Script with handwritten changes
Final complete script
Author's note, program from the UK Theater production, flyer, and review from The Lexington Leader.
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