West Virginia and Regional History Center
Paul Nyden, Collector, Five Unpublished Manuscripts Dealing with Coal Mining, Miners, and Unions
Nyden, Paul
A&M 2628
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0.77 Linear Feet
9 1/4 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)
circa 1932, 1970-1975
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
English
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nyden, Paul, 1979/03/21.
Existence and Location of Copies
The library at Wayne State University has a copy of one manuscript, Tom Myerscough's Bloody Hell in Kentucky, see here https://reuther.wayne.edu/files/LP000622.pdf
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Paul Nyden, Collector, Five Unpublished Manuscripts Dealing with Coal Mining, Miners, and Unions, A&M 2628, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Five unpublished manuscripts relating to coal mining, miners, and unions, in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
(1) Tom Myerscough,
<part>Bloody Hell in Kentucky</part>, circa 1932, a fictionalized account of the National Miners Union strike in Harlan County, Kentucky, in 1931. Myerscough became an organizer and then president of the National Miners Union.
(2) Adam Getto, <part>Autobiography</part>, 1975, an autobiography of his experiences as a union section leader at Bethlehem Steel's Ellsworth Mine in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania.
(3) Miriam Schultz, <part>Bread Upon the Waters</part>, circa 1970, a novel about coal miners in western Pennsylvania.
(4) Miriam Schultz, "Larry Corcoran," circa 1970, a short story about a coal miner in western Pennsylvania.
(5) Tony Sabo, <part>Stripped Naked in Public</part>, circa 1971, an autobiographical account about his life in coal towns in northern West Virginia and his work in the Welfare Rights Organization.
Microfilm contains copies of <part>Autobiography</part>, <part>Stripped Naked in Public</part>, and "Larry Corcoran."
Conditions Governing Use
The Center does not have copyright to these materials. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Kentucky
Coal miners
Coal mining - Labor organization.
Coal mining -- Strikes
Coal mining.
Union names.
Unions - National Miners Union.
Unions - UMWA.
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.
Coal mines and mining -- Kentucky
Coal miners--West Virginia
Nyden, Paul
National Miners' Union (U.S.)
United Mine Workers of America
Getto, Adam
Myerscough, Tom
Sabo, Tony
Schultz, Miriam
Corcoran, Larry.
Getto, Adam
Getto, Adam
Myerscough, Tom
Myerscough, Tom
Nyden, Paul
Sabo, Tony
Sabo, Tony
Schultz, Miriam
Schultz, Miriam