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Collection
0194: Howard Burton Lee Papers
Institution
Marshall University Archives and Special Collections
Date
1921
Description
Logan County,WVa Sheriff Don Chafin (center, front row) with his "company-paid" deputies or mine guards, ca. 1921 Lee captioned this photo as: Don Chafin (marked X) and a group of his company-paid deputy sheriffs, known as mine guards. (They were subsidized by the Logan County Coal Operators Association) This photo was taken on the Logan County courthouse steps in Logan.Published in"Bloodletting in Appalachia," by Howard B. Lee, p.88
Format
Photograph
Subject
People: Chafin, Don
Subject Terms: West Virginia Mine Wars Logan County, W.Va. Logan, W. Va. Mine guards Strikes Mines (Warfare)
Type
Still Image
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Identifier
1977.07.0194.scbk1.12
Recommended Citation
"Logan County Sheriff Don Chafin & his paid mine guards, ca. 1920" (1921). 0194: Howard B. Lee Papers, 1902-1976. 17.
https://mds.marshall.edu/howard_lee_papers/17
