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Collection
0194: Howard Burton Lee Papers
Institution
Marshall University Archives and Special Collections
Date
1924
Description
One of the barrack towns erected to house evicted miners and their families in the northern W.Va. coal fields, ca. 1924 Lee captioned the photo: Barrack town of striking miners in northern field. This was probably in either Marion or Barbour County, WVa. This was the last phase of the WVA mine wars that crushed the UMWA in WVa for decades.Published in"Bloodletting in Appalachia," by Howard B. Lee, p.152
Format
Photograph
Subject
Subject Terms: West Virginia Mine Wars Marion County, W.Va. Strikes Mines (Warfare) Barracks
Type
Still Image
Usage Rights
Identifier
1977.07.0194.scbk1.15
Recommended Citation
"Barrack town in northern WVa coal fields, ca. 1924" (1924). 0194: Howard B. Lee Papers, 1902-1976. 20.
https://mds.marshall.edu/howard_lee_papers/20
