Interviewer
Dorothy Lestor
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Description
This interview is one of a series conducted concerning West Virginia coal mining. In this interview, Mr. and Mrs. Mullins discuss briefly a variety of topics, including farming during the Great Depression, mining, the Battle of Blair Mountain, transporting coal, a payroll robbery at Warren Cliff and moonshining. Mr. Mullins also talks of his job as constable in the Huff Creek District, the gathering of ginseng, his work in a mill in Kentucky, blacks in the coal fields, and food. Mother Jones is also mentioned.
Publication Date
1976
Identifier
OH64-151
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-151.
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Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-151, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Mullins, Eli -- Autobiography.
Mullins, Eli, Mrs. -- Autobiography.
Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Coal miners -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Oral histories.