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- children, work (talking)
- Interviews; Storytelling; Moonshine;
- Earl Rife explains his work history, supporting his children, and tells a story to interviewer, Patty Mullins. His stills have been cut up over sixty times.
- Ferrum College
- Tree felling and pacifying bees
- Bees; Equipment; Lumber industry
- Three men work on a bee tree. One man in a beekeeper's hat and gloves pacifies honey bees with a bee smoker, while the other two men cut the tree with a crosscut saw. Part of a series of photos of a bee hunting trip attributed to Ted Dehart.
- Ferrum College
- "Working" at the Vardy Presbyterian Church
- Churches; Maintenance & repair
- Community people would gather to work on church maintenance and making firewood. The school was also constructed in this manner. Here they are repairing the walkway. Mr. Leonard is at the left end of the saw.
- King College
- Dr. James L. Cunningham
- Physicians;
- Tri-fold brochure describing the life and work of James L. Cunningham, a physician in Pickens, WV. At the time of his death in 1965, Dr. Cunningham was the eldest physician in the U.S.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Receipt from Wheeling Department 25 for work done at the Hempfield Railroad
- Digging; Railroads; Railroad construction & maintenance; Railroad construction workers;
- This is a receipt from Wheeling Department 25 for work done at the Hempfield Railroad site in 1857. It is for digging 8 1/2 feet in 5 hours time. The amount on the receipt is $4.83. The Hempfield Railroad was incorporated in 1850. The road ran to...
- Wheeling Jesuit University
- pouring concrete (talking)
- Interviews;
- Willie Guy Rainey talks about pouring concrete and healthy work during an interview with Bob Jordan, a teacher at Warren Wilson, and Laura Boosinger, a Warren Wilson student. Willie was born in Calhoun County, Alabama in 1901.
- Warren Wilson College
- family, sharecropping, pouring concrete (talking)
- Interviews; Moonshine;
- Willie Guy Rainey talks about liquor, his family, and work during an interview with Bob Jordan, a teacher at Warren Wilson, and Laura Boosinger, a Warren Wilson student. Willie was born in Calhoun County, Alabama in 1901.
- Warren Wilson College
- Pikeville "Cut-Thru" Project
- rural areas; construction; roads
- This image was taken while the work was progessing.
- University of Pikeville
- slate falls, close calls, pay (talking)
- Interviews; Mining;
- Gene Carpenter talks with Kip Lornell about going to work in the mines near Gary, in McDowell County, West Virginia, and some near disasters. Gene was born in Allegeny County, North Carolina, and lives in Grayson County, Virginia, where this...
- Ferrum College
- accidents, black lung (talking)
- Interviews; Mining;
- Gene Carpenter talks with Kip Lornell about going to work in the mines near Gary, in McDowell County, West Virginia, and getting blacklung while in the mines. Gene was born in Allegeny County, North Carolina, and lives in Grayson County, Virginia,...
- Ferrum College
- other mining tasks, Roofbolting Daddy (talking)
- Interviews; Mining; Singing;
- Gene Carpenter talks with Kip Lornell about going to work in the mines near Gary, in McDowell County, West Virginia, and a song he wrote about roofbolting in the mines. Gene was born in Allegeny County, North Carolina, and lives in Grayson County,...
- Ferrum College
- mine work, roofbolting (talking)
- Interviews; Mining;
- Gene Carpenter talks with Kip Lornell about going to work in the mines near Gary, in McDowell County, West Virginia, roofbolting in the mines, and his occupation beforehand. Gene was born in Allegeny County, North Carolina, and lives in Grayson...
- Ferrum College
- Men build buck fence
- Fences; Equipment
- Newton Hylton and an unidentified man work outside, building a buck fence. The man holds a pole steady as Hylton pounds it into the ground with a wooden mallet. Part of a series of photos on the construction of a buck fence.
- Ferrum College
- father's work, sharecropping (talking)
- Interviews; Sharecroppers; Interviews;
- Daniel Womack talks about his youth and his father's sharecropping work. Since his religious conversion, he no longer plays the secular music he performed in his youth. The interviewer is Doug Day. Daniel grew up in Pittsylvania County, Virginia...
- Ferrum College
- Clean Eagle Coal Company scrip
- Tokens; Company stores
- Five cent scrip issued by Clean Eagle Coal Co., Mallory, WV, for use in company store.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Manufacturers and Consumers Coal Co., Fayette, W. Va.
- Coal mining;
- Photo postcard of coal mine and surrounding camp. Addressed to Mrs. S. D. Carmichael, Tarna, Iowa. Postmark dated Philadelphia, Mar. 6, 1903
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Agreement for Members of the United Mine Workers of America
- Labor unions; Mining; Coal miners; Labor unions; Labor unions
- A collective bargaining agreement for mine workers.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Boone Supply Company scrip
- Tokens; Company stores
- Five cent scrip issued by Boone Supply Company, for use in company store.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Attempt by Communists to seize the American labor movement
- Labor unions; Coal miners; Labor unions; Communism
- This series of six articles was prepared by the United Mine Workers of America, disclosing the attempt that is being made by the Red forces, under the direct supervision of Moscow, to seize control of the organized labor movement of America and use...
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- William Ann Coal Company scrip
- Tokens; Company stores;
- Scrip from the William Ann Coal Company, Burch, West Virginia. Ten cent value for use in company store.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College