"Duke" Vern Allison Memoir |
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| Title | Allison'Duke" Vern - Interview and Memoir |
| Subject |
Christian County (Ill.) Coal Mines and Mining Progressive Miners of America (PMA) |
| Description | Allison, coal miner, recalls working conditions, hazards, pay, and relations between co-workers in Christian County, Illinois. He also discusses work done at the mine, reaction to the Progressive Miners movement, mechanization, and the problems of unemployment and obtaining insurance. |
| Creator | Allison, "Duke" Vern b. 1915 |
| Contributing Institution | Oral History Collection, Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Contributors | Corley, Kevin [interviewer] |
| Date | 1986 |
| Type | text; sound |
| Digital Format | PDF; MP3 |
| Identifier | AL56 |
| Language | en |
| Relation | ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY |
| Rights | © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html |
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| Title | "Duke" Vern Allison Memoir |
| Rights | © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html |