Additional Resources
Secondary Source Materials:
Ohio History Central: George Hoadly
Ohio History Central: Great Hocking Valley Coal Strike of 1884-1885
Ohio History Central: Coal Mining
Ohio History Central: Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company
Web Resources
Barnard College: Reacting to the Past – History as Hypothesis
Developed by Mark C. Carnes at Barnard College, this award-winning curriculum requires students to assume roles and engage in history while developing persuasive speech, expository writing, and research skills.
Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage Discovery Center – Johnstown Area Heritage Association
This site offers a brief history of the immigration and migration of various groups to the Johnstown, PA area attracted by work in the coal and steel industries.
http://www.jaha.org/DiscoveryCenter/immigration.html
National Child Labor Committee Collection - American Memory - Library of Congress
The collection consists of more than 5,100 photographic prints and 355 glass negatives taken by investigative photographer Lewis Hine for NCLC documenting the working and living conditions of children in the United States between 1908 and 1924. Try search terms: Coal Mining and Coal Miners.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/nclchtml/nclcabt.html
PBS: Joe Hill – KUED 7 - University of Utah
Joe Hill offers a profile of the early 20th century labor martyr, putting his story into the context of immigration history and labor union movements. The site features sound files and film clips. Of special interest: Early Mining.
http://www.kued.org/productions/joehill/
Samuel Gompers Papers Project: A Documentary History of Trade and Labor Unions in the U.S. and Canada
A collection of primary source materials related to the life of Samuel Gompers and American labor history. Sponsored by the University of Maryland College Park, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the AFL-CIO.
http://www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/index.htm
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company 1880-1920 – American Memory – Library of Congress
This collection from the Detroit Publishing Company Collection includes over 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States. Try searching: Mining.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html
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