A Preliminary Study of the United Mine Workers in Appalachia

FAIN: RO-12713-77

York University (Toronto, Canada, Canada)
Peter J. Laska (Project Director: April 1977 to present)
Charles K. Sullivan (Co Project Director: April 1977 to March 1978)

To investigate and record an interpretive history of four local unions of the UMW in a manner that involves the membership in every aspect of their work. To investigate the quality of the miner’s life and work from the perspective of the men themselves.