Industry
The Mahn Center has a massive amount of material documenting different industries in Appalachia, from transportation to coal mining and much more. Some important examples are listed below.
Extracting Appalachia by
Call Number: TN805.Z6 B83 2004ISBN: 0821415565Publication Date: 2004-04-15Using company records, state and federal government documents, contemporary newspaper accounts, and other archival materials, Geoffrey L. Buckley shows that these photographs reveal much more than meets the eye. Extracting Appalachia places these historic mining images in their social, cultural, and historical context, uncovering the true value and meaning of this rare documentary record. Viewer Discretion is advised for some of the photographs.
Coal Mining Collections
- Frank Buhla Collection
The Frank Buhla collection contains hundreds of photographs collected by Frank Buhla depicting the early industry, coal mining, company towns, and covered bridges of southeast Ohio. These date primarily from the late 1800s to the early 1900s and were displayed in the back of his son’s antique shop in Glouster, Ohio. - Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company Records
The Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company records includes time books, ore scale books, ledgers, level books, rental books, store books, cash books, letter books, shipping records, payroll books and maps. Many of the records contain listings of the names of thousands of employees, customers, and other people that had contact with the company. Employees are sometimes listed with job classifications, wages paid, rent, and company store records. - John Owens PapersThe John Owens Collection spans from 1900-1972. It documents Owens' time as a labor leader for the United Mine Workers. This collection contains over 200 photos, court documents, speeches, and correspondence to other prominent labor leaders among other records.
- United Mine Workers of America – District 6The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), District 6 records spans from 1873 to 1971 and documents an important era of the UMWA in Ohio. The collection includes correspondence, official circulars and government reports, financial reports, newspaper clippings, wire service bulletins, union registers, publications in bound volumes, bill books and photographs. Some of the more important events detailed within the collection include: the devastating strike of 1927, the reorganization effort carried out in District 6 in 1929, the 1932 strike in the Hocking and Sunday Creek Valleys, the role the Union played in the war effort, and details of the District's financial situation.
- Peter L. Goss Photograph Collection
Contains photographs taken from 1966-1970 in southeast Ohio of coal tipples, brick kilns, Rardin's Lumberyard, and the Athens Baltimore & Ohio train depot.