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| Title | Ozanic, Joseph Sr. - Interview and Memoir |
| Subject |
Coal Mines and Mining Coal Mines and Mining--Accidents Coal Mines and Mining--Strikes and Lockouts |
| Description | Ozanic, coal miner, discusses various aspects of coal mining during the early and mid 20th century and especially mining unions: the conflict between the Progressive Miners of America and United Mine Workers of America, the mine wars and martyrs, John L. Lewis, Mother Jones, Frank Farrington, the American Federation of Labor, Virden riot, marches on Mulkeytown and Coulterville, mine work, mine conditions and disasters, improvements in the mines, federal government involvement, the Guffy-Vinson Coal Act and his work for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. |
| Creator | Ozanic, Joseph Sr. (1895-1978) |
| Contributing Institution | Oral History Collection, Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Contributors | Rhodes, Rex, Herndon, Barbara, and Cherniavsky, Nick [interviewers] |
| Date | 1972 and 1974 |
| Type | text; sound |
| Digital Format | PDF; MP3 |
| Identifier | OZ1 |
| Language | en |
| Relation | COAL MINING AND UNION ACTIVITIES PROJECT |
| 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 | Joseph Ozanic, Sr. Memoir Volume I |
| Source | Joseph Ozanic, Sr. Memoir Volume I.pdf |
| 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 |