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| Title | Wittka, John - Interview and Memoir |
| Subject |
Christian County (Ill.) Coal Mines and Mining Coal Mines and Mining--Strikes and Lockouts, "Mine Wars" Prohibition United Mine Workers (UMW) |
| Description | Wittka, coal miner in Christian County, Illinois, recalls his experiences as a strikebreaker, the mechanization of the mines, accidents, ethnicity, strikes and layoffs, United Mine Workers, and prohibition. |
| Creator | Wittka, John (1915-1996) |
| 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 | W786 |
| 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 | John Wittka Memoir |
| Source | John Wittka Memoir.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 |