Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project – Duvin Mine Explosion
Series Number: OH186
Interviewee: Green, Patricia “Trisha”
Interviewer: Robyn W. Dunn
Date interviewed: 5 November 1995
Processed by: Processed by Benjamin J. Drake in September of 2012.
Date processed: October 1, 2012
Description: 1 sound disc (33 minutes)
Abstract: Patricia “Trisha” Green provides a second hand account of the Duvin Mine explosion on July 14, 1939 at Providence, Kentucky. She received information of the disaster through her mother whose brother-in-law, Carl “Big Boy” Holloman, Jr., had perished in the mine explosion. She describes the rescue efforts and the impact that the disaster had on her family along with the community of Providence. She also explores aspects of unionization of the miners, mining scripts or “flickers”, safety concerns and racial issues.
Biographical / Historical note: Patricia “Trisha” Green was born in Providence, Kentucky on September 25, 1943. Many in her family worked in the coal mines of western Kentucky. Her family relocated soon after her birth buts she returned to Providence prior to the interview.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Green, Patricia, 1943-
Ruckman Coal Company.
Duvin Coal Mines (Providence, Ky.)
Coal miners – Kentucky – Webster County.
Coal mines and mining – Kentucky – Webster County.
Mine explosions – Kentucky.
