Interview with Jessie Whitely and William Wilson

Interview with Jessie Whitely and William Wilson

In this interview, Jesse Whitley talks about ore mining and coal mining. He compares the two and discusses how mules were used. He explains the process of ore mining and describes how they were trained and the hierarchy of jobs. He also discusses the labor union, the difficulty it brought but also t...

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Oral histories
Online Access:http://purl.lib.ua.edu/54352
format Electronic
collection Working Lives Oral History Collection
building University of Alabama Libraries
publisher University of Alabama Libraries
topic Oral histories
spellingShingle Oral histories
Interview with Jessie Whitely and William Wilson
fulltopic Oral histories
Whitely, Jessie--Interviews; Wilson, William--Interviews; interviews; transcripts
description In this interview, Jesse Whitley talks about ore mining and coal mining. He compares the two and discusses how mules were used. He explains the process of ore mining and describes how they were trained and the hierarchy of jobs. He also discusses the labor union, the difficulty it brought but also the improvements, especially in medical care. They also went from working 12-hour days to working eight-hour days.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.
spelling Interview with Jessie Whitely and William WilsonWhitely, Jessie (Interviewee); Wilson, William (Interviewee); McCallum, Steve (Interviewer)Sound; Text1984 June 28engelectronic; image/jpeg; 1 audio cassette; 1 transcriptIn this interview, Jesse Whitley talks about ore mining and coal mining. He compares the two and discusses how mules were used. He explains the process of ore mining and describes how they were trained and the hierarchy of jobs. He also discusses the labor union, the difficulty it brought but also the improvements, especially in medical care. They also went from working 12-hour days to working eight-hour days.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.Whitely, Jessie--Interviews; Wilson, William--Interviews; interviews; transcriptsUnited States--Alabama--Jefferson County--BirminghamThe University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsWorking Lives Oral History Projectu0008_0000003_0000074http://purl.lib.ua.edu/54352Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections.http://cdm17336.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/u0008_0000003/id/164
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