Interview with King Chandler, Jr.

Interview with King Chandler, Jr.

In this interview, Chandler recalls growing up in the Muscoda mining camps; he discusses camp schools and baseball teams, and meeting his wife in the camp. For income, Chandler worked in the iron ore mines, went into the army and worked for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). He also rented an...

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collection Working Lives Oral History Collection
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publisher University of Alabama Libraries
topic Oral histories
spellingShingle Oral histories
Interview with King Chandler, Jr.
fulltopic Oral histories
Chandler, King, Jr.--Interviews; Mining camps--Alabama--Muscoda; Iron ores--Alabama; United States. Works Progress Administration; Depressions--1929--Alabama; United States--Civilization--1970-; interviews; transcripts
description In this interview, Chandler recalls growing up in the Muscoda mining camps; he discusses camp schools and baseball teams, and meeting his wife in the camp. For income, Chandler worked in the iron ore mines, went into the army and worked for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). He also rented an acre of land from the company, for farming. Chandler also discusses living during the Depression; he recalls that the Red Cross set up stores that issued flour, meal, peas, rice, vegetables and canned pork.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.
spelling Interview with King Chandler, Jr.Chandler, King, Jr. (Interviewee); McCallum, Brenda (Interviewer); McCallum, Steve (Interviewer)Sound; Text1983 May 23engelectronic; image/jpeg; 1 audio cassette; 1 transcriptIn this interview, Chandler recalls growing up in the Muscoda mining camps; he discusses camp schools and baseball teams, and meeting his wife in the camp. For income, Chandler worked in the iron ore mines, went into the army and worked for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). He also rented an acre of land from the company, for farming. Chandler also discusses living during the Depression; he recalls that the Red Cross set up stores that issued flour, meal, peas, rice, vegetables and canned pork.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.Chandler, King, Jr.--Interviews; Mining camps--Alabama--Muscoda; Iron ores--Alabama; United States. Works Progress Administration; Depressions--1929--Alabama; United States--Civilization--1970-; interviews; transcriptsUnited States--Alabama--Jefferson County--BirminghamThe University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsWorking Lives Oral History Projectu0008_0000003_0000013http://purl.lib.ua.edu/54295Images 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/81
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