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Oral History Interview - Jim Stewart

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Material Type
Recording
Date Range
1993
Accession No.
19971067013
Scope and Content
1 VHS t-60. Length: 27 minutes.jim Stewart talks about coal mining.see attached for summary of the tape. He started in the mine in 1942 at the age of 30. Prior to this he worked in a bakery. He started as a company man, went to contracting, and then got his fire boss papers. - Talks about a stri…
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Material Type
Recording
Date Range
1993
Physical Condition
Excellent
Acquisition Source
Sir Alexander Galt Museum
Scope and Content
1 VHS t-60. Length: 27 minutes.jim Stewart talks about coal mining.see attached for summary of the tape. He started in the mine in 1942 at the age of 30. Prior to this he worked in a bakery. He started as a company man, went to contracting, and then got his fire boss papers. - Talks about a strike at the Shaughnessy Mine and having problems with the union because fire bosses were not required to join the union, but the union wanted them to. - Talks about some of the equipment used in the mines. - Describes a typical day of a miner. k- Talks about the temperature underground, the stables and horses. - Talks about wages. - Talks about the ethnic mix in the mines. - - Talks about an mine accident he was in that resulted in a broken leg.
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Accession No.
19971067013
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