WEST KENTUCKY COAL PRODUCING COUNTIESButler Christian Crittenden Daviess Henderson Hopkins McLean Muhlenberg Ohio Union Webster
EAST KENTUCKY COAL PRODUCING COUNTIES
Bell
Boyd
Breathitt
Carter
Clay
Elliott
Floyd
Greenup
Harlan
Jackson
Johnson
Knott
Knox
Laurel
Lawrence
Lee
Leslie
Letcher
Magoffin
Martin
McCreary
Menifee
Morgan
Owsley
Perry
Pike
Whitley
GOAL 4: Expand the Western Kentucky Coal Legacy oral history project to include other mines in Western Kentucky.
Purpose: To record the stories of western Kentucky coal miners and compile a photo library of each of the sites and its people.
Action 1: Interview those associated with the Rudy mines – COMPLETED
- March 13th 1985 – Hewitt Magliner
- December 15th 1986 – Hewitt Magliner and Tom Kyle
- May 17th 2004 – Herman Kyle
- July 15th 2004 – Herman Kyle
- August 23rd 2004 – Bobby Gene McCormick
- August 24th 2004 – Anna Lee Greer
- August 24th 2004 – Judy Bailey
- October 5th 2004 – Mary lee Fitzgerald
- November 25th, 2004 – Sara McNulty
Action 2: Compile a photo library for Rudy Mine
– COMPLETED
Action 3: Historic preservation of documents (maps, letters, ledgers)
– Currently in process
Action 4: Transfer information and photos – Develop CD/DVD highlighting
the historic photos and information obtained from personal interviews and research.
– In the development stage
Cost: $5,000
Funding Source: $5,000 grant from Kentucky Historical Society’s Oral History Commission.
Applications due October 15th 2005
Action 5: Interview others associated with the coal mining industry in Western Kentucky, develop a photo library and begin to "tell the story" through photographs, CD/DVD and music.
Cost: $5,000
Funding Source: $5,000 grant from Kentucky Historical Society’s Oral History Commission. Applications due October 15th 2005
