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audio/mpeg  f213.2-fancher-01.mp3 (33MB) | John Fancher Oral History 1 | mp3 audio |
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audio/mpeg f213.2-fancher-05.mp3 (21MB) | John Fancher Oral History 5 | mp3 audio |
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audio/mpeg f213.2-fancher-04.mp3 (26MB) | John Fancher Oral History 4 | mp3 audio |
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audio/mpeg f213.2-fancher-03.mp3 (32MB) | John Fancher Oral History 3 | mp3 audio |
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audio/mpeg f213.2-fancher-02.mp3 (34MB) | John Fancher Oral History 2 | mp3 audio |
Description
| Title: | John Fancher Oral History |
| Author(s): | Fancher, John |
| Contributor(s): | Herndon, Barbara |
| Subject(s): | Oral history
Fancher, John (1899-1984) |
| Abstract: | Fancher discusses coal mining in Herrin and Springfield, Illinois, and in Alabama: coal mining work, uses of coal, union activities in Illinois and Alabama, UMW and PMA union conflicts, conflicts with management, organization of the Progressive Miners, union offices and resolutions, meetings, and members; John L. Lewis; the March on Mulkeytown, violence, and strikes. He also discusses growing up in Alabama in a coal mining family, hunting wild hogs, and prohibition. Interview by Barbara Herndon, 1975. 5 tapes, 450 mins. |
| Issue Date: | 1975 |
| Citation Info: | Fancher, John. Oral History. Barbara Herndon, interviewer. Oral History Collection, Archives/Special Collections, Brookens Library, University of Illinois at Springfield. |
| Genre: | Sound Recording (oral) |
| Type: | Audio |
| Language: | English |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/48871 |
| Other Identifier(s): | F213.2 |
| Publication Status: | unpublished |
| Peer Reviewed: | not peer reviewed |
| Rights Information: | Board of Trustees, University of Illinois |
| Date Available in IDEALS: | 2014-04-08 |
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Oral Histories - Untranscribed - UIS
Oral history interviews that lack a transcript