OH185 Nettie Davis and Virginia Calbert Oral History

Robyn W. Dunn

Collection Title

Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - Duvin Mine Explosion

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Series Number

OH185

Interviewee

Davis, Nettie and Calbert, Virginia

Interviewer

Robyn W. Dunn

Date Interviewed

1995-11-26

Processed by

Benjamin J. Drake in September of 2012

Date Processed

2012-10-01

Description

1 sound disc (46 minutes)

Abstract

Nettie Davis and Virginia Calbert discuss their recollections of the Duvin Mine explosions on July 14, 1939 at Providence, Kentucky. They discuss James R. Gaither, the brother of Ms. Davis, and George Louis Springfield, the husband of Mrs. Calbert, who perished in the explosion. They describe the scene outside the mine in the hours and days following the explosion and the impact of the disaster on the community. They also recount the racial and economic conditions of the area at that time.

Biographical/Historical Note

Nettie Davis was born December 5, 1921. She was the sister of James R. Gaither, a miner that died in the Duvin Mine explosion on July 14, 1939. Virginia Calbert was born on May 6, 1906. She was the wife of George Louis Springfield, another miner who died in the disaster. She remarried in 1972 and died on June 3, 2004

General Information

No user access to original recordings. Use audio user copies, digital derivatives, transcripts, and/or tape indexes. This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission for reproduction must be requested from Murray State University.

Subject Headings/Descriptors

Davis, Nettie, 1921-

Calbert, Virginia, 1906-2004

Ruckman Coal Company

Duvin Coal Mines (Providence, Ky,)

Coal miners - Kentucky - Webster County.

Coal mines and mining - Kentucky - Webster County.

Mine Explosions - Kentucky.

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