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Over 200 pages of handwritten mining history are now available to all thanks to over 50 digital volunteers from 15 countries who helped transcribe it. The journal records the history of coal mining in Pennsylvania during a particularly dramatic year—1897. Throughout the summer of 1897, the coal fields were shaken by waves of protests and strikes, many of them spearheaded by a then-young union, the United Mine Workers of America.
Thank you to everyone who pitched in to help transcribe and to spread the word. Click to learn more about the journal and see the completed project.
Want to help on future projects? Check out the Smithsonian Transcription Center: https://transcription.si.edu
#MiningHistory #Mining1897 #AmericanHistory
#CoalMining #BlackAndWhite
Over 200 pages of handwritten mining history are now available to all thanks to over 50 digital volunteers from 15 countries who helped transcribe it. The journal records the history of coal mining in Pennsylvania during a particularly dramatic year—1897. Throughout the summer of 1897, the coal fields were shaken by waves of protests and strikes, many of them spearheaded by a then-young union, the United Mine Workers of America.
Thank you to everyone who pitched in to help transcribe and to spread the word. Click to learn more about the journal and see the completed project.
Want to help on future projects? Check out the Smithsonian Transcription Center: https://transcription.si.edu
#MiningHistory #Mining1897 #AmericanHistory
#CoalMining #BlackAndWhite
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