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Collection Name:
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Colorado Coal Project
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Title:
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A Greek mining family in Sunnyside, Utah
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Creator:
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Margolis, Eric, 1947-
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Creator URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00101170
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Creator:
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McMahan, Ronald L.
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Creator URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94033808
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Subject:
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Coal miners--Personal narratives
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Subject:
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Utah--Sunnyside
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1267363
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Subject:
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Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/631491
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Subject:
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Immigrants--United States--History--20th century
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Subject URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008123054
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Subject:
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Coal mines and mining
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/865355
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Subject:
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Interviews
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423832
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Description:
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A couple in their sixties recounts emigrating from Greece and coming to Utah. Mrs. Bikakis' father was recruited in Crete in 1904 and was sent to Utah, where she was born. Bikakis spent a month on Ellis Island with his mother and sister, before they were allowed to rejoin his father in Utah. He began working in coal mines when he was 14. After 16 years, he quit mining, had a ranch, a grocery store, and finally a tavern in Sunnyside, which the couple turned into a Greek restaurant. They reminisce how local Greeks made good wines. The town's population is down from 12,000 to 3000. U.S. Steel (Provo) and Kaiser Steel (Fontana, CA) are still running mines and one of their two sons is a miner. There is talk with other people in the restaurant about farming, ranching, and droughts.
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Description Type:
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summary
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Publisher:
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University of Colorado Boulder Archives
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Contributor:
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Bikakis, Mae, 1912-1990
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Contributor:
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Bikakis, Nick, 1908-1989
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Date:
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1978-04-25
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Type:
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Text
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Format:
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application/pdf
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Identifier:
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narv_coloradoCoal_transBikakis.pdf
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/1c3j6j18g2rv
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Language:
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English
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Relation:
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Title: A Greek mining family in Sunnyside, Utah
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Relation Type:
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isFormatOf
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Relation href:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/4c0c5g21w5xk
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Relation href:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/j10t9j68z01r
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Relation href:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/7c2f3358s5z2
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Carbon County (Utah, United States, North America) (civil)
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Coverage (Temporal):
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1898/1978
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Sunnyside (Carbon, Utah, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Utah (United States, North America) (first order administrative divisions)
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