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Collection Name:
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Colorado Coal Project
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Title:
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Memories of a coal mining camp doctor (part 2 of 2)
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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 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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Coal mines and mining--Health aspects--United States
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Subject:
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Utah--Carbon County--History
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Subject:
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Employee motivation--Psychological aspects
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Subject:
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Utah--Helper
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1226781
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Subject:
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Utah--Price
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1222747
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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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Transcript continues on (pg. 19 of pdf transcript); 10:00 -- Indian clay dolls found nearby, his practice in California before return to Price, Utah in 1941 (pg. 22 of pdf transcript); 20:00 -- Difficulties of modern mining, dangers of consumer credit (pg. 26 of pdf transcript); 30:00 -- Contrasting values of the 1930s-1940s vs. modern values (pg. 30 of pdf transcript); 40:00 -- Helper, Utah: a busy but tranquil town, despite ethnic diversity, accident survivors, widows, and orphans (pg. 35 of pdf transcript); 50:00 -- Black lung and other respiratory diseases, medical lessons he's learned from the coal camps (pg. 39 of pdf transcript); 60:00 -- His personal experiences as a doctor, including delivering babies, the town's bicentennial project (pg. 46 of pdf transcript).
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Description Type:
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Segment Sequence
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Description:
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A doctor recounts his experiences in Utah coal mining camps from 1937 to 1940. He was employed by a medical fund, which was overseen by a foreman and the local union president, therefore he was not beholden to the company. Some camps had a bartering system for extra services. He relates anecdotes about injuries, accidents, deaths, and births. Widely respected, he also often assumed the role of conciliator. He describes mining methods and the typical compensation. In the summer, when a miner made three dollars, usually one dollar went to the union. Later Dorman attempted to preserve the mining history of four adjacent counties but ran into financial problems and red tape. A discussion follows comparing the work morale then and now. While mining was dangerous and laborious, workers relied on personal know-how and were craftsmen. In modern times the process is so automated that miners take no pride in their work.
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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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Dorman, Dr.
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Date:
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1978-04-25
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Type:
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Moving image
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Format:
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video/mov
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Identifier:
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157-Dorman.mov
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/t46h2297n18p
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Language:
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English
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Relation:
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Title: Memories of a coal mining camp doctor (part 1 of 2)
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Relation Type:
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relatesTo
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Relation href:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/j61f6q56483b
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Relation:
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Title: Memories of a coal mining camp doctor
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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/fp586p44g4zs
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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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1890/1978
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Helper (Carbon, Utah, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Price (Carbon, Utah, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Trinidad (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Utah (United States, North America) (state)
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