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Collection Name:
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Colorado Coal Project
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Title:
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Interview with Welchie Matthias, July 2, 1975
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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 Strike (Colorado : 1913-1914)
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1404237
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Subject:
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Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Colorado
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Subject URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85128770
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Subject:
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Coal miners--Personal narratives
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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--Colorado
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Subject URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97002598
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Subject:
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Labor disputes--Colorado
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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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Interview with Welsh immigrant miner, Welchie Matthias, in which he lists the dozens of mines that speckled Colorado during the mining rush, the dangerous mining conditions, and operational procedures leading up to the labor movements. Matthias discusses the cultural diversity in the mining camps including Welsh, Italian and Mexican immigrants. Life in mining camps is described in detail, the living conditions for families in huts throughout the mining camps, and how they were allowed to spend free time when so little was available to them. According to Matthias, mining companies managed to profit from the laborers first in the mines, and later in the mining camp stores which provided the food and supplies that were necessities for workers and their families. Matthias also stresses the importance of union involvement in the labor movement, and his loyalty to the union which has endured over the decades.
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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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Matthias, Welchie Henry, 1894-1978
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Date:
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1975-07-02
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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_transMathias.pdf
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/kz133v10378w
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Language:
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English
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Relation:
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Title: Interview with Welchie Matthias, July 2, 1975 (part 2 of 2)
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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/mk348f51v4ss
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Relation:
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Title: Interview with Welchie Matthias
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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:/47540/852x7f21f75v
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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 (Temporal):
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1909/1975
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Maitland Mine (Huerfano, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Royal Mine (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Morrison Mine (Weld, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Berwind Mines (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Aguilar (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Erie (Boulder, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Columbine Mine (Weld, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Imperial Mine (Weld, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Frederick (Weld, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Louisville (Boulder, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Lafayette (Boulder, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Ludlow (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Tabasco Mine (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Monarch Number One Mine (Boulder, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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