Detail View: Colorado Coal Project: Interview with Mrs. Martha Todd (part 2 of 2) and her husband

Collection Name: 
Colorado Coal Project
Title: 
Interview with Mrs. Martha Todd (part 2 of 2) and her husband
Creator: 
Margolis, Eric, 1947-
Creator URI: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00101170
Creator: 
McMahan, Ronald L.
Creator URI: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94033808
Subject: 
Coal mines and mining
Subject URI: 
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/865355
Subject: 
Coal mines and mining--Colorado--Huerfano County
Subject: 
Interviews
Subject URI: 
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423832
Subject: 
Coal miners--Personal narratives
Description: 
Mrs. Martha Todd relates the early days of her family, who all emigrated from Scotland. Despite poverty, she fondly remembers her childhood among friendly neighbors in Taltec (possibly Toltec). Born in Dawson, New Mexico in 1904, she vividly recalls the coal strike beginning in 1913 and a mine explosion with fatalities in 1914. She describes winter in Floresta, Colorado with 2 feet of snow and hand-made skis. Many miners were hard drinkers, and her father (Alexander Marshall) often assembled his work-crew in the saloons. During the coal-mining boom, Walsenburg had many thriving businesses. She worries about future prospects in the area for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She recalls dancing in the street on Armistice Day, 1918. Her mother witnessed a speech by Mother Jones from the courthouse steps during the 1913 strike, and at least 2 young friends were shot down in the street. Another strike followed in 1927, called by the IWW.
Description Type: 
summary
Publisher: 
University of Colorado Boulder Archives
Contributor: 
Todd, Martha 1904-1986
Date: 
1978-02-05
Type: 
Text
Format: 
application/pdf
Identifier: 
narv_coloradoCoal_transTodd2.pdf
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/4g1h5q8499z4
Language: 
English
Relation: 
Title: Mr. and Mrs. Todd and Walsenburg area
Relation Type: 
references
Relation href: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/w2510w88b9xk
Relation: 
Title: Interview with Mrs. Martha Todd (part 1 of 2), her husband, and an acquaintance named Louis.
Relation Type: 
isPartOf
Relation href: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/8b7t02169786
Relation: 
Title: Interview with Mrs. Martha Todd (second video)
Relation Type: 
references
Relation href: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/n68j3s92r3s3
Relation: 
Title: Interview with Mrs. Martha Todd (first video)
Relation Type: 
references
Relation href: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/jh021c9935pq
Coverage (Spatial): 
Ideal Mine (Huerfano, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
Coverage (Temporal): 
1883/1975
Coverage (Spatial): 
Huerfano County (Colorado, United States, North America) (civil)
Coverage (Spatial): 
Pictou Mine (Huerfano, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
Coverage (Spatial): 
Mutual Mine (Huerfano, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
Coverage (Spatial): 
Walsenburg (Huerfano, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)