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Collection Name:
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Colorado Coal Project
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Title:
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Portal party after the union meeting
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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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Amusements--United States
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Subject URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009114887
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Subject:
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Wurlitzer organ
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1181749
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Subject:
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Amusements--United States
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Subject URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009114887
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Subject:
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United Mine Workers of America
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/515758
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Subject:
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Parties
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1054162
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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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The local union meeting in Paonia, Colorado ends on a positive note, where members acknowledge the involvement of women miners and the support from younger miners on the pension issue. The active support from labor unions all over the country is also applauded. Then Tim and Mary Walsh talk about how they came to be miners at the non-union Westmoreland Mine together. They had problems with management when they were organizing employees around the lack of safety measures. They explain the procedure of "pulling pillars" after a section has been mined. It is dangerous and requires the utmost in safety precautions, such as timbering the ceiling, which was not always done. Mary describes a cave-in accident she had as a consequence. The company had been having lease issues and started mining into a coal burn area, which also leads to cave-ins. Fifty percent of the employees would have to join the union for negotiations to be possible. The last part of the video shows the beginning of the portal party at a saloon.
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Description Type:
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summary
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Description:
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00:00 Talk of whether farmers will support the miners; 10:00 Miners mingling outside the school; 20:00 A mining couple talk about the procedure known as "pulling pillars;" 30:00 Live music at the saloon (Wurlitzer organ and electric guitar); 40:00 Live music and children at the saloon; 50:00 Saloon scenes; 60:00 Saloon audience; 1:00:50 End.
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Description Type:
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Segment sequence
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Publisher:
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University of Colorado Boulder Archives
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Contributor:
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Walsh, Tim
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Contributor:
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Walsh, Mary
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Date:
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1978-03-09
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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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145-Portal-Party.mov
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/vj9v006383wq
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Language:
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English
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Relation:
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Title: Party at the Portal, Paonia, Colorado
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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/r9683h63854t
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Relation:
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Title: Striking coal miners' union meeting
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Relation Type:
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isPartOf
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Relation href:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/55426300n40r
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Relation:
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Title: Portal party (pt. 2 of 2)
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Relation Type:
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isPartOf
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Relation href:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/f4959f58m3k8
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Relation:
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Title: Portal party (pt. 1 of 2)
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Relation Type:
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isPartOf
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Relation href:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/sz55432590n3
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Paonia (Delta, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Temporal):
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1950/1978
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