- Collection:
- Working Lives Oral History Project
- Title:
- Interview with Mack Gibson
- Contributor to Resource:
- Gibson, Mack
Kuhn, Cliff - Date of Original:
- 1984-06-22
- Subject:
- Gibson, Mack--Interviews
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- interviews
transcripts - Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg - Description:
- In this interview, Mack Gibson recalls his years as a coal miner. He talks about mining methods, working conditions and the various dangers associated with mining. He recalls seeing many men killed in the mine and says that while it never made him want to quit, it did make him more careful. Gibson also recalls The Depression in the interview. He says that people would often grow a little corn or cotton to help get by. He had a garden and raised hogs for extra money and food. Gibson talks about the first union organizers that came around, explaining that the meetings could not be held on company property and would often be held in the woods. He recalls seeing men beaten by a company deputy for saying they were too sick to work on a particular day. He also discusses prison labor that was used in the mines.
The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.libraries.ua.edu/cdm/ref/collection/u0008_0000003/id/288
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections.
- Original Collection:
- Working Lives Oral History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
- Rights:
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