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Audio Recording "New miners don't know what the older miners had to go through."

"New miners don't know what the older miners had to go through."

About this Item

Title

  • "New miners don't know what the older miners had to go through."

Names

  • Bongalis, Kostis "Shorty" (Interviewee)
  • Bongalis, Mae (Interviewee)
  • Hufford, Mary, 1952- (Interviewer)

Created / Published

  • March 11, 1995

Headings

  • -  Scrip
  • -  Labor Unions
  • -  Company stores
  • -  Economyy
  • -  Greens
  • -  Starvation
  • -  The Great Depression
  • -  Wild greens
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  West Virginia -- Raleigh County -- Naoma

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Event: Interview with Mae Bongalis and her son, Kostis "Shorty" Bongalis.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1999/008: CRF-MH-A046

Source Collection

  • Coal River Folklife Collection (AFC 1999/008)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line

Coal River Folklife Project collection (AFC 1999/008), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Bongalis, Kostis "Shorty", Mae Bongalis, and Mary Hufford. "New miners don't know what the older miners had to go through.". 1995. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/cmns000212/.

APA citation style:

Bongalis, K. "., Bongalis, M. & Hufford, M. (1995) "New miners don't know what the older miners had to go through.". [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/cmns000212/.

MLA citation style:

Bongalis, Kostis "Shorty", Mae Bongalis, and Mary Hufford. "New miners don't know what the older miners had to go through.". 1995. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/cmns000212/>.