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Robert Boggus, a former coal miner, relates incidents in his career and talks about conditions at Thurber, Texas.  
  
 
==General Interview Information==
 
==General Interview Information==
  
'''Interviewee Name:'''
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'''Interviewee Name:''' Robert Taylor Thomas Boggus
  
 
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
 
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
  
'''Date:'''  
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'''Date:''' August 1967
  
'''Location:'''
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'''Location:''' Mingus, Texas
  
'''Interviewer:'''
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'''Interviewer:''' Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spoede
  
'''Length:'''
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'''Length:''' 25 minutes
  
  
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
 
'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
 
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Moved to Thurber in 1905,
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Labor strike and settlement in 1908 recalled,
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John L. Lewis' visit to Thurber remembered,
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Notes effect of World War I on mining,
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Origin of mines in Thurber cited,
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Reviews career,
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Labor union membership discussed,
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Mentions conditions in Burkburnett
 
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
 
'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
 
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Blank
 
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'''Range Dates:'''
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'''Range Dates:''' 1905-1967
  
'''Bulk Dates:'''
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'''Bulk Dates:''' 1905-1940s
  
  

Revision as of 19:43, 10 June 2014

Robert Boggus, a former coal miner, relates incidents in his career and talks about conditions at Thurber, Texas.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Robert Taylor Thomas Boggus

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: August 1967

Location: Mingus, Texas

Interviewer: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spoede

Length: 25 minutes


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Moved to Thurber in 1905, Labor strike and settlement in 1908 recalled, John L. Lewis' visit to Thurber remembered, Notes effect of World War I on mining, Origin of mines in Thurber cited, Reviews career, Labor union membership discussed, Mentions conditions in Burkburnett

Tape 1, Side 2: Blank

Range Dates: 1905-1967

Bulk Dates: 1905-1940s


Access Information

Original Recording Format:

Recording Format Notes:

Transcript:



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