Mine Foreman D.T. Phillips of the West Virginia Coal Corp. at Stirrat, Logan County was the fourth African-American to become certified in 1933, four years before mining education was taught to African-Americans.
Eviction of Miners at Osage or Pursglove, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1933
Description:
Miners eviction at Osage or Pursglove, Monongalia County, W. Va. Miners things are just sitting in a pile in the road. Mountaineer Mining Mission later became Presbyterian Neighborhood Service (PNS0 'For information on the Mountaineer Mining Mission See A&M 2491 (SC).'
Students Aboard the First Webster County School Bus, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1933
Description:
Standing, left to right, Ray Cool, operator; Rufus M. Cavendish, President of Board of Education; C. H. Conway, Principal of WSHS. Students, Paul McCray, Bacel Chapman, Evelyn Malcomb, Orla Hinkle Lowther, Avis Collins, Eugenia Duke, Mabel Johnson, Ruby Luikart, _ , Mary Howell, Shirley Bruffy, Sudra Mace. Students on bus: Leona Cunningham in driver's seat, Oleva Robinson, Ersel Robinson Rohrbaugh, Thelma Powers, Virginia Hartman. At last window are Ruth Snyder and Maynard McMillion. Other bus students included Oral Gene Anderson, Almond Arbogast, Obert Claypool, Harold Cowger, Loran Jordan, Beatrice Mace, Charles Westfall of Cleveland.
'Asher and Little Jimmy Sizemore first performed as a father and son duo in 1933. They recorded several hits, in the areas of bluegrass, cowboy ballads and gospel music. They performed on several regional radio stations, the NBC Radio network and the Grand Ole Opry. Asher Sizemore was born and raised in Manchester, Kentucky. He worked as a bookkeeper for a coal mining company in Pike County. After he married and his first son Little Jimmy was born, Asher turned to singing old-time songs and cowboy ballads professionally. Asher had a radio show in Huntington, West Virginia in 1931 before moving on to WCKY in Cincinnati. Reference: Kentucky Country: Folk and Country Music of Kentucky by Charles Wolfe; published by University Press of Kentucky, 1996 (pp. 60-61)'
Confluence of West Fork and Tygart Rivers, Fairmont, W. Va
Date:
ca. 1933
Description:
The Tygart River on the left and the West Fork on the right, flow together forming the Monongahela River. A loaded coal train can be seen in the foreground.
