OH186 Patricia Green Oral History

Patricia "Trisha" Green provides a second hand account of the Duvin Mine explosion on July 14, 1939 at Providence, Kentucky. She received information of the disaster through her mother whose brother-in-law Carl "Big Boy" Holloman Jr., had perished in the mine explosion. She describes the rescue efforts and the impact that the disaster had on her family along with the community of Providence. She also explores aspects of the unionization of the miners, mining scripts or "flickers", safety concerns, and racial issues.