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This box contains miscellaneous materials related to JDM's labor history work in the 1990s and his work to create a school curriculum related to the topic for the National Humanities Council. Formats include clippings, publications, reports, resource manuals, correspondence, and other miscellaneous documents. Additional topics include A B Normal White Centers information, which the donor described as a fraudulent scheme on the part of the coal industry to produce coal dust samples to comply with the legal requirements; historical articles about company stores; and Mother Jones.[If the folder titles are really topics instead, feel free to remove them as folders and add them to the SC note. ]

This box contains 19 vinyl records in sleeves and one book, the Joan Baez Songbook. Some of the music in the book and on these albums is about or connected to labor organizations, miners, and Appalachia in general. One notable album contains the recording of MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Many of the musical albums have "Monongah 1907" handwritten on their covers, which most likely means they were used in the making of the film.

This box contains various original and facsimile publications on the coal industry and other miscellaneous topics. There are 13 publications in this box, as noted. Two of them (the WV Practice Handbooks) are enormous 3-ring binders.

This box contains papers related to MSHA including correspondence, reports, publications, bulletins, clippings, photos, and negatives. The photos and negatives are in the folder labeled Farmington - General. There are also some misc. papers unrelated to MSHA. The donor originally labeled this box JDM Mine Safety Work Pre-passage of the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Safety & Health Act and Implementation of that Act. It also includes material on his study of the Farmington disaster, his education, the Federal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1977, legal cases for the UMWA, etc.

This box contains research material related to migrant workers' occupational safety and health, specifically in agriculture. Formats include clippings, reports, publications, correspondence, notes, and other miscellaneous documents. It seems to have been collected as part of JDM's work at the OSHLC.

The publications in this box consist of mining health and safety reports, mining injury reports, occupational safety and health reports, and some WV and mining law publications.

This box contains 26 publications on mining safety and the mining industry. Contents include a collection of historic state mine reports, Department of the Interior publications, International Labor Office (ILO) mine safety training reports, and other miscellaneous publications, mostly related to coal mining.