0.25 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)
Creator
C.H. Mead Coal Company
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Photographic postcards documenting the C.H. Mead Coal Company, a mining company located in the Winding Gulf Coalfield in western
Raleigh County and eastern Wyoming County, southern West Virginia. Includes 72 postcards issued by the Company in the 1930s
in a numbered series to publicize their facilities and activities. Subjects of images include industrial infrastructure, equipment,
offices, coal transport, housing, schools, stores, hospital, and portraits of managers. Some facilities are specifically identified
for African-Americans. Of the numbered series of 77 postcards in this collection, numbers 1, 5, 13, 29, and 40 are missing.
There are also seven photographs of similar subject matter, including one group portrait of an African-American family. These
materials were collected by James Laing in connection with his 1933 dissertation "The Negro Miner in West Virginia" (available
for check out in West Virginia University's Downtown Library).
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], James Laing, Collector, Photographic Postcards Issued by C.H. Mead Coal
Company, A&M 3708, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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