The company s two principal operations were the Darby Coal Corporation and the Molus Coal Operation. The Archive s holdings consist of ledgers, balance sheets, deeds of conveyance, leases and releases, and paperwork surrounding the payment and collection of royalties. The focus is on the relationship between company and stockholders, rentors, banks, and sales companies. Information concerning employees, employee relations, and labor disputes is not included in these materials. Dates span from 1924 to 1960.
Collection is contained in two large boxes.
The Roger Noe Papers Roger Noe is the dean for academic affairs at Southeast Community College. Noe served in the Kentucky state legislature from 1978 to 1992. As chairman of the House Education Committee from 1985 to 1992, he was instrumental in the drafting and passage of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990, one of the country s most comprehensive school reform acts. The Archive s holdings include constituent correspondence, record of committee and legislative meetings, and other correspondence and print material from Noe s years in the legislature. This collection is not yet cataloged.