Alabama Mining Institute Photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Alabama Mining Institute
label: Names
content: Alabama Fuel and Iron Company, Overton, Alabama
label: Names
content: Central Iron and Coal Company, Kellerman, Albama
label: Names
content: DeBardeleben Coal Company (Sipsey, Alabama)
label: Names
content: Gulf States Steel Company (Sayre, Alabama)
label: Names
content: Imperial Coal and Coke Company (Bradford, Alabama)
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Extractive Industries
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
label: Names
content: New Castle Coal and Coke Company (New Castle, Alabama)
label: Names
content: Railway Fuel Company (Parrish, Alabama)
label: Names
content: Republic Iron and Steel Company (Republic, Alabama)
label: Names
content: Republic Iron and Steel Company (Sayreton, Albama)
label: Names
content: Roden Coal Co. (Marvel, Alabama)
label: Names
content: Southern Coal and Coke Company (Boothton, Alabama)
label: Names
content: Woodward Iron Company (Woodward, Alabama)
topic: label: Topic
content: Company towns
label: Topic
content: Dwellings -- Alabama
label: Topic
content: Mining corporations
label: Topic
content: Mining and minerals industry
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Segregation in education
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Originally collected for the Division of Extractive Industries. Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Alabama Mining Institute
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content: Alabama Mining Institute Photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of photographs and negatives that depict aspects of social life mining company towns in Alabama during the 1920s.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The Alabama Mining Institute is a consortium of underground and surface mining operators, dating back to the 1920s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920s
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: The collection was transferred to the Archives Center by the Division of Work and Industry, but its previous provenance is unknown.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1004
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collectio is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Volume 1, Alabama Mining Institute Photograph Album, 1920s

Series 2: Volume 2, Alabama Mining Institute Photograph Album, 1920s

Series 3: Negatives, 1984
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Negatives
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film -- 1900-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs depict social aspects of company town life by documenting primarily exterior views of buildings, such as miner's homes, company stores, dance halls, schools, churches and movie theaters. The interior views include doctor's offices, first aid stations, company stores, dairies and butcher shops. The typed descriptions define which structures intended for use by Black or White people. There are no photographs documenting mines or mining equipment.