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Local Mining Culture and Digital Humanities MethodologiesMain MenuThe Hearl Maxwell Collection and Mining in the United StatesA overview of the Maxwell Collection, with in introduction into the exhibit.Why does it matter?A defense of the exhibit, and its thesis into the entirety of the research.Effects of World War IA description of the economy that followed the end of WW I and the difficulties that were faced.Corpus Text AnalysisWherein the body text is analyzed and patterns begin to develop.Issues on the National LevelA description and analysis of the issues facing the local workers from the national level.Concern for the WorkersA description and list of concerns for safety from District 14.TimelineA Timeline of events starting from the mine worker's strikes to the eventual donation of the Hearl Maxwell Collection to Pittsburg State UniversityWhy does it matter? -- RevisitedWherein the arguments of the rest of the exhibit are brought together and put together into a functioning thesis.GalleryA gallery of the media used within the exhibit.Tyler Breedlovea71cc6498b6d19eafe211d1b0c73c9f02582536b
Constitution for Work Environment
12016-05-04T01:18:29-07:00Tyler Breedlovea71cc6498b6d19eafe211d1b0c73c9f02582536b96278A description and analysis of the Constitution put in place in District 14, and the significance thereof.plain2016-05-04T02:10:24-07:00Tyler Breedlovea71cc6498b6d19eafe211d1b0c73c9f02582536bIn addition to the strikes that were rampant across the coal mining industry at this time, many conflicts were occurring within unions. As discussed in the page involving Safety for the Workers, Kansas districts were doing what they could to fight for their workers, even combating directly with the national officers. In addition to fighting outwardly for their workers, the district also internally increased the quality of their own working conditions with a constitution for the benefit of their own workers in 1921.
This constitution was developed with the welfare of the workers in mind. Even in the preamble of the constitution it outlines the determination of the district to provide welfare to its workers. It even acknowledges the difficulties of the "oppressors" in their attempts to control the industry, and outlines the idea that the district will be different and provide for their workers.
1media/HMaxwell.gifmedia/Parchment Texture.jpg2016-05-02T05:23:35-07:00Tyler Breedlovea71cc6498b6d19eafe211d1b0c73c9f02582536bThe Hearl Maxwell Collection and Mining in the United StatesJamie McDaniel19A overview of the Maxwell Collection, with in introduction into the exhibit.plain2792162016-05-20T15:19:29-07:00Jamie McDaniel7d1c50d66443d970871743d62f90c2a04a2f2c84
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12016-05-04T01:00:32-07:00Constitution Preamble7The preamble to the Constitution, which dictates the goal of the constitution to provide the best working conditions for its workers.media/Constitution Preamble.jpgplain2016-05-04T01:24:40-07:00
12016-05-04T00:58:17-07:00Constitution of Chanute Cover1A cover for the Constitution booklet put into circulation in Chanute that details the dedication to good worker environments in District 14.media/Constitution Cover.jpgplain2016-05-04T00:58:17-07:00
