Local Mining Culture and Digital Humanities Methodologies Main Menu The Hearl Maxwell Collection and Mining in the United States A 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 I A description of the economy that followed the end of WW I and the difficulties that were faced. Issues on the National Level A description and analysis of the issues facing the local workers from the national level. Concern for the Workers A description and list of concerns for safety from District 14. Constitution for Work Environment A description and analysis of the Constitution put in place in District 14, and the significance thereof. Timeline A Timeline of events starting from the mine worker's strikes to the eventual donation of the Hearl Maxwell Collection to Pittsburg State University Why does it matter? -- Revisited Wherein the arguments of the rest of the exhibit are brought together and put together into a functioning thesis. Gallery A gallery of the media used within the exhibit.

Corpus Text Analysis

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The analysis of the collection begins with an overview of the text and the overall usage of vocabulary throughout the collection. The macrocosm is a reflection of the microcosm [insert outside source]

As such, the first graph is a word cloud, which shows the most frequently used words as larger on the cloud.





The first impact of the word cloud show a heavy emphasis on words that orientate around Kansas and the local district's mining operations. There is a heavy emphasis on words like, "Kansas," "district," and "union." While it may seem self explanatory, there are also several interesting trends that arise when the particular patterns of words are examined.




Towards the beginning (chronologically) of the collection, the focus of the vocabulary is on the word "union." It parallels with the large amounts of strikes and rebellions that were occurring during the 1919-1922 period. An excerpt from the book Strike, by Jeremy Brecher, claims that "the government and even the unions in often pitched battles involving guns, dynamite, and on one occasion a makeshift air force".

After this focus on the union, which coincides with the union strikes, the focus shifts back onto Kansas as the state in general. The usage of district shoots up quickly after "union" dies down as well, which coincides with the turn of thought from the outward union concern to the inward state concerns.

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