About
Title
Songs and Ballads of the Anthracite Miner. A seam of folklore which once ran through life in the hard coal fields of Pennsylvania.
Subject
Folklore -- Pennsylvania
Description
From the Introduction: "This is a collection of folklore developed among the miners of the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania during the last century. [1800s] It represents an attempt to salvage from the past a vein rich in the homespun creations of the common people before it is lost forever with the passing of that generation which produced it."
Location Covered
Schuylkill County (Pa.)
Identifier
sngsbldsanthmnr1926
Contact
For further information please contact the Pottsville Free Public Library at potref@pottsvillelibrary.org or 570-622-8880.
Contributing Institution
Pottsville Free Public Library
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
