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Amazon Army /Southeast KS. Coal Mining History
Publications/Projects/Resources
Publications:
Army of Amazons. Linda Knoll, White Buffalo Press, © 2000.
Knoll, Linda & J.T. "Immigrant Park: Miners’ Memorial Marker," The Little Balkans Review, Vol. 5, No 4, Little Balkan Press, Fall 2009
"Kansas Amazons," Linda Knoll, Kansas Humanities, Vol. XXXV, Issue No. 2. Spring 2010
Projects:
Project Director and historical story contributor for the mural project "Solidarity" by Wayne Wildcat, Kansas Arts Commission and PACCA, Karen Brady Executive Director. 2000.
Libraries:
Websites:
Books (Local) about Southeast Kansas/ Italian Immigrants/Coalmining:
- "Coal Mining Days in the Weir-Pittsburg Coalfields"
Stories of miners, compiled for the Miners Memorial by Debby O.
Close,2009.
- Raisin Pie in a Miner's Bucket by Carolyn Loss Winters and Kaye Lynne
Webb, Editors (2010). Kaye Lynne Webb's home phone:620-231-4858
(Stories and recipes from conversations with a variety of immigrant families
in Southeast Kansas contributed material on the Amazon Army.)
- 8 Wonders of Kansas Guidebook, Marci Penner, Kansas Sampler Foundation, Mennonite Press, Newton, KS 2011.
- Southeastern Kansas Coal Mining Towns,
Book may be purchased from Betty DeVoss Ph: 620-231-0264
(This is a photo book of the camp towns, coalmines, area towns, union halls,
schools, churches, etc collected by Ira Clemens)
- Searching for Italy In America's Heartland by Celeste Calvitto,
Vantage Press New York, 2007 - PSU Bookstore Barnes & Noble 620-231-2963
(This book show cases the Frontenac/Pittsburg area as part of the
author's travels searching for her Italian roots in the mid-west- the women's
march is highlighted)
- Images of America Pittsburg by Randy Roberts & Janette Mauk 2009
Published by Arcadia Publishing ISBN 978-0-7385-6116-5 - PSU Bookstore -
Barnes & Noble: 620-231- 296 (Photos and short histories of the people and
places that make up Pittsburg, KS)
- "Mining Migrants Mayhem & Murder", by William Powell. The Little Balkans Review, Vol. 6, No 1, Little Balkan Press, Spring 2011
Video:
Il Lavoratore Italiano "Mirror of Society, Agent of Change. A History of the
Italian American Community of Southeast Kansas written by Sandra
Rainero (Video) 2000
With a grant from the Humanities Council, Sandra Rainero – from Italy- doing graduate work at the University of Kansas made a documentary centered on the Italians in SE Kansas and the Italian newspaper Il Lavoratore Italiano,published in Frontenac. I was asked to contribute a small piece on the Amazon Army. The town and its Italian heritage, as well as, its coalmining roots, are highlighted in the film.
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