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The Carbon County oral history project(1972-1993) consist of oral histories from residents of Carbon County, Utah. While the main emphasis is on living in coal mine country, the interviews are verbal snapshots of rural Utah life from the earliest settlers to as recently as 1993. The interviews have been alphabetized by the last names. In the few instances where there are two subjects in one interview, look alphabetically for the placement of the name; there will be a note as to its location.

The Carbon County coal strike records (1906-1973) contain original documents and photocopies of transcripts, petitions, correspondence, newsletters, flyers, court records, and articles concerning the Carbon County Coal Strike of 1933. The collection also contains material on other strikes during the first four decades of the twentieth century., Collection also contains materials relating to the 1925 lynching of Black coal miner Robert Marshall, supposedly in retaliation for the shooting of J. Milton Burns, by people from Price and the surrounding area.

John Peperakis was a mining engineer who was manager of Sunnyside Coal Mines, Utah for Kaiser Steel Corporation. This collection deals with various local Utah mining operations. Mostly photographs of the mine companies and the mines themselves. Various companies are represented., 1 From tube 45, Super Longwall; 2 Sunnyside No. 2 Supervision of long ago. Lauriski, Daughterty, D. Self, Bill Reavely, Markosek, Herbert, Vanwagoner, Cullen, C. Self. Cullen was Superintendent but got run out by the union.; 3 Butcher Shop, Mine Office and Wasatch Store, Sunnyside.; 4 Pulling coke at the Beehive ovens at Sunnyside, ended 1958.; 5 Backfilling via flume Sunnyside, #3 Mine; 6 Main parting at the head of the Sunnyside No. 2 Mine Slope at time of mine fire in the early 1920's.; 7 Twin fan installation at the coal outcrop at fan canyon No. 1 Mine, Sunnyside.; 8 Wreck at Columbia Junction. Defense plant Corporation.; 9 Aerial Tramway towers Spring Canyon Mine.; 10 Another view of Spring Canyon Mine aeiral tramway. This canyon is not the access via good road to Price River Coal Company No. 5 Mine and now Castle Gate Coal Company.; 11 Trip assembly yard Castle Gate No. 2 Mine at Willow Creek. Building is the change house.; 12 Haulage Portal Castle Gate No. 2 Mine. Bridge over Willow Creek. On March 8, 1924 this mine blew up and killed 172 men. It was a combination of dust and methane. One of the most violent explosions in the history of coal mining.; 13 Utah Fuel Company office Sunnyside.; 14 Spring Canyon Tipple and part of early tent camp. Office and store as indicated is where I obtained my roll top desk years ago.; 15 Aerial Tramway headhouse Spring Canyon Mine.; 16 Kaiser Company Inc. office in lower end of No. 2 Canyon.; 17 South facing bok cliffs overlooking the company owned town of Kenilworth. 1938 Photo. A is the Kenilworth bed. B is the Aberdeen bed. C. Is the portal site of the 8400 foot rock tunnel. E is the site of the original portals. D is the old tramway on which coal was lowered to tipple level. F is the tipple. Canyon at G and H are sites of other portals. The road in the lower right corner was the original access to the town form Price. Kenilworth townsite not largely a retirement community is only a little over miles east of Helper.; 18.