This page hosts student papers written from 2009 to 2012 for the HIST430 class Theory and Practice, which focused on research and writing.

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Submissions from 2010

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The Tri-State District Strike of 1935: How the Pressures of the Great Depression and Ignorance of the Wagner Act Led to Violence, Monnie Brewster

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Doctor For Me? No Sir-e! Common Diseases That Miners Faced During the Early 1900s, Alicia Hansen

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Defeating Silicosis: Aluminum Therapy's Impact on Industry, Travis Irion

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Tri-State District Railroads: Connection and Endurance, Brecken Larson

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Slave Labor: The Taft-Hartley Act and the Tri-State Mining District, Sally Miller-Downing

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Silicosis: Discovery, Treatment, and Prevention of the Disease in the Tri-State Mining District from 1900-1950, Aubrey Papen

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Labor and Health in the Tri-State Mining Area at the Turn of the 20th Century, Kara Pittman

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"Looking as Wise as a Tree Full of Owls": The Tri-State Mining District's Criminal Ring Disrupts Growth, Efficiency, and Stability of Society in 1918, Sylvia Rusk

Submissions from 2009

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A Missed Opportunity: The Failure to Unionize Little Balkan Miners During the Strikes of 1893, Matt DeMoss

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Perils and Precautions: Mining Safety and Public Policy, Kenneth Hawkins

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The Major Strike in Pittsburg Kansas: Strike of 1899 on the Major Coal Mining Strike of 1899, Chase Rietcheck

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The Travels of Coal Miners in Cherokee and Crawford Counties, Jason Smith

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The Foundation of Our Lady of Lourdes St. Mary's Colgan, and how it helped to define the Italian Miners of the Coal Fields, Kraig Westhoff