A feeling of security : the iron and coal police : armed paternalism in the coal camps, 1926-1933, 1974 / by Wyona S. Coleman.

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A feeling of security : the iron and coal police : armed paternalism in the coal camps, 1926-1933, 1974 / by Wyona S. Coleman.

Paper is based on reports filed (1925-30, 1932-1935) by the Police Department of the Ellsworth Collieries to its parent organization, the Bethlehem Mines Corporation, at Johnstown, Pa.

51 leaves ; 29 cm.

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Coleman, Wyona S.

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Coleman began life as Wyona Smith on March 23, 1932 in Steeleville, Illinois. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois. Coleman joined The Courier of Urbana, Illinois in 1956 and after four years left the paper for a public relations position with the Illinois Geological Survey. In 1967, Coleman relocated to western Pennsylvania, where she became increasingly involved in the environmental movement. She campaigned to expand the National Wild a...