Gonzalee Sullivan in 1979
1979
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Original caption: “Gonzalee Sullivan in 1979, being visited by Gary Lee Fleming, a working miner for the past 5 years.”
Photographer Ted Wathen captured Gonzalee disabled by Black Lung disease after 42 years of working in the mine. Gonzalee Sullivan was photographed three decades earlier by Russell Lee during a survey for the Solid Fuels Administration for War.
In the wake of the 1973 energy crisis, the Carter administration looked to coal for energy security. President Jimmy Carter formed the President’s Commission on Coal to conduct a study of the industry. The President’s Commission on Coal documented improvements and persisting problems in the lives of coal miners three decades after the 1946 survey.
Photographer Ted Wathen captured Gonzalee disabled by Black Lung disease after 42 years of working in the mine. Gonzalee Sullivan was photographed three decades earlier by Russell Lee during a survey for the Solid Fuels Administration for War.
In the wake of the 1973 energy crisis, the Carter administration looked to coal for energy security. President Jimmy Carter formed the President’s Commission on Coal to conduct a study of the industry. The President’s Commission on Coal documented improvements and persisting problems in the lives of coal miners three decades after the 1946 survey.
This primary source comes from the Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards.
Full Citation: 220-LC-Wathen-93-8; Gonzalee Sullivan in 1979; 1979; Coalfield Living Conditions From The President's Commission on Coal, 1979–1979; Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards, Record Group 220; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/gonzalee-sullivan-worked-in-the-mines, January 25, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
