Library Record
Metadata
Object Name |
book |
Catalog Number |
SVML.BOK.N003 |
Title |
New Lives in the Valley: Slate Quarries and Quarry Villages in North Wales, New York, and Vermont, 1850-1920 |
Author |
Roberts, Gwilym R. |
Summary |
Life of the Welsh in the slate quarries and quarry villages of North Wales, their migration to the United States, and the creation of quarry communities in the slate valley of the New York, vermont border. The life and culture of the Welsh american communites at their peak and the effect of the quarry families upon the Yankee communities. Immigration of the irish, slovaks and people of other nationalities to do the dangerous work at the bottom of the pits. |
Call# |
338.2 Rob c.2 |
Published Date |
1998 |
Subjects |
immigration quarry history quarry accidents quarry owners quarry workers Wales Welsh heritage |
People |
Roberts, Gwilym R. |
Search Terms |
immigration quarry history quarry accidents quarry owners quarry workers Wales Welsh heritage |