This Neatrour_readme20231116.txt file was generated on 20231116 by Kaylee Alexander

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Title of Dataset 

	Kennecott Miner Records, 1900–1919

2. Author Information


  Principal Investigator Contact Information
        Name: Anna Neatrour
           Institution: University of Utah Marriott Library
           Address: 295 1500 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
           Email: anna.neatrour@utah.edu
	   ORCID: 0000-0001-8007-9940


  Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
        Name: Rachel Jane Wittmann
           Institution: Digital Library Services, University of Utah Marriott Library
           Address: 295 1500 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
           Email: rachel.wittmann@utah.edu
	   ORCID: 0000-0002-7342-3907


3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date): 

	1900–1919 (original data); 2019–2021 (transcribed)

4. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): 

	Bingham Copper Mine (Salt Lake County, Utah)

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: 

	Digital Matters Faculty Fellowship

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:
	
	CCO – As the data author, you are choosing to place your data into the public domain.

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data:

	https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/11101/9837

3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data:

	https://github.com/marriott-library/KennecottMinerRecords

4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: NA


5. Was data derived from another source? Yes
          
	 If yes, list source(s): https://collections.lib.utah.edu/search?facet_setname_s=uum_kmr

6. Recommended citation for the data:

Neatrour, A., Wittmann, R. J. (2024). "Kennecott Miner Records, 1900–1919." The Hive: University of Utah Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7278/S50d-7zxh-42hf. 

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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1. File List
   A. Filename:  20210205_KennecottMiners_Neatrour.tsv      

	Short description: This dataset provides access to data from personnel records of miner employment from 1900-1919. Records from the Utah Copper Company are handwritten and contain the following employee information: name, date employed, address, dependents, age, weight, height, eyes, hair, gender, and nationality. Data has been transcribed and released as a .tsv (Tab Separated Values) file. Technical metadata has been redacted.

2. Relationship between files: NA     


3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: NA


4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
	
	Transcribed by students in digital library services

2. Methods for processing the data:

	Transcribed by students in digital library services

3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: NA


4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: NA


5. Environmental/experimental conditions: NA


6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:

	Librarian and digitization staff reviewed student transcriptions

7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: NA


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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [FILENAME]
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1. Number of variables: 15


2. Number of cases/rows: 40,536


3. Variable List
    A. Name: id
       Description: ID number for Marriott Library

    B. Name: name
       Description: Name of miner (last name, first name)

    C. Name: record number
       Description: original record number from card

    D. Name: date employed
       Description: Dates miner was employed at the Bingham Copper Mine (various date formats)

    E. Name: nationality
       Description: Nationality of miner

    F. Name: age
       Description: Age of miner in years

    G. Name: height
       Description: Miner's height in inches

    H. Name: weight
       Description: Miner's weight in pounds

    I. Name: hair
       Description: Miner's hair color

    J. Name: eyes
       Description: Miner's eye color

    K. Name: marital status
       Description: Miner's marital status

    L. Name: reason terminated
       Description: Reason miner's employment at the Bingham Copper Mine ended

    M. Name: thumbnail url
       Description: url for thumbnail image of original document

    N. Name: record url
       Description: url for the record of the original document in the Marriott Library's Digital Collections

    O. Name: record download url
       Description: url for downloading the original document from the Marriott Library's Digital Collections


4. Missing data codes: {Blank}


5. Specialized formats of other abbreviations used: NA