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Below are pictured two incredible persons who were history buffs of the Cherry mine. Both contributed immensely to the organization
of materials seen at the library today in Cherry. I personally received a great deal of help from them. They have passed on
as of 2015 and I would like to remember them by picturing them here on this page.
Ed Caldwell pictured below did several mammoth tasks for the library. He scanned every photo of the disaster that he
could find and put them on discs for the library and also gave me a copy too. He also created large book binders filled with
all sorts of information he gathered over the years about the disaster in Cherry. They are valuable resources of information
and are vital when people are researching the mine disaster. They are at the Cherry library. Thank you Ed! We appreciate all
you did for the library. I personally know how much work it was. It was immense.
| ED CALDWELL of PRINCETON IL |
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| Passed away in April 2015 |
Here below is John Beatty who donated many things and some money to add on the addition to the library. I remember talking
with him many times and also went to his house to look at his postcard collection of the Cherry mine disaster. He had images
I never seen before. He was an avid collector. He also had two songs of sheet music from the time of the disaster in which
I was able to photograph and eventually type all the music notation into a computer software program. By doing this
I was able to hear what these songs sounded like on the Piano in which they were written for. Thanks John!
| JOHN BEATTY of CHERRY IL |
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| Passed away 2012 |
Seen below is Charles Bartoli , who in 1998 when I met him, was owner of the land at the mine site. His backyard was
the mine site. He helped a great deal in getting measurements of foundations and giving me a clear picture in my mind where
the structures were located on the site. This aided me in building the model accurately. His dad had the Cherry coal
company after the mine closed in 1928. It was a small operation at that time since the tipple was gone. I remember him
climbing the slag piles with me when he was in his 70's He was always a strong, in shape guy. He passed away from Alzheimer's
too like Ed Caldwell did. Charles was very generous to me in his time and also gave me a few artifacts from the
mine that I still have and treasure them. Thank you Charlie for being a valuable resource in my research! You were awesome!
| CHARLES BARTOLI |
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| Passed on in 2012 |
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