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Visitation will not be allowed. Please check back in 2024 for updated information related to the center reopening.</p> <p><strong>Archive Visits</strong>:For those interested in utilizing the CCHC archives, please email the archivist, Abby Tancin, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83e2e8f0b6babab7c3f3f0f6ade6e7f6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94f5ffe7a1adada0d4e4e7e1baf1f0e1">[email protected]</span>.</a> Due to the closure of the CCHC, archival assistance will be limited, and no research visits will be scheduled.</p> <h3>Your Portal to the Past</h3> <p>Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus has been the home of the Coal and Coke Heritage Center since 1977. The project developed and expanded following the publication of what is now considered a classic work on coal and coke: Patch/Work Voices: The Culture and Lore of a Mining People, written by former campus instructors Drs. Evelyn A. Hovanec, Dennis F. Brestensky, and Albert N. Skomra. The focus of the project is centered on the bituminous coal and coke industries of southwestern Pennsylvania, with particular attention to the Connellsville Coke Region. Tucked along the base of the Chestnut Ridge in the Allegheny Mountains of southwestern Pennsylvania, the Connellsville Coke Region was world famous for its abundant, high quality bituminous coal and beehive coke. Geographically speaking, this area is situated in a long narrow strip of land averaging three and a half miles wide and nearly forty miles long, stretching from Latrobe in Westmoreland County to the area around Smithfield in Fayette County. The heyday of the Region spanned roughly the century from 1870-1970. During this period of phenomenal industrial growth throughout the United States, the Connellsville Coke Region fueled the blast furnaces of the steel industry in nearby Pittsburgh.</p> <p>In an effort to document this important time in the region’s history, the Coal and Coke Heritage Center has collected records and artifacts related to the region’s coal and coke industries through the generous donations of our patrons. Many of the CCHC’s collection items can be seen in our Museum. Additional items are housed in our Archives and are available for research. </p> <h3>Location</h3> <p>The Coal and Coke Heritage Center is located in the lower level of Penn State Fayette’s library.</p> <h3>Parking</h3> <p>Parking for Coal and Coke Heritage Center patrons is available in the campus’s Visitor’s Lot and in the Faculty/Staff Parking Lot located behind the Williams Building in the spaces marked “Library Patron.”</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </section> <aside class="col-sm-3 sidebar-first-only sidebar-first" role="complementary"> <button class="in-this-section" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="An accordion view for the subnavigation of this section." aria-controls="block-basic-page-navigation"> In This Section <span class="fas fa-angle-down"></span> </button> <div class="region region-sidebar-first"> <section id="block-basic-page-navigation" class="block block-psucampus-basic-page block-psucampus-basic-page-navigation clearfix"> <div class="basic-page-navigation-wrapper"> <h3><a href="/visit/coalandcoke" class="active-trail active" hreflang="en">The Coal and Coke Heritage Center</a></h3> <ul class="basic-page-navigation-item subpages-menu"> <li> <a href="/visit/coalandcoke/museum" class="basic-page-navigation-link" hreflang="en">Museum</a> </li> <li> <a href="/visit/coalandcoke/archive" class="basic-page-navigation-link" hreflang="en">Archive</a> </li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </div> <section id="postscript-outer-wrapper" class="outer-wrapper clearfix" role="complementary" aria-label="postscript features"> <div id="postscript-layout" class="postscript-layout inner-wrapper clearfix"> <div id="postscript-first" class="region--postscript-first"> </div> </div> </section> <footer id="footer-outer-wrapper" role="contentinfo"> <div id="footer-layout-main" class="footer-layout inner-wrapper clearfix"> <div id="footer-main" class="footer region--footer"> <div class="footer-campus-data"> <div class="map"> <a href="/" id="footer-campus-map" class="footer-campus-map"> <img src="/sites/fayette/files/logos/Fayettefootermap.png" alt="Map of Pennsylvania noting the campuses of Penn State with Penn State Fayette highlighted." title="" /> </a> </div> <div class="site-slogan body-x-small"> <h3 class="org-name title-small">Penn State Fayette</h3> Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, located 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh in the scenic Laurel Highlands, enjoys strong ties to the surrounding community. 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