The Dorothy V. Albasin Collection consists of four undated black-and-white photographs taken at a Youghiogheny & Ohio (Y & O) Coal Mine, a facsimilie of a photograph of the Ohio State Coal Commission including C. J. Albasin, and a photograph of a painting of the Y&O Nelms/Century Preparation Plant in Cadiz, Ohio, painted by Riethmiller, 1980.
Charles Joseph (C. J.) Albasin, originally from Austria, moved to New Philadelphia, OH as a young man and eventually settled in Brookside, OH. A mining expert, he served several terms as president of Sub-District No. 5, Ohio Mine Workers before becoming a Commissioner for the Eastern Ohio Coal Operators Association in 1916.
