Cannon Mills Company
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
Reverend Frank Miller Interview 2
Rev. Miller discusses life in the mill village, his work at Cannon Mills, the 1934 strike, organizing the local of the union and his Baptist faith.
Reverend Frank Miller Interview 3
Rev. Miller discusses the economic conditions of mill workers, his childhood and other topics.
Rosa Mae King Murphy, Rev. Richard Lisk, Rev. Frank Miller, and Frank Miller Jr.
Lisk and Murphy discuss the organizing the union, life in the mills, and the impact of the strike. Lisk and Rev. Frank Miller discuss Red Lisk, Lisk's childhood, union orgainzing, preaching, and other topics.
Rose Slayton and Dr. Elliot White Interviews
Rose Slayton only appears at the beginning of this video. Dr. Elliott White tours his childhood home and the mill community, including the downtown Gastonia area, the exterior of three mills in the area (Cannon, Voorhees, and Sidney) and mill housing.
Ruby Belk Newell Interview
Newell and an unidentified woman discuss the textile workers's strike of 1934, living in a mill village, union organizing, and other topics.
Susan Plyler and Blanton Smith Interviews
Plyler discusses discovering the history of the textile workers' strike of 1934, the impact that it had on her, ideas of working class history, and how history is constructed. Smith discusses moving to Kannapolis from Anderson, S.C., the textile workers' strike of 1934, riding the rails, the bonus army and why he went into the army.
Susan Plyler Interview 1, 21 August 1991
Plyler discusses growing up in the textile mill village, the relationship between the mill owner and the mill workers, learning about the textile workers' striker of 1934, how Kannapolis dealt with the pain of the strike, and her work with the Piedmont Peace Project.
Susan Plyler Interview 2, 21 August 1991
Plyler discusses the work that the Piedmont Peace Project does, growing up in the mill village, the changes she has seen in Kannapolis in her lifetime, and the impact that learning the labor history of the area has had in her life.
Union Election Night and L.C. Wright Interview, 21 August 1991
Yates Heafner, Betty Hinson, and Laurie Rushmeyer Interviews
Heafner discusses his work with Textile Labor Relations Board during the 1930s. Hinson discusses her involement in the Uprising of '34 documentary, her memories of her parents and grandparents work, and her childhood in a mill village. Rushmeyer discusses working conditions at Cannon Mills in Kannapolis, N.C., during the 1990s, and union organzing.
Yvonnie Hill and Rev. Frank Miller Interviews
Hill discusses handing over her diaries to Gaston County Museum. Miller discusses life in the mill village, union organizing, the 1934 strike, wages, and other topics.
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