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Eagle Yarn Mills (Belmont, Gaston County, N.C.)

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Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Waffle, Yvonnie Hill and Ruth Archer Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0327
Abstract

Waffle discusses the way in which Hill's diaries of her working life are of value to the museum. Hill reads from her diaries and discusses her working life at Loray Mills, the Rex Mill, the Adrian Mill, and the Eagle Mill.

Dates: 1987-1995

Alma Friday, Yvonnie Hill, and Alan Waffle Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0326
Abstract

The first 29 minutes of this video consist of George Stoney and Jamie Stoney shooting exterior footage. Between minutes 29 and 38 the video consists of shots of Friday's home, while Friday and Stoney converse in the background. From minute 38 to the end of the video, Hill shows her diaries to Waffle, and Waffle explains the new textile museum exhibit to her.

Dates: 1987-1995

Bessie London, Betty Hinson, Claude Ward, Porter McAteer Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0289
Abstract

Hinson discusses learning about the '34 strike, becoming involved in the project and other topics. McAtter discusses the relationship between industry and organized labor in Gaston County, politics in Gaston County and other topics. London discusses her life in Belmont, N.C. Ward discusses his working life at the Eagle Mill and the '34 strike.

Dates: 1987-1995

Charlie Wetzel, Elaine Pruitt, Bill Pruitt, and Roger Moore Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0338
Abstract

Charlie Wetzel talks about his role in the mill and shows the filmmakers various historic artifacts that came from or were associated with the mills and mill life. Elaine Pruitt talks with George Stoney about potential research for the film (names, places, etc.). Roger Moore talks with Stoney about the process of making the documentary and what Stoney hopes to accomplish through making the film. Bill Pruitt's dialogue is minor and his role in this video is unclear.

Dates: 1987-1995

Claude and Mabel Helton Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0284
Abstract

Claude and Mabel Helton talk about working conditions in the mills, the treatment of women textile workers, and the introduction of African American textile workers in the mills. Stoney also shows them footage of pickets in Gastonia, N.C. and New England.

Dates: 1987-1995

Claude Helton and Ernest Moore Interview 1

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0285
Abstract

Helton shows Stoney the areas where strikers picketed and where union members lived. Helton and Moore discuss the blacklist and the changes in wages and hours as a result of the New Deal.

Dates: 1987-1995

Claude Helton Interview 2

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0283
Abstract

Helton discusses union local meetings, the mill manufacturers blacklisting union members, and the assistance that the union local gave to blacklisted textile workers.

Dates: 1987-1995

Eagle Mill Reunion 3 and Robert Moses Interview 1

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0299
Abstract

The first twenty-six minutes of this video is a continuation of the Eagle Mill Reunion. There is no audio for the entirety of this segment (up to 00:26:43). In the latter half of this video, Moses and Stoney talk about the making of the film on-air and take calls from listeners who may have been involved in the 1934 strike.

Dates: 1987-1995

Elaine Pruitt, Howard R. Made, Ernest Moore, Ruby Moore, and E.O. Friday Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0339
Abstract

Elaine Pruitt and George Stoney talk to Made about a railroad station near the Hanes Town mill village. Ernest Moore talks about union organization efforts. Ruby Moore discusses how she managed her household while working at the mill. Friday talks about the African American experience in the mills and the exclusion of African Americans from joining the union.

Dates: 1987-1995

E.O. Friday and Lucille Cloninger Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0341
Abstract

Friday discusses his retirement and golf. Jaggers discusses his service in World War II, his time as an educator and police officer, and golf. Cloninger discusses her time working in the mills, her childhood, raising her children and her faith.

Dates: 1987-1995

Ernest Moore Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0305
Abstract

Moore talks about what the mill village and the surrounding business used to look like, a Labor Day parade in Gastonia on the first day of the strike, and strikers' activities.

Dates: 1987-1995

Ernest Moore, Ruby Moore, and E.W. Passmore Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0304
Abstract

Passmore and Ernest Moore discuss the pros and cons of unionization. Ernest Moore and Ruby Moore show George Stoney, Jamie Stoney, and Judith Helfand around Gastonia, N.C.

Dates: 1987-1995

Henry Queen and Florine Queen Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0045
Abstract

Henry Queen and Florine Queen discuss life on the mill village, union organizing, conditions in the textile mill, the textile workers' strike of 1934 and other topics.

Dates: 1987-1995

Joe Lineberger and Mrs. Lineberger Interview 1

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0317
Abstract

Lineberger talks about his time as mill owner, his father, who was also a mill owner, relationships between management and labor, mill housing, the 1932 election and other topics. Lineberger discusses the Chronicle Mill, the Majestic Manufacturing Company, Imperial Yarn Mills, National Yarn Mill, Acme Mills, Linford -Stowe Spinning, Perfection Mill, Eagle Mill, Climax Mill and National Crescent Mill.

Dates: 1987-1995

Robert Moses, Ernest Moore, and E.W. Passmore Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0302
Abstract

Moses uses his radio show to help Stoney reach out to and find textile workers from the Loray Mill, particularly African American workers. Moore drives Stoney and his crew around the area around the Loray Mill and discusses things such as the Labor Day parades and the businesses that were previously in the area. Passmore shows the filmmakers and Ernest Moore around the Firestone Mill, which was previously called the Loray Mill at the time of the General Textile Strike of 1934.

Dates: 1987-1995

Robert Ragan and Woodrow Wright Interviews, 23 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0541
Abstract

Ragan discusses the McAdenville mills. Wright discusses growing up in a mill village, the 1934 Labor Day Parade in Gastonia, N.C., the textile workers' strike of 1934, wages, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and other topics.

Dates: 23 August 1991

Woodrow Wright and Jake Gray Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0557
Abstract

Wright discusses Labor Day in Gastonia, and walks George Stoney through two of the departments in the mill he worked in. Grey discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, compares the differences between the textile industry in New England and the South, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Social Security, and segregation in the mill.

Dates: 1987-1995

Woodrow Wright Interview 1, 24 August 1990

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0556
Abstract

Wright discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, the perception of the unions, the 1934 Labor Day parade, the after effects of the strike, and other topics.

Dates: 24 August 1990

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