Bibb Manufacturing Company
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Angie Rossner, John Rossner, and Doris Shavers Interviews, 23 July 1990
Angie Rossner and John Rossner discuss various points of business for the Amalgamated Clothing Textile Workers Union (ACTWU). Shavers and Angie Rossner discuss working conditions in the mills during the 1930s and 1990s, Shavers' pro-union beliefs, childcare, brown lung and other topics.
Annie Griggs and Angie Rossner Interviews, 23 July 1990
Griggs discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, being evicted from her home due to the strike, working in a textile mill, and life in the mill village. Rossner discusses why she likes working on the union newsletter, and the sounds of the textile mill.
Clara Williams, Rex Sanders, Max Sanders Interview
Rex Sanders, Max Sanders, and Williams discuss the textile workers' strike, the death of Reuben Sanders, issues unions face in the South, their opinions on the union and other topics.
Ernest Hannah and Bessie Hannah Interview
Ernest Hannah and Bessie Hannah discuss working in the textile mill, the textile workers' strike of 1934, the music they performed, and other topics.
Flemon DuBose and Nellie DuBose Interview
Flemon DuBose and Nellie DuBose discuss working for Bibb Manufacturing Company, living in the mill village, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and other topics.
Flemon DuBose and Nellie DuBose Interview 2
Flemon DuBose and Nellie DuBose discuss working at Bibb Manufacturing Company, life in the mill village, the textile workers' strike of 1934 and other topics.
Grady Morgan Interview 1
Morgan discusses working in the textile mill, life in the mill village, how textile workers thought of themselves, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and other topics.
Grady Morgan Interview 2
Morgan discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, working in the textile mill, living in the mill village, being a supervisor, and other topics.
Interview with Harry Harden and Elvis H. Pippin, 31 July 1990
Joe Jacobs, Lucille Thornburgh, and Union Organizers Interview 6, 28 December 1991
Jacobs, Thornburgh and the union organizers discuss the how unions are portrayed in the media, why they work as organizers, why mill ownership works against unions, blacklisting and other topics.
Reading letters from textile workers to government agencies
This video consists of several unidentified people reading letters written by textile workers between 1933 and 1934 to various people and agencies in Washington DC. The letters focus on conditions in the textile mills, the stretch-out, violations of the National Recovery Act and other topics.