Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Maddie Rainwater, Maurine Rainwater, Mildred Rainwater, and Etta Mae Zimmerman Interviews
Maddie Rainwater, Maurine Rainwater, and Mildred Rainwater discuss working in the cotton mill, the impact of the eight-hour day, the textile workers' strike of 1934 and other topics. An unidentified man and an unidentified woman discuss the textile workers' strike of 1934, while watching a newsreel. Etta Mae Zimmerman discusses working in the cotton mill, her family, the textile workers' strike of 1934, being imprisoned in Fort McPherson 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.
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