Melton Ballard, James Ballard, and Robert Scarboro Interviews, 10 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0426

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Melton Ballard, James Ballard, and Robert Scarboro Interviews

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

From the Collection:

The Uprising of '34 Collection demonstrates how communities can be impacted in contemporary ways by history and memory, decades after a series of events occur. Veterans of the events of 1934 and their descendants-black, white, mill worker, manager, union, and non-union- were interviewed about mill village life, work conditions, southern contemporaneous culture as well as the strike itself. This finding aid describes the digitized oral history-style interviews available in Georiga State University Library's Digital Collections.

Dates

Creation: 10 August 1991

Creator

From the Collection: Stoney, George C. (Person)
From the Collection: Helfand, Judith (Person)

Restrictions on Access

All of the interviews are available online in GSU's Digital Collections.

Biographical Note

Melton Ballard was the son of a pro-union textile worker who was on the picket lines in Gadsden, Ala. James Ballard is Melton Ballard's son. Robert Scarboro collects old photos in Gadsden, Ala.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (30:27 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Jame Ballard and Melton Ballard discuss organizing the union local, the textile worker's strike of 1934 and blacklisting after the strike. Scarboro discusses the story behind Dwight Mills coming to Gadsden Ala., and the photographs he has in his collection.