Laura Beard Interview, 4 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0423

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Laura Beard Interview

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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: 4 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

Laura Beard was a spooler and union organizer in Gadsden, Ala.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (30:19 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Beard discusses her participation in the union and the activities and people who contributed to union efforts. She describes family life as a female mill worker, working conditions for women in mills, and the racial diversity of mill workers and union members.