LeGette Blythe and Charles M. Ward Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0348

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LeGette Blythe and Charles M. Ward 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: 1987-1995

Creator

Blythe, LeGette, 1900-1993 (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

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

Biographical Note

LeGette Blythe was an author and journalist from Huntersville, N.C. He worked at the Charlotte Observer at the time of the 1934 General Textile Strike. Charles Ward grew up in Gastonia, N.C. and was the son of textile workers.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (1:56:01 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Blythe discusses his time at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, his work as a journalist and other topics. Ward discusses the local churches attached to the Firestone Mill, his father's work at the Firestone Mill in Gastonia, N.C., the Golden Rule Association, and growing up in the Firestone Mill village.