LeGette Blythe, Rev. Richard Lisk, and Yates Heafner Interviews
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Scope and Contents of 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. Rev. Richard Lisk is the son of Red Lisk and a chaplain in the armed forces. Yates Heafner was a mediator for the Textile Labor Realtions Board.
Extent
1 item(s) (video (1:58:24 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Blythe discusses his coverage of the textile workers' strike of 1934 for a local Charlotte, N.C. newspaper. Lisk and Heafner discuss Yates's memories of Red Lisk (Richard Lisk's father) and relationships between unions, workers and owners of textile mills.
Subject
- Cannon Mills Company (Organization)
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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