Ruth Davis and Unknown Man Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0696

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Ruth Davis and Unknown Man 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: 1987-1995

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

Ruth Davis was the daughter of Bill Knight who was one of the seven men murdered in Honea Path, South Carolina in 1934 outside of the Chiquola Mill.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (29:59 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Davis talks about her father, his death, and the community response. The unknown man in the video walks through the event step by step including visiting the funeral site.