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Arthur Duncan Interview 6, 17 August 1991

 Item
Identifier: L1995-13_AV0605

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: 17 August 1991

Creator

Restrictions on Access

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

Biographical Note

Arthur Duncan was a textile worker in Newnan, Ga.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (29:24 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Abstract

Duncan discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, a wildcat strike in 1935, union organizing and other topics.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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