St. Helen's Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0350

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St. Helen's 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

Melville Gardener was a textile worker and parishioner at St. Helen's Catholic Church in Gastonia, N.C. Grace Wilson was a textile worker and the Rex and Imperial Mills in Gastonia, N.C. Leon Kay was a textile worker in various mills in Gastonia, N.C. Doree (a relative of Gardener, Wilson, and Kay) is a spinner at the Firestone Mill in Gastonia, N.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (1:57:40 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

The first part of this interview is the continuation of the Mass in L1995-13_AV049. This interview is conducted in a larger group. Several narrators are not named. Garderner discusses his father, his father's work in the mill, and the integration of the cotton mills. Wilson discusses unfair labor practices, the nature of segregation, and her work in the textile mills. Kay discusses unfair labor practices, and his work in the textile mills. Doree discusses her work in the textile mills, her experiences with the union, and mill housing.