Hilburn M. Garrett and Barbara Ellis Interview 3, 8 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0483

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Hilburn M. Garrett and Barbara Ellis Interview 3

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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: 8 August 1991

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

Hilburn M. Garrett was a textile worker and union member at the Dwight Manufacturing Company in Gadsden, Ala. Barbara Ellis is the daughter of Hilburn Garrett.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (30:52 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Garrett discusses his childhood, his education, coming to work in a cotton mill, the impact of the textile workers' strike of 1934, organizing a labor union in the 1940s at Dwight Manufacturing Company, and why people in Gadsden are more willing to discuss the strike. Ellis talks about her childhood living in public housing.