Bruce Graham and Thelma Massey Interview 1
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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
- 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
Bruce Graham was an opener and waste machine operator at the Eagle Mill in Belmont, N.C. Thelma Massey is Bruce Graham's relative. Thelma Massey is Bruce Graham's relative.
Extent
1 item(s) (video (58:12 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Graham discusses farming, working in the textile mills, and writing a letter to labor board asking that they help him get his back pay.
Subject
- Eagle Yarn Mills (Belmont, Gaston County, N.C.) (Organization)
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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