Roy "Whitey" Grant, Arval Hogan, Polly Grant, Evelyn Hogan, and Legette Blythe Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0347

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Roy "Whitey" Grant, Arval Hogan, Polly Grant, Evelyn Hogan, and Legette Blythe Interviews

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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

Roy "Whitey" Grant was a doffer at the Firestone Cotton Mill in Gastonia, N.C. He later was a member of the Briarhoppers, a band that played on WBT out of Charlotte, N.C. Arval Hogan was a doffer at the Firestone Cotton Mill in Gastonia, N.C. He later was a member of the Briarhoppers, a band that played on WBT out Charlotte, N.C. Polly Grant was a spinner at the Firestone Cotton Mill in Gastonia, N.C. She is Roy "Whitey" Grant's wife. Evelyn Hogan was a spinner at the Firestone Cotton Mill in Gastonia, N.C. She is Arval Hogan's wife. Legette Blythe was an author and journalist from Huntersville, N.C. He worked at the Charlotte Observer at the time of the 1934 General Textile Strike.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (1:59:47 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Roy "Whitey" Grant discusses the impacts of the 1934 strike, life at the Firestone Cotton Mill, and his and Arval Hogan's music careers. Arval Hogan discusses the impacts of the 1934 strike, life at the Firestone Cotton Mill, and his and Roy "Whitey" Grant music careers. Polly Grant discusses raising her children, working in the textile mills around Gastonia, N.C. and other topics. Evelyn Hogan discusses raising her children, working in the textile mills around Gastonia, N.C. and other topics. Blythe discusses his home, his career as a journalist and author, writing for the Charlotte Observer, and his reporting on the 1934 General Textile Strike.