Claude Helton Interview 1, 1992

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0282

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Claude Helton Interview 1

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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: 1992

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

Mabel Helton was a textile worker in East Gastonia, N.C. Claude Helton was a textile worker and union member in East Gastonia, N.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (57:10 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Mabel discusses conditions in the mill village, the impact of World War II on women's jobs in the mill, and other topics. Claude discusses the store he ran next to his home, is involvement in the the union and the 1934 strike, his involvement in his local church and other topics.