Claude Helton and Ernest Moore Interview 4
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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
Claude Helton was a textile worker and union member in East Gastonia, N.C. Ernest Moore was a textile worker and union member in East Gastonia, N.C.
Extent
1 item(s) (video (58:49 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Helton discusses the 1934 strike, and the deaths in Honea Path, S.C. Moore discusses the 1934 strike, the local Labor Day celebrations, his father's role in the union, the deaths in Honea Path, S.C., and the after effects of the strike.
Subject
- Chiquola Manufacturing Company (Organization)
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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