Betty Hinson, Myrtle Brown, Mason Lynch, and Eva Helms Interviews, 26 June 1992

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0278

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Betty Hinson, Myrtle Brown, Mason Lynch, and Eva Helms 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: 26 June 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

Betty Hinson was a looper at Belmont Hosiery in Belmont, N.C. Mason Lynch was a textile worker at the Chronicle Mill in Belmont, N.C. Myrtle Brown was a textile worker at the Chronicle Mill in Belmont, N.C. Eva Helms was a textile worker at the Chronicle Mill in Belmont, N.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (56:10 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

The portion of the video featuring Hinson is silent. Lynch discusses his career working for the Lineberger family and life in the mill village. Brown discusses her time working in the mills and life in the mill village. Helms discusses her time working in the mills and the 1934 textile strike.