Betty Hinson and Yvonnie Hill Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0324

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Betty Hinson and Yvonnie Hill 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

Betty Hinson was a looper at Belmont Hosiery in Belmont, N.C. Yvonnie Hill was a spinner, spooler, and winder at Eagle Mill in Belmont, N.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (57:49 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Hinson discusses her grandmother working in the cotton mills during the 19th century, her time working in the mills and other topics. Hill discusses her time working in the mill as a 14 year old, her battle with polio, the 1934 strike, the attempts to organize the mills and other topics.