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Helen Johnson and Corinne Lindsey Interview 1, 20 June 1991

 Item
Identifier: L1995-13_AV0704

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: 20 June 1991

Creator

Restrictions on Access

All of the interviews are available online in GSU's Digital Collections.

Biographical Note

Helen Johnson lived in Hogansville, Ga. Her father was friends with Homer Welch, a union organizer. Corrine Lindsey was a textile worker from Hogansville, Ga. Her husband was friends with Homer Welch, a union organizer.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (29:07 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Abstract

Johnson and Lindsey discuss Homer Welch a union organizer, the textile workers' strike of 1934 and newsreels of the strike.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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