Troy Jones and Jake Gray Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0401

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Troy Jones and Jake Gray 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

Troy Jones was a textile worker in Gastonia, N.C. Jake Gray was a mill owner in Gastonia, N.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (audio (1:38:15 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Jones discusses his work as a textile worker, the Great Depression, union organizing, the Loray Mill Strike of 1929, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and other topics. Gray discusses his family's history in the textile mills, the impact of the Great Depression on his family, working in the textile mills, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and other topics.