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Kathy Lamb Interview 2, 1 August 1994

 Item
Identifier: L1995-13_AV0381

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: 1 August 1994

Creator

Restrictions on Access

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

Biographical Note

Kathy Lamb's father witnessed the 1934 strike at the Chiquola Mill. Lamb led the effort to erect a memorial to the mill workers who were slain during the strike.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (56:48 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Abstract

Lamb discusses how find out about the strike impacted her life, the deaths at Chiquola Mill in Honea Path, S.C., and how the aftermath of the strike has impacted worker-union relations in the community.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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