Corrine Lindsey Interview 2, 20 June 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0743

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Corrine Lindsey Interview 2

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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: 20 June 1991

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

Corrine Lindsey was a textile worker from Hogansville, Ga. Her husband was friends with Homer Welch, a union organizer.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (28:41 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Corinne Lindsey discusses her and her husband's relationship to Homer Welch, and Welch's union organizing activities. She also discusses strikers' imprisonment at Fort McPherson near Atlanta, and the criticism they received from townspeople in Hogansville.